A team of firefighters are set to run 200 miles this weekend in aid of an eight-year-old Sunderland fan who is battling a very rare form of childhood cancer.
Run for Oliver is in aid of football-mad Oliver Maw of Millfield, Sunderland, was diagnosed with a stage 4 high risk Neuroblastoma in February 2021. He has raised £160,000 alongside his triplet brothers Oscar and Owen since then, however, he is still £100,000 short of the total needed to fund a potentially life-saving vaccine in the United States.
Oliver has already had chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy at the Great North Children's Hospital at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, but neuroblastoma is aggressive and has a high relapse rate - and the specialist vaccine vaccine abroad would lower the chances of the cancer returning. The illness is the same that was suffered by Bradley Lowery, and the foundation set up by Bradley's family are supporting Oliver's cause.
