The family of a five-year-old girl who died of an inoperable brain tumour are continuing to raise funds for Brain Tumour Research, primarily by playing golf. Sophie Welburn died from a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) in March 2022, just eight months after she was diagnosed.
Her nanas Sam and Julie Cairns-Wade, as well as other family and friends are putting on a special tournament at Darlington Golf Club in Sophie’s honour in aid of Brain Tumour Research, and as part of Wear A Hat Day. This comes after Sam has already completed a virtual 843 mile walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End while playing rounds of golf last year.
"Sophie was such a bundle of fun, so to be told she wouldn’t last nine months was absolutely devastating for the whole family. Her brain tumour diagnosis felt so unfair, and we felt there must be something that could have been done for her", said Sam.
