We are raising money to be sent directly to the Liverpool Occular Oncology Research Group at the University of Liverpool.

Neave has been busy making bracelets and phone charms from clay beads and before Christmas sold these at her School and Youth Club.

Neave wanted to raise some money in memory of her Grandma - Janet Hayes who sadly died in June 2023 and wanted her donation to support the Liverpool’s Ocular Oncology Research Group.

Neaves Grandmas melanoma was detected at Liverpool Eye Hospital and we are grateful for all the help and support she received from their team.

Occular melanomas are very rare and behave and respond in completely different ways to skin cancers there is lots of research on melanomas but the majority focused on skin melanomas.

50% of the tumours metastasis and once metastasis is detected prognosis is poor and mean survival times are typically one to two years.

There is ongoing research and clinical trials but as of yet there is no good treatment for metastatic cancers, some people can respond well to treatments and for others like Janet it just doesn’t work and currently no one seems to know why.

As Janet's cancer is so rare we wanted to make sure that any fundraising could be used directly by the scientists researching it. Rare conditions are often underfunded and money can really help boost research and understanding.

Liverpool’s Occular Oncology Research Group is actively publishing research and hopefully any donations can help discover the breakthrough that is so desperately needed! www.loorg.org