Cancer Research UK Annual Review 2011/12

Annual Review 2011/12 | 43
When Robert died, Harry decided
to set up the ‘Help Harry Help
Others’ campaign, making and
selling bracelets to raise money for
brain tumour research. He toured
schools to tell other children about
his condition and spoke at businesses
and fundraising events.
Working together
We joined forces with ‘Help Harry
Help Others’ in April 2011 to bring
his message to more people and
raise even more money for brain
tumour research.
When Harry sadly died in
October 2011, aged just 11, he’d
raised hundreds of thousands of
pounds for brain tumour research.
‘We don’t want any other family
to go through what we’ve had to,’
says Georgina. ‘It was Harry’s wish
that the whole UK wear one of his
bracelets with pride. Giving up on
the campaign would be like giving
up on Harry and I’m not prepared
to do that.’
Thanks to the generosity of
extraordinary people like Harry
and his family, our scientists and
researchers are making great
progress in understanding brain
tumours and improving the way
they’re diagnosed and treated.
Harry’s amazing
achievements
Over 40,000 bracelets have
been sold and over £245,000
raised for our life-saving brain
tumour research, since Help
Harry Help Others partnered
with Cancer Research UK.
Harry’s work was recognised
with awards including Britain’s
Kindest Kid and JustGiving’s
Lifetime Achievement Award.
In February 2012, famous
‘Harrys’ including band One
Direction’s Harry Styles
and football manager Harry
Redknapp made a video to
encourage more people to
wear the fundraising bracelets.
The campaign has gone from
strength to strength; Georgina
is now establishing Help Harry
Help Others as its own charity.
Read more about our work
in brain tumour research
on page 32.
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