Sarah Smith

StrategiQ Treadmillathon page

Fundraising for Solving Kids’ Cancer UK
£3,170
raised of £3,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Participants: Team StrategiQ
We fund research and support families to access clinical trials for children.

Story

Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. We are hoping to raise as much money as possible for the charity - Solving Kids' Cancer.

We first became aware of the charity when we found out that one of our team's close relatives, Hayley had been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. Before being diagnosed Hayley was a healthy, happy little girl, looking forward to starting reception in September 2015. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with stage 4 high-risk Neuroblastoma the week she was due to start school. She had been feeling poorly for months prior to her diagnosis but sadly it took many visits to doctors, A&E and out of hours doctors before it was finally picked up. She had been waking through the night screaming in agony, complaining of stomach and back pain. She was having night sweats and lost her appetite. She lost a lot of weight and got to the stage where she was no longer able to walk because she was in so much pain due to tumour compression on her vertebrae (thankfully after a couple of cycles of chemotherapy she started walking again).

Neuroblastoma was not new to her family... Hayley's sister Jessica, had stage 4s Neuroblastoma (which was much easier to treat) when she was just 3 months old and is now thankfully doing well. However, stage 4 high-risk Neuroblastoma involves many months of harsh treatments, and even if the treatments work, the risk of relapse is extremely high. Despite the odds, Hayley is a fighter and is doing her utmost to get well again and we are fighting alongside her, every step of the way.  Hearing how brave she has been in fighting the disease and her amazing courage as she faces treatment after treatment, we wanted to do something to help raise the vital funds needed to help Hayley and other children faced with the same battle.  For more information on Hayley's journey please visit: 

- https://solvingkidscancer.org.uk/journey/hayley/

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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
£3,170.00
+ £590.70 Gift Aid
Online donations
£3,170.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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