Every evening, after a full day at school, I spend my time raising awareness and donations for Charlotte's BAG.
I give my all to the students I support, and I give my all to the charity.
After school today, hot and tired, I drove to the supermarket to buy provisions for Saturday's 50km walk. Every item was paid for personally because I never want anything to come out of the charity as expenses.
That's the way we've always done things.
This will be my tweet for tonight.
https://t.co/qGIjBOl3aq
Charlotte's Lab researches all brain tumours, not just glioblastoma.
That means the work taking place there has the potential to benefit the entire brain tumour community.
We are now just £6,526.23 short of our next milestone of £400,000 raised for brain tumour research.
If you can, please pop a pound in Charlotte's BAG and help improve the future for people diagnosed with brain tumours.
No salaries.
No overheads.
No advertising.
No merchandise.
Because we are entirely self-funded, 100% of every donation goes directly to research.
Together, we can help create a better future for everyone affected by a brain tumour.
Please RT with thanks
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This was your first birthday.
18.2.1998
Eighteen years later would be your last.
You spent your 19th birthday in a coma, completely unaware that the day had come.
A few days later, you died.
18.2.97 - 24.2.16
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We are now just £6,811.27 short of reaching our next milestone of £400,000 raised for brain tumour research. We self fund so 100% goes to research.
If you can pop a pound in Charlotte's Bag & help improve the future for people diagnosed with brain tumours.
As always a RT would be amazing :)
Please help me continue my life’s mission to help as many #ChildhoodCancer Warriors as I possibly can fight cancer. Your follow will give our Children a mighty voice. 🙏🏻
This is my beautiful Daughter who was diagnosed w/ #BrainCancer at 11 & left Earth at 13. 💔
Ashley was incredibly brave, strong, NEVER gave up & somehow, stayed positive throughout her battle.
We’d be so grateful for a follow to keep our Ashley’s story alive.
💜 𝒜𝓈𝒽𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑒 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓇𝑒 💜
If you would like to support a small, self-funding brain tumour charity where 100% of your donation goes directly to research in Charlotte's Lab at King's College Hospital, London, we would be incredibly grateful.
As we promised we personally pay the PalPal fees so nothing is taken from the charity account.
We are now just £7,485.30 short of reaching our next milestone of £400,000 raised for brain tumour research.
No salaries.
No overheads.
No advertising.
No merchandise.
Every pound you donate goes directly to research, helping to improve the future for people diagnosed with brain tumours.
With your support, we can reach £400,000.
Please RT with thanks
https://t.co/qGIjBOl3aq
There is a Cure for Brain Cancer & all solid tumors. It’s called the DCVax. I was administered the DCVax after being diagnosed with a Glioblastoma Multiforme Marker 4 way back in 2015. I’ve had no tumor recurrence in 10 years & 8 months.
NWBO DCVax The Future of
Personalized Immunotherapy.
Little Mick Hewitt who is a Leeds United Supporters legend .Was travelling to Boston for England game via Barcelona .Not been seen for 9 days last heard from in Barcelona.Share please let’s get him found .#LUFC
Dying to live. Living to die.
Brain cancer.
Grade 4 glioblastoma.
A diagnosis that turns every hope into a race against time.
Charlotte
18.2.1997 – 24.2.2016
Aged 19
The end of her life.
The beginning of her legacy.
If you would like to support a small, self-funding brain tumour charity where 100% of your donation goes directly to research in Charlotte's Lab at King's College Hospital, London, pop a pound in Charlotte's BAG
We are now just £9,131.89 short of reaching our next milestone of £400,000 helping to improve the future for people diagnosed with brain tumours.
No salaries.
No overheads.
No advertising.
No merchandise.
Thank you for helping us turn Charlotte's legacy into hope for others.
https://t.co/qGIjBOl3aq
Please RT with thanks
We are delighted to welcome Ruth Duncanson, who served as Matron at our school for 18½ years. Ruth knew Charlotte extremely well and provided unwavering support to Charlotte and our family during the darkest moments of our lives. We are so grateful to have her with us.
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You can’t rewrite the past, that chapter is sealed. But you can forgive yourself… Honor who you are today instead of punishing who you used to be. Release the weight. Let yesterday go. It’s time to turn the page & step into the next chapter God has already written for you.
A message from my own journey after losing my daughter Ashley.
Thread 👇❤️ #Forever13
Big smiles, bald heads & portraying strength are images most people see w/ #ChildhoodCancer patients. But behind the smile is pain that most adults will never experience…
We’d be so grateful for a follow to get our voices heard. 🎗️
💜 Elizabeth 💜
Cancer FREE!!!!
#Sarcoma
If I could have just one more day with you…💔💔💔
I would hardly speak. I would simply listen to your voice and commit every tone of it to memory until it became my favourite melody.
I would look at you. I would study your eyes and your mouth, and I would learn every angle, every pane of your face until I could see you perfectly with my eyes closed.
I would hold your hand in mine. I would trace all the lines on your palm until they became a trail, a map that I could retrace on my own palm every time I felt lost.
I would soak you up and breathe you in until there was not a single thing that I could not recall at a moment’s notice.
But more than anything, if I had one more day with you,
I would hold you.
I would hold you so tight, hoping that maybe if I didn’t let you go… You wouldn’t.
Yes, if I had just one more day with you, I would hope… I would hope so hard… that you wouldn’t have to leave again.
🩷 Ashley 🩷
#Forever13
For all the fathers out there for whom today brings waves of pain, loss & unimaginable grief, I see you. You are not alone. Not today, not ever. 💛🙏
Thank you for all the great comments I receive. It's a privilege to get so much support. Please continue to share my story which you can read here: https://t.co/AN1s58YBX0
People often tell me, "At least you have memories of the daughter you lost aged 19 to a brain tumour."
And I do. I have beautiful memories that I treasure every day.
But I also carry the memories I've tried to lock away, the moments of fear, pain, helplessness, and heartbreak. The ones I keep hidden because, when the lock gives way and they come flooding back, they can leave me completely undone.
Some memories bring comfort. Others are the stuff nightmares are made of.
In the last few months of Charlotte's life, we watched the tumour slowly infiltrate her brain.
First came the double vision and the falls.
Then, within 24 hours, paralysis down the right-hand side of her body.
She never stood unaided again.
Suddenly, we were helping her in and out of bed, lifting her into a wheelchair, watching specialists assess her mobility, her speech and even her ability to swallow.
I remember the feeding tube because she was too dehydrated to eat or drink. I remember feeling utterly helpless.
In the end, after losing her speech, her only way of communicating was a thumbs up.
The steroids caused her body to swell and gave her the classic 'moon' face.
She looked in the mirror and tears rolled gently down her face. Her body was giving up, but her cognition was still there.
These are the memories people don't see.
These are the memories that live alongside the happy ones.
This is why grief is so much more than remembering. It is learning to carry both the beautiful moments and the traumatic ones for the rest of your life.
18-2-97 - 24-2-16
Age 19
Charlotte’s BAG has now raised an incredible £389,183.29, directly funding research at Charlotte’s Lab, King’s College Hospital, London.
We are now just £10,816.71 away from the remarkable milestone of £400,000.
What makes Charlotte’s BAG different is simple: we self-fund everything. No salaries/overheads/advertising/merchandise
We even personally cover the PayPal fees and PO Box costs, ensuring that nothing is taken from the charity account.
If you're thinking of donating to a brain tumour charity do think of us and pop a pound in Charlotte's BAG.
https://t.co/qGIjBOl3aq