Families turn out to support Wisbech mum Linda in her fight to get private liver cancer treatment
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
Fun in the sun raised money for a fund raiser for a Wisbech mum who needs to raise £30,000 for pioneering treatment for liver cancer.
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
The event was hosted at Wisbech Rugby Club and saw families pour on to the field for a range of activities to help bring in funds for Linda Smith.
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
A GoFundMe page raised more than £18,000 in two weeks and the rugby club event is hoped to take it closer to the £30,000 total needed for private treatment at Hammersmith Hospital in London, not available on the NHS.
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
Linda Smith and her family have been overwhelmed by the support from people in the community, said her daughter Lois.
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
“We have had amazing support from people in the town and also from further away even from somebody from Wales,” she said.
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
“We want to say thank you to everybody who has supported us it means so much.”
Wisbech Rugy Club is the setting for a fund raising family fun day for Linda Smith to pay for pioneering liver cancer treatment PHOTO: Ian Carter - Credit: Archant
Events coming up to boost Linda’s fund raising are:
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• Leverington Sports and Social Club family disco on Friday July 21 from 7.30pm. Tickets £5.
• March Town Hall on Friday July 28 from 7pm to 11pm. Various bands.
Linda has fund raised for others for 12 years as her way of celebrating beating breast cancer - but now it is her turn to ask for help.
Her family researched and found a treatment at Hammersmith Hospital in London after local health authorities said there were no treatments available through the NHS.
Visit her GoFundMe page here.
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