Olivia Hand

Olivia & Adam run 26.2 miles for Flora

Fundraising for Solving Kids’ Cancer UK
£2,730
raised of £2,000 target
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Event: Edinburgh Marathon 2024, on 26 May 2024
Flora is an energetic, outdoor-loving five-year-old from East Lothian, Scotland. Her family are continuing to fundraise after Flora sadly relapsed in September 2023 and her total now reflects the new campaign fund total.

Story

Flora is a happy, active and very cheeky 5 year old. She is smart, lively and incredibly funny! Sadly, Flora was diagnosed with High Risk Stage 4 Neuroblastoma when she was just 2 years old. It is an aggressive childhood cancer that develops from immature nerve cells. She underwent 15 months of a very aggressive treatment regime including 8 rounds of chemotherapy, a 7 hour tumour removal surgery, a stem cell transplant, 3 weeks of radiotherapy and 6 months of immunotherapy. Knowing the risk of a relapse is high with Neuroblastoma, her family chose to fundraise £300,000 to access a clinical trial in New York with the aim of reducing the chance of a relapse. Flora was enrolled in this trial immediately after her NHS frontline treatment. A year after embarking on the clinical trial, her parents were given the devastating news that she had relapsed. So, at the age of 5, she started treatment for her relapse. She has undergone 2 cycles of a chemotherapy and immunotherapy combination, with recent scans showing a good response to treatment.

About the campaign

Flora is an energetic, outdoor-loving five-year-old from East Lothian, Scotland. Her family are continuing to fundraise after Flora sadly relapsed in September 2023 and her total now reflects the new campaign fund total.

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
£2,729.20
+ £641.05 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,729.20
Offline donations
£0.00

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