<div>Some of you know our brother, Ben, some of you will not.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Ben is a secondary school teacher and is 34 years old.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Ben is a very kind and caring person and intuitive to people's feelings, which is why he has many friends, from university, work and his travels around the world. His huge personality is infectious and he loves to make people laugh - always putting other peoples feelings before his.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Ben has overcome many obstacles in his life, with this being the biggest obstacle he has faced so far. He is very strong minded and focused on life and how you should conduct yourself with compassion and empathy. He has a passion for teaching and cares so much about the students he teaches and staff alike.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>In February 2023 Ben was diagnosed with a large benign tumour in his chest/lung region, after previously falling ill with flu-like symptoms.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>After additional diagnostic tests and biopsies, Ben was unfortunately told a result the previous diagnosis was incorrect and that he has an aggressive malignant tumour in his chest cavity called Liposarcoma. Liposarcoma is an extremely rare form of cancer found within fatty tissue of the body.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Since this diagnosis, Ben has suffered from various issues; from his vein collapsing in his arm (whilst receiving chemotherapy) which is still being treated and causing infection, to SCVO, fluid on his heart (which then needed to be drained) blood clots in his lung, swelling and the tumour then pressing on vital organs, his lung was deflated causing difficulty with breathing with constant worry for his health.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>After the diagnosis we were advised that he could receive chemotherapy with the view to shrink the tumour and thereafter have an operation to remove most or all of the tumour, however would be under surveillance for the rest of his life.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Things took a turn for the worse and Ben developed Sepsis and was put on Optiflow (high volume of oxygen) in the HD Unit, only just pulling through. He was then given the devastating news that no further treatment could be given due to him being so weak and the size of the tumour, as it had grown very rapidly, the only option was for him to be transferred to a Hospice for end of life care.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Whilst admitted to the Royal Marsden Chelsea, Ben married his Partner of 6 years Louie. Louie has been an absolute rock to Ben and throughout this terrible ordeal he has given us, as a family, incredible support. His love for Ben is unconditional and we did not only gain a brother in law but have had the pleasure and honour of welcoming Louie into our family.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>After 10 days in the Hospice Ben was discharged to be cared for at home by his husband Louie. With sheer determination, willpower and strength, an army of friends and family behind him, prayers from people we did not even know, and an astonishing miracle, Ben began to improve and showed amazing signs of recovery. Due to his determination he was offered further chemotherapy treatment.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Ben is doing everything in his power to heal himself with supplements, diet, meditation, gratitude and is slowly making progress.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>During this time, and with the help and support of amazing friends and family, we have been researching alternative treatment and have found that there are options that can help with this terrible disease, Liposarcoma.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Due to the trauma that Ben has endured, the reason for our fundraising is to try to give Ben an alternative treatment to the harsh toxicness of Chemotherapy which plays havoc with both the mind and the body.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Although Ben is now preparing for his fifth round of Chemotherapy, the alternative treatment is called Immunotherapy (specifically T Cells) - it can be used in conjunction with his medication and Chemotherapy if necessary - of which Ben has been on the strongest chemotherapy drugs possible. The cost for the treatment is £40,000 for 8 injections. The T Cells have been known to help with tumours and shrink them. This treatment will hopefully enable Ben to undergo an operation that was initially promised to him to remove the tumour. We are hoping to start this in the next month.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>After this experience, which nobody ever thinks will happen to them, as a family we have vowed to try to campaign and fundraise as much as possible for cancer charities. If we are lucky enough to raise over and above the funds required, any surplus funds will be donated to Cancer Research &amp; The Marsden Hospital.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>We are, and will always be, thankful and grateful to the Marsden and all the NHS staff, we have had dealings with who have shown us all true compassion, empathy, helping us through this dreadful time and given us hope and faith.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Please donate if you can, any small amount would help, we would be eternally grateful.
</div>

Angela Massey

Roz Jenkins

Kim Shillam

Jacqui Trigg

Anonymous

Charlotte Giles

Daisy Ogilvie

Harry Oakley

Elysia Kelland

Claire Sifah

Danielle Davis

Emily O’Brien

fiona Martin

Dean Flynn

Heather Ellis

Dyani Sheppard

Jessica Adcock

Mark Sheppard

Please help contribute towards treatment for Ben

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Please help contribute towards treatment for Ben

Still £30,031 to go. Help us build momentum.