TWO specialist cancer nurses in Cornwall have raised over £2,000 for charity after taking part in a parachute jump.

Chloe Curnow and Wendy Dreyer raised £2,286 for Brain Tumour Research following their parachute jump at Perranporth Airfield last week.

According to the Brian Tumour Research website brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet historically just 1 percent of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to the devastating disease.

Falmouth Packet: Thumbs up for Wendy before her sky dive at Perranporth Thumbs up for Wendy before her sky dive at Perranporth (Image: Chloe Curnow)The charity is the only one in the UK focused on finding a cure for all types of brain tumours through campaigning to increase the national investment in brain tumour research to £35 million per year, while fundraising to create a network of seven sustainable Brain Tumour Research Centres of Excellence across the UK.

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Chloe says her career is ‘very rewarding’ and explains that her job is to support not only patients but families during treatment. She said: “Being a specialist cancer nurse is a very rewarding career.

“We are here to support both the patient and their family, provide information, explain treatment, and answer questions.

Falmouth Packet: Chloe (R) and Wendy (L) at the airfield in Perranporth Chloe (R) and Wendy (L) at the airfield in Perranporth (Image: Chloe Curnow)“Our empathy, knowledge, and experience of the psychological and social impact of a brain tumour is critical. It means we can play a key role in the management of patient care and understand the importance of referring to other agencies or support services as appropriate.”

Chloe also hopes that fundraising will help to provide more treatments in the future. Chloe adds: “We feel that by giving the best care we can in that situation we are making a difference to the quality of life, if not the quantity.

“We always want to help make the best of the time that people have whatever it looks like for them. We hope that this is what we can achieve.

“The effect of brain tumours is so significant with limited treatments, by supporting brain tumour research, hopefully, we can change this.”

To find out more about Brain Tumour Research, visit https://braintumourresearch.org/