I will be taking part in a tandem sky dive to raise money for Tom's fund.  For those of you who may not know what Tom's fund is all about, here is Tom's story as written by his family...

During half term at the end of May 2018 Tom became ill after dinner with a stomach ache and ended up in Nevill Hall hospital. He had gastritis. Which was odd. Over the next few days the strong antibiotics he had been prescribed seemed to be making him tired. He was aching. He wasn't eating much. He had no strength. There were a couple more overnight stays in hospital, which Tom hated. Then he kept being sick. On Monday 11 June we decided we needed to take him back to hospital as he just wasn't getting any better. He didn't want to go. However, he was sick after he got up on Tuesday 12 June so his mum took him to hospital anyway. They started doing some tests. They thought it could be appendicitis. Then hepatitis. Late that night, they told Tom's mum that he had acute myeloid leukaemia. Worse, Tom's kidneys were failing. On Wednesday, after a search across the few hospitals in the UK who could treat his condition, Tom was taken to Noah's Ark Children's Hospital at the Heath in Cardiff to start his treatment. He was desperate to drink, but because his body wasn't processing fluids properly he was only allowed a very small amount of water. We told him he had leukaemia, to which he replied he knew one of the three of him and his sisters would get cancer because one in three people get it. He asked if he would die. We told him he was going to be fine. We were given a room at the Ronald McDonald house behind the hospital (thank you). On Thursday 14 June Tom went into the operating theatre to have a line put into a vein so the chemotherapy could begin. We spoke with the oncology consultant, who talked through the treatment Tom would start. However, Tom didn't come round from the operation and the medics couldn't revive him. He died around 3.15pm.  He was just 13.

......Being a close personal friend of the Walker family, and indeed of Tom himself, as well as having three children of my own, I want to help the Walker family in their incredible fund raising efforts to prevent other  families having to go through such a truly heartbreaking experience.  I also feel strongly about keeping Tom's memory alive and supporting the Walker family in Remembering Tom 💙.  Please give what you can, you really are making a difference.  Thank you so much x