Dame Deborah James’ cancer fighting fund rockets towards £7million as donations flood in

DAME Deborah James’ BowelBabe fund is rocketing towards the £7million mark as donations continue to flood in.

Trending In The News writer launched the fund after being moved to palliative care last month.


Dame Deborah James’ cancer fighting fund rockets towards £7million as donations flood in
Dame Deborah James launched the Bowelbabe fund to help fund research into new treatments
Dame Deborah James’ cancer fighting fund rockets towards £7million as donations flood in
Trending In The News writer was open and honest about her cancer journey, sharing every bit with Sun readers and her Instagram followers

Debs had been ‘completely blown away‘ by the support from well-wishers, who rallied to raise funds.

So far, a whopping £6.9 million has come in, which will go towards giving ‘more Deborah’s more time’, by funding research project at charities close to Debs.

It will also support campaigns and personalised medicine for patients.

The fund will be split between Bowel Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK and the Royal Marsden.

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Last night her heartbroken family announced her death and since then the fund has been steadily increasing.

In an update to the BowelBabe fund, they said: “Deborah was an inspiration to us all and her incredible work to raise awareness of cancer touched so many lives.

“We will continue her legacy and support the causes Deborah was passionate about so that many more people benefit from new treatments and have more precious time with their loved ones.

“Thank you for your incredible generosity and for playing a part in Deborah’s legacy.”

Donate here to keep raising money for Deborah’s BowelBabe fund

On top of the £6.9million already raised, there is an additional £1.2m that has also come in through gift aid.

Whilst living out her days at her parents home in Woking, Surrey, Debs also launched a fashion collection with In The Style.

Part of this collection is a t-shirt, emblazoned with her motto ‘Rebellious Hope’.

It’s through sales of the garment alone that she has managed to raise over £1million.

But perhaps one of the biggest impacts Debs has had, is getting supermarkets up and down the country to display information about cancer on loo roll packaging.

The chief executive of Bowel Cancer UK, Genevieve Edwards, said Deborah leaves a ‘tremendous legacy’.

“She never stopped raising awareness. Bowel cancer is something people find difficult to talk about often and don’t really … they find it a little bit embarrassing.

“She’s stripped all of that away and shone a powerful light on it.”

Despite being told she had an eight per cent chance of living five years, Deborah defied the odds stacked against her.

After celebrating her 40th birthday last October – a birthday she never dreamed she would live to see – the brave campaigner marked the five-year milestone a few months later.

Deborah shared every step of her journey with Sun readers in her column Things Cancer Made Me Say and her army of loyal social media followers.

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She went on to present the award-winning BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C with fellow cancer patients Rachael Bland, who passed away in September 2018, Lauren Mahon and Rachael’s husband Steve.

In the five-and-a-half years since her diagnosis Deborah changed the conversation around bowel cancer, raising vital awareness and breaking down taboos.