Just six weeks after starting uni, Laura was diagnosed with multiple brain tumours. Since then, her and her family have been trying to fundraise for treatment to save her life. Charlotte Woolley, Lucy Rayment and Namwa Wonglakasim are running a 5k pretty muddy obstacle course at the end of May to raise money to support her. Laura was in JWO tutor group during 7 years at Skipton Girls'.

Laura has had a gruelling 6 weeks of radiotherapy and oral chemo, she now gets a month off before starting a further 6 months of chemo (5 days each month).

Her family are looking at other treatments that are still in the experimental phase, specifically immunotherapy treatments. DCVax is a groundbreaking new treatment which creates personalised immune therapy made from each patient's own dendritic cells. Dendritic cells are a type of immune cell that function to help the body's immune system recognise and attack tumour cells.

The results of the initial trial is really positive and is extending the overall survival rate for people like Laura. Unfortunately for us, the DCVax treatment has yet to be approved by NICE so we would need to fund the whole treatment for Laura ourselves, the cost of this will be an initial £150,000

Since her treatment, Laura has become an ambassador for the Brain Cancer Charity and is continuing to be as active, positive and powerful as she can through her treatment.