A Chalfont St Peter resident recently appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about her amazing charity work in honour of her late daughter.
Rebecca Gaskell’s daughter Grace passed away in 2020 after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Rebecca featured on the November cover of Chalfonts&GerrardsCrossNews for helping to organise a skydive to raise funds for the Tessa Jowell Foundation, a charity set up to fund and improve brain cancer treatment.
She took on the skydive on October 14, together with seven other mums who have all lost children to brain cancer.
The Angel Mums, as they are known, have so far raised more than £75,000 and were interviewed about their charity work on the BBC Breakfast show on January 3.
Rebecca said: “People will say ‘you’re so brave to go on television or take on these challenges’, but as a group we know that nothing we do will ever be as brave as our children were and nothing will ever be as hard as watching them deal with this disease. We have all been through incredibly scary times.
“It’s about continuing our children’s legacy. We owe it to them to raise awareness and help others.”
The mums have announced their challenges for 2024 under the theme of ‘earth, wind and fire’. This will include taking on the Three Peaks Challenge, completing a wing walk, and undertaking a fire walk.
If you would like to donate to the Angel Mums, visit www.justgiving.com/page/angelmums
Photo credit: BBC Breakfast
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