Pershore High School Sixth Form student Robert Ward has raised £2,523 for Cure Leukaemia

Fellow students and staff donated £169.96 through a bake sale, raffle and haircut to add to the £40 already raised in previous weeks.

Sixth form students (and staff) have been incredibly generous with both time and money. The school's headteacher Clive Corbett thanked Waitrose, Droitwich and Dawn Foods, Evesham for their generous support of the bake sale.

On his fundraising page, Robert wrote: "In 2006, when I was six years old, my mum was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia.

"She was fortunate to be given Glivec; a new ‘wonder’ drug for this type of leukaemia.

"She suffered side effects though, particularly extreme fatigue, so my three younger brothers and I became young carers.

"Now, 11 years later, she is in ‘Treatment Free Remission’ which means that although the Leukaemia may return, she doesn’t have to take the drugs now.

"I would like to fundraise for Cure Leukaemia, who fund research into new treatments such as Glivec, and plan to do this through shaving my head."

The link to donate is justgiving.com/fundraising/Robert-J-Ward17