In August I am doing a 300-mile sponsored bike ride with my friend Stu over 5 days, to raise money for Matthew’s Way Brain Tumour Charity.I and my family founded the Charity in 2019 in memory of my son Matthew who died with a brain tumour.The Charity gives health and wellbeing grants to those living with a brain tumour. These grants have included a family day out at Longleat, a family short break, a spa day with lunch, and a theatre trip to London.The charity also gives health and wellbeing grants to organisations who care for brain tumour patients. These have included a grant for equipment to enhance the services of an hospital brain tumour therapy team.Every Christmas since 2019, the Charity has sent 20 Christmas goody bags to the Molly Lane Fox ward at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN) in London where Matthew was cared for. Each goody bag includes a face flannel, soap, shower gel, chocolate and biscuits. These gifts are intended to make Christmas day more enjoyable for brain tumour patients in hospital over Christmas. Christmas 2023, the Charity started sending 20 Christmas goody bags to Southmead Hospital in Bristol where Matthew was also cared for.We will start our 300-mile journey in Gloucestershire where Matthew lived. We will then head to the Molly Lane Fox ward in London, and from there to Southmead Hospital, before returning to Matthew’s home in Gloucestershire.To help you understand how important these grants are to those living with a brain tumour, I would simply quote a recent message the Charity received. The individual who was given a grant to go to see a London show with their children simply said “You made a little family that has struggled so much, very happy indeed. I can’t thank you enough.”

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