Solving Kids’ Cancer UK

Jasmine Topsakalidis' Appeal

Beautiful and brave Jasmine sadly passed away on the 24th December at home, with her family all with her.
£69,826
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RCN 1135601

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Story

On 24th December, Jasmine's family shared this devastating news.

"Our beautiful and brave Jasmine passed away a few hours ago at home with her family all with her. She fought so hard for two years and is now no longer in pain.

We are beyond devastated to lose our precious girl and don't know how to go on. But we know we need to follow her footsteps and find the courage that she has shown us day in and day out. In time I hope we can make her proud.

Dance in the stars beautiful.

Thank you all for your support xx "

Cheeky and loving four-year-old Jasmine is a Princess to her parents and older brother, who she absolutely adores.

She loves dancing, music and everything to do with the movie Frozen! Everyone that meets her falls in love.

In January 2018, Jasmine was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, an extremely aggressive childhood cancer that affects around 100 children in the UK each year. Despite lengthy frontline treatment, we know that the cancer returns in almost 50% of children and once that happens less than 1 in 10 children will survive.

During treatment Jasmine sadly relapsed, and her family are now actively seeking promising relapse treatments abroad. They continue to fundraise as this could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Her family are desperate to do all they can to give Jasmine the best chance of beating this awful disease.

"Our world and everything we took for granted disappeared in a second", says Tania and Ioannis, Jasmines mum and dad.

"The fear of losing our daughter and not being able to protect her is the worst feeling in the world."

Jasmine's treatment

Since she was diagnosed Jasmine has undergone extensive chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, major surgery, radiotherapy and immunotherapy.

Over the last year, she has been in hospital for more than six months, often not allowed to even leave her room or even see her brother.

"She has been nothing short of amazing. She smiles whenever she can and continues to make all the doctors and nurses fall in love with her. When I ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she is very clear that she wants to be a doctor, or on some days a nurse because they are the ones that get to give out stickers!" says Ioannis.

Throughout this journey, Jasmine developed several life-threatening side-effects including internal bleeding, Venous Occlusive Disease (VOD) and severe neurological reactions.

Due to these severe neurological reactions, Jasmine will not be able to complete the immunotherapy part of her treatment. Jasmine's family , together with doctors, identified the Bivalent Vaccine clinical trial in New York, in the hope of preventing a relapse, which sadly arrived before she could access the treatment.

How you can help

There are many ways you can help Jasmine: by making a personal donation, holding a fundraising event, getting sponsored to take on a challenge, or simply by sharing her story.

To donate by text, send JASMINE followed by any whole amount up to £20 to 70085. This will cost your donation plus your standard network charge. It wont matter if you leave a space before the number, if you include a £ sign or whether you use upper or lower case.

If you'd like help support Jasmine's campaign, please contact our fundraising team on 0207 284 0800 or fundraising@solvingkidscancer.org.uk.

About the charity

Donations are paid into Solving Kids' Cancer’s general funds for our charitable activities. We help families affected by neuroblastoma through the provision of support and information; as well as investing in research and advocating for access to better treatment

Donation summary

Total raised
£69,825.44
+ £6,628.60 Gift Aid
Online donations
£69,825.44
Offline donations
£0.00
Direct donations
£62,788.65
Donations via fundraisers
£7,036.79

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