Emotional year for fundraising mother
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Family Lucy says she now has a better appreciation of the treatment young cancer patients go through
A woman who set up a charity to raise money for children with cancer has had an "emotional" year after being diagnosed with cancer herself in the summer. Carter, 14, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2016 and he received treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital. Within weeks, his parents Lucy and Matthew set up the Carter the Brave fundraising group and by the end of an eventful 2025 it has raised close to £600,000.
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