Catherine Gater

Scientific computing enthusiast, school governor, autism advocate and diversity specialist @Autism @BritishCouncil (she/her)

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Thank you so much to BBC Breakfast for having us on this morning and to the brilliant @JayneMcCubbinTV for this video.

Remember it’s not too late to join in with Splash and Stitch either in person or remotely. Book a slot here: https://t.co/iSp9vEad51

If you can’t attend but would like to donate please do so here: https://t.co/saTKhQ20bz

P.S. I’ll also be sharing all of the fantastic insights of the brilliant @shitscaredmum later this week for anyone who missed them, but am currently surrounded by knitting needles and wool, casting in so the beginner knitters who come tomorrow can get stuck in right away!

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[The Prince and Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal]

Celebrating the strength and creativity of Liz and Vicky Hatton. It was an honour meeting them both in Windsor in October. Liz's memory live on in Vicky's unwavering resilience. Thank you for such a moving moment #IWD2025
https://t.co/UOeY8gmv3h

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Honoured and grateful to be mentioned by @KensingtonRoyal alongside my incredible Liz today on #InternationalWomensDay - a day where we have been in London celebrating Liz’s work at the @ukphotoshow . Liz is always in our thoughts, every second of every day but to know others still want to celebrate her with us means more than we can say. If anyone wants to join us in toasting Liz today please donate the cost of a drink to our fundraising campaign. Together we can make a difference to others with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour by funding vital research. Together we can raise survival rates. Together we can keep siblings together. Proud of our girl, today and every day: https://t.co/iSsJO83LLs

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

For those based in the south who are keen to see some of Liz’s photos. 12 will be on show @ukphotoshow at @ExCeLLondon from 8th to 11th March. Mateo is very excited to head down to see them!

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

For those of you who missed Liz’s amazing medical team and the wonderful @CandlelightersT talking about her when we went to thank them last week, this is the recording from the wonderful @BBCBreakfast team. There are lots of beautiful photographs of Liz on it as well as some she has taken. Special thanks to @ClaireRyanSport and @JayneMcCubbinTV who made such a beautiful video for us to treasure. If you can donate to help us fund essential research into Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour we would hugely appreciate it. We have just £4,500 left to reach our initial target of £100,000: https://t.co/iSsJO84jB0

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

If you are around in the morning, you may just spot us on BBC Breakfast talking about Liz and Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour at 6.15 and 8.30ish tomorrow. If anyone can keep an eye on BBC Breakfast on Facebook or X and give the post some love if they add it there during the day that would be wonderful and would help the message spread a little bit further as well xx

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Tomorrow - Tuesday 4th February 2025 is World Cancer Days.

When Liz was first diagnosed I thought cancer was survivable. I’d heard in the media that things were improving. Now I know that for rare aggressive cancers that so often isn’t the case.

Liz was diagnosed with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour. It has just a 15% five year survival rate. Liz lived just 10 months from her diagnosis- she died in November 2024 aged just 17.

Liz was brilliant, brave and kind. The best big sister and daughter we could ever have wished for.

Nine of that saved her. But you can save others like her.

I have a difficult relationship with ‘awareness days’. I think what we do with them matters. They are only effective if we demand change.

Every month in the UK someone else is diagnosed with DSRCT. If we don’t demand change their fate will likely be the same as Liz’s. We don’t have time to waste.

So this year please pledge to bring about change. Funding for research is urgently needed.

Will you:

- Do a sponsored event?
- Run a cake sale?
- Run a marathon?
- Sell things you have made?
- Hold a coffee morning?
- Donate to the cause?
- Do something else?

If we all stand up and say no longer, things will change. The truth is once it affects you personally it is too late.

Read more about what we have pledged to do here: https://t.co/iSsJO83LLs

We would love your help. Together we can make a difference.

Together we can keep other families together for longer:

[Catherine Gater @CatherineGater]

I listened in yesterday to the emotional auction of photos taken by talented teenager #LizHatton in the last weeks of her life. You can still contribute to the fundraising efforts in aid of DSRCT. Find out more from @2ndtimeMama https://t.co/9gl4bgclqC
https://t.co/gvbTLzoJ82

[ITV News Tyne Tees @itvtynetees]

Vicky Robayna 'proud' of daughter Liz Hatton's photo collection being auctioned for cancer research.

https://t.co/PRe8J3DTMV

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

If you can give the original post any love, we would hugely appreciate it. As much as I hate seeing myself on the TV, I really want to make as much money for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour Research as possible tomorrow and getting people to see this interview will hopefully help.

For anyone thinking of bidding tomorrow, there are three ways you can do so:

1) Go to Morphets in Harrogate in person (we will be there) - the auction starts at 11 am tomorrow - Saturday 1st Feb.

2) Email Ian at [email protected] and leave a ‘commission bid’ on anything you like. That way you set a limit to what you want to spend and it takes the stress/pressure out of the situation if you’d prefer.

3) Register and bid online at https://t.co/rdxjCbVKF9 If you bid online the platform will prompt you to bid as and when in live time.

Liz’s lots start at 235. Together we can save lives and make a difference.

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Proud Mummy Moment Incoming!!!!!

I thought you might like to see Liz’s photos hanging in the gallery @Morphets - don’t they look incredible?

If you want to take a look for yourself - they are on display at Morphets in Harrogate from 10 until 6 on Saturday. Online bids are now open, with the in person auction taking place at 11am on Saturday.

Liz’s 12 photos are from Lot 235. We’d love to know which you would most like to hang in your home or workplace and why?

There is no buyer’s premium to pay so all funds will go directly into funding research into Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour.

To find out more about the auction or to bid take a look here: https://t.co/rdxjCbWiuH

To donate to research or to discover more about Liz’s story read here: https://t.co/iSsJO84jB0

[Catherine Gater @CatherineGater]

These are really stunning photos, do check them out (and it's for an important cause) #LizHatton

[The Stray Ferret @thestrayferret]

These fantastic pictures - taken by Liz Hatton, the Harrogate teenager who died of cancer in November - are included in an auction of world-class photographers' work.
🔓 FREE TO READ, SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE 🔓
https://t.co/sGCnKyzWrJ

[Catherine Gater @CatherineGater]

@2ndtimeMama @Morphets I personal love the ballerina photo but they are all brilliant!

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

So we have some exciting photography news! 12 of Liz’s best photos are going up for auction with @Morphets in the first ever all photography exhibition. The sale date is the 1st of February but the catalogue is now live. Why not tell us which is your favourite of the 12?

(For updates see @morphets_art_of_exposure on Instagram)

All money from the sale of Liz’s photographs will go to The Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour Charity: https://t.co/iSsJO83LLs

Wishing with all my heart, Liz and her camera were here to see this. Proud of her today and always xx

Take a look here:
https://t.co/8UXulwAVtM

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Tonight there is one pile of presents where there should be two. There is one child sleeping in a bed when there should be two. Only one Christmas Eve box was needed and one set of PJs.

We’ll never need two again.

We have her candle lit but we no longer have our girl. Instead she is in Glasgow, a silent teacher to medical students, her body donated to science. And we are three, no longer four.

This Christmas please, if you can, imagine you have an extra gift to buy and donate to research that will save others like Liz.

It’s time to say it’s not ok. It’s time to make a difference so other families can stay together: https://t.co/iSsJO84jB0

#LizHatton

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Today whilst most people across the world indulged in Black Friday sales - Liz started a new journey. Her body arrived at Glasgow University where she will spend three years, giving medical students the best opportunity to know more about her disease.

She was passionate about doing this. She ate and drank even when feeling extremely sick to make sure she met the criteria to go. Liz wasn’t scared of dying but she was scared of leaving us - and especially Mateo - behind. In her death she was determined to do everything she could to ensure other siblings get to stay together.

We are determined to help her to do this and are on a mission to raise as many funds as we can to fund vital research and support for others with Desmoplastic Round Cell Tumour.

If you can please donate to help us stop other young people dying too soon. If everyone who sees the post donates just £1 we could make such a difference.

Ideas for fund raising activities and offers of help also very welcome. We will make the difference Liz wants us to make, even if it takes a lifetime.

If you can’t donate please help us by liking, sharing or commenting on this post in the hope that others will see it. Together we can make a difference.

https://t.co/iSsJO84jB0

(Photo taken by the fab @rheathcote )

[Catherine Gater @CatherineGater]

@HildaMcevoy Yes, I think there is a link to their other fundraiser page for Liz's bucket list, then they will transfer funds across when all is working again

[Catherine Gater @CatherineGater]

Sharing this for an incredible young woman #LizHatton and her family. There is no UK charity for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour, so please support if you can

[PumpkinsandPost-Its @2ndtimeMama]

Our incredible daughter Liz died in the early hours of this morning. She remained determined to the last. Even yesterday she was still making plans. We are so very proud of the kindness, empathy and courage she has shown in the last year. She was not only a phenomenal photographer, she was the best human, and the most wonderful daughter and big sister we could ever have asked for. No one could have fought harder for life than she did. There is a gaping Liz shaped hole in our lives that I am not sure how we will ever fill. We have so much gratitude to every single one of you, whether you offered to help, or liked or shared posts - you ensured Liz’s last two months were her very best. She flew high until the end.

We have two last favours to ask. Firstly, we would like to ask you to share one of her photos - on your social media, or in real life, however you can. Let’s let her go out with a bang. #LizHatton (photos will follow in a thread but do also feel free to choose your own from @lizhatton_photography on Instagram)

Secondly, if you can we would like you to help us with a mission to raise money to fund research into Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour. With no charity in the UK or internationally funding into effective treatments are lacking. In 2024 a 15% 5 year survival rate is simply not enough. Together we can change that. Whether you can share, donate or raise funds - please be our village one more time. Let’s make this the last item on her bucket list and make sure other families don’t face a similar fate: https://t.co/iSsJO83LLs