Grace is a typical 11 year old girl who until recently was navigating her way through life, moving up to secondary school, having fun with friends and enjoying her favourite hobbies of football and dance.

She is a massive Liverpool fan and plays for Withymoor FC alongside her friends. She has been with us since the team began 3 years ago where she has continued to grow in both confidence and skill.

Our team revolves around a family ethos so as you can imagine when we heard the news that she has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma it hit us all hard. Only days before receiving this news she had a brilliant game, scored and even got girl of the game! She is one of us and we as a team/family will do whatever we can to make the journey she is on have some days where she can have a smile on her face.

Grace is on a mission… one of the first thoughts she had following her first hospital stay was to find ways that she could raise money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. We as a team alongside her friends and family are hoping to support her with this. This just goes to show what kind of child she is, always putting others first no matter what she is going through.

However, we would also like to raise money for them as a family to make life a little easier and not have to worry about the little things during this time.

To start of our fundraising we are holding a charity football match on 24th November at Lye town FC with further events planned in the future.

Any donations towards these causes would be welcomed.

Do you want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money in aid of Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity and every donation will help. Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity: Birmingham Children's Hospital provides a wide range of health services to children and adolescents from across the UK. The Hospital has an international reputation in areas such as liver transplantation, cardiac surgery and neonatal surgery. Pioneering developments include the first ever successful paediatric triple transplant and a system which provides image-guided surgery for children with brain tumours. Donations are used to support the continuation of this important work.