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Sam Volpe

Gosforth writer's 90-day challenge highlights how mental health support is vital for people living with cancer

Over the past 90 days, a Gosforth man has been writing a blog entry every day to raise money for his vital North Tyneside cancer charity.

Ben Elliott, 33, has been blogging about the Wellbeing 9 a Day journal that he helped to design and which the Live Well With Cancer charity is using to help support cancer patients through some of the mental health struggles that come with a shocking diagnosis.

The charity - run by Ben's nurse mum Maureen in her spare time, when she's not on the wards at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle - works to provide support from art therapy to walking groups for those going through a cancer diagnosis. To highlight how the journal works, Ben set himself the challenge of blogging every day for 90 days - and he's hoping to raise £1,000 in the process.

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