Mandy Bodman

Mandy's fundraiser for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Fundraising for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
£4,220
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Jumping with Josh, 8 June 2024
In memory of Josh Hillier
We lost Josh in June 2023 but his legacy will forever live on through this fund. Whether it takes one year or 20 years we will keep fighting for Leukaemia Research in his name. Mr. Josh

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I would not jump out of a plane for a million pound I always said….. however, I will jump out of a plane to raise as much money as I possibly can in Josh’s memory, raising money for the most fantastic cause, despite my morbid fear of heights 😳

On Saturday 8th June, alongside my gorgeous niece Nicole, I will be facing my fear, as Josh did with courage and positivity for several years, and hopefully skydiving my way to a huge amount of money which will benefit anyone diagnosed with this cruel and devastating disease.

So please join me in raising very important funds needed to help save current and future patients.

Obviously I will not be jumping alone, there will be ‘three of us in this relationship’ as I know 100% that along with my very important instructor Josh will be holding my hand, guiding me home, reassuring me with a “I got you Mand, come on let’s go…….”

This fund has been set up in loving memory of Josh Hillier - aka 'Mr. Josh' to continue the fantastic fund raising efforts of his amazing friends and family.

Josh was diagnosed with acute Leukaemia in December 2020 and spent the next two and a half years battling this disease. Josh fought with courage, dignity, resilience, integrity and always with a sense of humour!

Josh was and is loved by so very many people, he is an amazing inspiration for many and despite his own illness, he never moaned, complained or whinged, instead he spent his many long stays in hospital helping others and supporting the mental health of people he knew going through similar adversity.

Due to the length of time that was spent both as an in patient and out patient, the Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton became like a second home to us and the fabulous team treating Josh were like family. Josh could never find enough good words to say about each and every one of them and he was very clear that he would always r

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About the campaign

We lost Josh in June 2023 but his legacy will forever live on through this fund. Whether it takes one year or 20 years we will keep fighting for Leukaemia Research in his name. Mr. Josh

About the charity

We raise money solely to support The Royal Marsden, a world-leading cancer centre. From funding state-of-the-art equipment and ground-breaking research, to creating the very best patient environments, we will never stop looking for ways to improve the lives of people affected by cancer.

Donation summary

Total raised
£4,219.31
+ £904.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£4,219.31
Offline donations
£0.00

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