Angela Butcher was a lively, kind and generous person, who was diagnosed in early September 2012 at the age of 30 with small cell ovarian cancer which by the end of September had spread to all of her vital organs. She began searching online in the hope of finding something positive to cling on to but the prognosis was extremely poor, with no research having been carried out anywhere in the world, no treatment available and no hope for survival.

Angela's generosity extended to thoughts for others and she made it her mission in the last few weeks of her life, to fundraise in the Biggleswade community, then the UCLH and latterly by her bedside at St John’s Hospice, in the hope of getting the world's first research into small cell ovarian cancer started.

On January 1st 2013 Angela sadly lost her fight and Angela’s Fund was set up at The Eve Appeal, who took on the huge challenge to utilise it one day specifically to get research off the ground for this rare and aggressive ovarian cancer.

In April 2016 a pioneering 15 month research project started - Angela did it! Linda, Mike & Mark, inspired by Angela, continued to fundraise, along with their family, friends and beyond, to support the foundations of this research for a full 5 years. This in turn attracted a statutory grant to fund the research even further, which enabled Angela’s Fund to transition to supporting research into other rare gynae cancers.

With your support, there will be more hope for others and their families as Angela's Fund and research evolves, which will undoubtedly add to the knowledge base for all cancers.