Cash donated for holiday caravan to support family of poorly youngster

Maddison Seeney, aged seven, from West Bromwich, has an aggressive form of brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme.

The money was raised by Manu Chadha, aged 40, from Wolverhampton, who works for the Jet Singh Trust, with a skydive from 13,000ft.

Manu said: "When the Jet Singh Trust heard about Maddie's situation we knew that we wanted to help in any way we could.

"From recently undertaking a 13,000ft skydive, the trust has raised £4,000 so that Maddie and her family can buy a caravan to enjoy breaks in the United Kingdom, as travelling abroad is not an option due to her ill health.

"We are pleased that the Jet Singh Trust has been able to help Maddie and her family enjoy quality family time together and make special memories."

Maddison's mother Cherrie set up a fundraising page on the GoFundMe website in February to raise money to help her daughter.

So far, £8,864 has been raised out of a target of £10,000.

Maddison was diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (type one) – a condition where tumours grow along nerves – and optic pathway gliomas – a non-cancerous brain tumour – in 2013.

She had chemotherapy to shrink her tumours but the treatment caused damage in her left eye.

A tumour she had became manageable, but after her health became worse in December, Maddison was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme – an aggressive grade four type of cancer – in February.

Cherrie said: "On this day our whole world fell apart, being told your child has cancer is bad enough, she has been through 18 months of chemotherapy previously for a non cancerous tumour and that was treatable.

"This time devastation has hit. Maddison has to undergo six weeks of intense radiotherapy and chemotherapy five times a week."