Josephine and her breast cancer diagnosis

Hi, I’m Sapphire, the eldest of Josephine’s 2 daughters. Sadly in Nov 2022 my mum was diagnosed with HER2-Positive breast cancer.

Here is a little backstory; my mum’s family is very small- she has very few people that are able to support her in this really rubbish time. She has myself and my sister; who are both working mothers - myself a midwife with 4 children and my sister a teaching assistant with 2 children. She also has her partner, and 2 sisters and brother who are her emotional support. My mum had a fantastic job as a care manager for the elderly but sadly she has had to leave this role as the patient contact is not recommended during her frequent rounds of Chemotherapy. As her role was with a private company she sadly will not be paid for her extended sick leave and this means a great financial hardship for her.

To raise the necessary funds to keep going until she recovers we ask for your help. In addition to this, I will Brave the Shave to raise money for charity but any offers on this GoFundMe would be a massive help at this tough time.

Thank you for reading and I any contribution and sharing of this page would be fantastic and much appreciated.

UPDATE; We are still sharing and hoping you will too. In may myself and my sister will be doing a 5k run: please donate and support us to help our mum and also donate to cancer research itself