Today is the day of Harry Moseley’s funeral. Harry is the young boy from Birmingham who was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2007. From when he was diagnosed Harry set about helping others with cancer and raising funds and awareness through his public speaking and making bracelets. You can read more about Harry and his inspirational work here.
I have been incredibly moved by Harry’s story and others like him such as Jack Marshall who sadly passed away last week from a brain tumour and a friend’s 3 year old who has already endured over a year of chemo/radio and is now starting an intensive 6 week course of radiotherapy where the radiation is actually injected into him and he will be so radioactive that his parents can only see him for minutes each day. Childhood cancer seems to be becoming more and more common and it must be the worst thing that any family can suffer.
We must do more to support cancer research to find out why cancer rates are increasing, how we can prevent it and how we can treat it. In my view, the government is not doing enough. I have therefore decided to donate 10% of all of my profits this year to a children’s cancer charity – I am going to research which charities are out there and shall let you know which one I decide to go for. I strongly urge you to do the same for no family should have to suffer seeing their beloved baby, toddler, child or teenager die a slow cruel death at the hands of this awful disease.