Finley, Jack and Joe are running the London Mini Marathon in memory of their school's beloved teacher Miss Hood.

Alice is described by her parents Denise and Bernard as a fun, bubbly, and lively girl. A primary school teacher who was dedicated to her job when, in March 2022, at just 32, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer after finding a lump.

“Alice was a force of nature, and she hit it head on. She liked a party and was very sociable, but she cut everything out to focus on this. She was obviously scared, but she was so brave and optimistic.”

Alice underwent five months of chemotherapy followed by a Mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. She was recovering well from the operation but was having severe pain in her back. After a series of tests and weeks of waiting Alice was told the cancer had spread to her spinal fluid and “gone off like a firework”. She was given just days to live.

Alice and her family came to Fair Havens on 19th December.

“Coming into Fair Havens, it was like a hotel! It was calm and peaceful. A nurse came out to meet us in the ambulance, introduced herself and welcomed us in. Immediately, your shoulders drop, and there’s a relief that there’s someone there for you. You instantly know they’re going to look after you.”

Alice died at Fair Havens on 10th January 2023.

“For Alice what was important was the freedom which Fair Havens gave her. She was able to have her friends come in and visit her on the days when she was lucid. Apart from the cancer she was a young, fit and healthy girl and I think that was why her heart went on longer than perhaps we thought it would.

“Without Alice everything is different. You never move on, but you move forward and we’re just so grateful Fair Havens was there for us all. The only thing they couldn’t do for her was make her better.”

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