Simon and Rob are canoeing 26 miles along the Thames on Sunday 25th November to raise money for Robyn. Simon went to school with Robyn's mum and learnt through facebook the horrible journey they've been on. Here's Robyn's story....

In May 09 Robyn was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma, a cancer usually found in very young children. To date she has endured 9 rounds of chemotherapy, a very painful stem cell harvest, a 9 hour surgery to remove the very large primary tumour from her pelvis (rendering her unable to walk for 7 months), high dose chemo to eradicate her bone marrow followed by a stem cell transplant and then 15 rounds of radiotherapy. The next and what should have been the final stage of Robyn’s journey took the family to Philadelphia in The US where a huge fundraising drive allowed her to receive Immunotherapy together with a drug called Accutane. The aim of this therapy was to rid her little body of any stray lurking cancer cells that cause such massive rates of relapse in Neuroblastoma.

Sadly, a year after completing treatment, routine scans showed that Robyn had relapsed. Fortunately, Robyn responded really well to three cycles of salvage chemotherapy but unfortunately here in the UK, there are no relapse studies for Neuroblastoma. In Philadelphia (and in various institutions within North America) there are real options for Robyn and other children like her. Without these options, the outcome for Robyn is unthinkable.

As a UK citizen, Robyn has no insurance for health care in America so her treatment comes at a great cost. Please, please help us give this delightful, playful, brave, gorgeous,cheeky girl a future by donating in to Robyn’s appeal.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.