***EDIT***

Due to Covid 19 and the weather my jump has been rearranged 4 times!!

Today I did my jump!!! The most terrifying but also the most amazing thing I have ever done. I jumped from 15000 ft!! Super proud of myself! 

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‘Don’t regret growing older, it’s a privilege denied to many’

Henry Dancer was a normal 11-year-old boy. He had just started the high school in Durham (where I was teaching at the time)  when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a primary bone cancer, in his leg. The disease had already spread to his lungs and he never walked again. Over the following year, Henry underwent horrendous treatment, including a titanium implant from his hip to his shin to replace the diseased bone. After just 348 days he died.      

I never had the privilege of teaching Henry. 

‘Henry Dancer Days’ supports children and young people with cancer. The charity was set up in memory of Henry John Dancer.

Henry’s Mum, Jane, founded the charity in 2012 to support children and young people with primary bone cancer.

They provide grants to the families of children undergoing treatment for primary bone cancer, a rare type of cancer which can lead to unimaginable difficulties. The grants provide practical support when it is most needed, with additional support given to those in palliative care.

They also run the hugely successful Storytelling Project at Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary. Their magical Storyteller helps children with cancer escape their troubles and enter a world of pure imagination! This project is now extending to hospitals in Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham as well as Newcastle thanks to BBC Children in Need funding. 

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