Thank you for visiting our #jacobsjoin💚 crowdfunding page.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. WE HAVE NOW APPLIED TO WITHDRAW THE FUNDS RAISED (c.£15K) WHICH WILL BE KEPT IN OUR DEDICATED BANK ACCOUNT GOING FORWARD. FOR MORE UPDATES PLEASE FOLLOW OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

Jacob's Story ….

Earlier this year we invited people to join with our son Jacob, who was diagnosed with cancer (pelvic embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma) in March, to raise funds to help cover costs associated with his ongoing treatment.

Jacob was originally approved for NHS funded Proton Beam therapy in Jacksonville, Florida. However, despite him having completed four rounds of chemotherapy at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, his tumour grew unexpectedly - and so Proton Beam was cancelled. Instead, he undertook 28 sessions of radiotherapy treatment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester, from mid July, plus a further 5 cycles of chemotherapy through to the end of September.

During Jacob's radiotherapy, to make things easier for him and ourselves, we stayed at a hotel in Cheadle, just down the road from The Christie. This was funded primarily by personal donations made directly to us, which we used for accommodation costs and a meals allowance. We continued to fundraise whilst his treatment was ongoing and have seen over £15,000 donated to this crowdfunding page to date. In addition, we held an End of Summer Ball on Friday September 28th at Preston North End FC. It was a fabulous evening - and through ticket sales, an auction and a raffle we managed to raise another £13,000, which is held in a dedicated #jacobsjoin bank account.

Having now exceeded our target of £25,000 overall, we will shortly withdraw the funds from this page and deposit them (less fees) into our account. We plan to use these funds to help us during Jacob's future treatment (whatever that might be). He is now on a 6 month phase of "Maintenance" chemotherapy through to the end of March and a further scan in April will help determine the next steps. We will keep everyone posted / updated through our Jacob's Join Facebook Page. Once Jacob's treatment is complete, any residual funds will be donated to other worthy causes.

We cannot thank you all enough for joining with Jacob - our very special little boy. 💚