'Children who are 8-years-old really shouldn't have brain tumours and have to go through this - you should be at least 40 so you have had a good long life' Oscar Hughes 18.02.05 - 03.05.14

OSCAR’s Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity exists to support and care for children facing brain tumours and their families, to raise awareness of children’s brain tumours and to fund new research to drive down diagnosis time, increase survival rate and improve children’s quality of life during and after treatment.

It was set up in memory of nine-year-old Oscar Hughes from York but exists to serve any child, anywhere in the country having to deal with life with a brain tumour.

We do what we can because we want to make a difference: we don’t want any more children to go through what Oscar went through.

Did you know that 35 children are diagnosed with a brain tumour each month in the UK? As a mum this brings me to tears.

I will be running the Leeds Marathon on Sunday 12th May and then me and my two boys will be taking part in a 5k Inflatable obsactacle course on 29th June.

We would greatly appreciate any donations for this wonderful charity.

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