A MAJOR TV campaign will be hitting people's screens this Christmas highlighting the work a cancer charity does with its mobile chemotherapy units, many of which roam across Wiltshire.

The charity, Hope for Tomorrow, is teaming up with former Chippenham parliamentary candidate Wilfred Emmanuel Jones to release a Christmas advert to encourage people to donate money to help bring cancer treatments closer to people's homes. These mobile chemotherapy units have Wiltshire bases in Marlborough, Calne and Westbury

The two-minute long film, put together by Mr Jones for his company the Black Farmer, which produces gluten-free and RSPCA assured meat products, will be shown over Christmas and has also got a slot on Christmas Day in Channel 4's alternative Christmas message spot.

"Dealing with cancer is gruelling enough in itself. Add to that the distance some people have to travel to receive treatment, the stress it causes is immeasurable, so much so that some decide not to continue with treatment," said Mr Jones, a cancer sufferer himself.

Christine Mills founded the charity in Gloucestershire in 2003 after she lost her husband David to cancer and she has now set her sights firmly on providing at least one mobile unit in every county in the country by 2025, working in partnership with the NHS.

"I am delighted that our charity was chosen by The Black Farmer," she said. "We are incredibly grateful to them for the support and hope that we can keep the wheels turning on our Mobile Chemotherapy Unit project through this wonderful campaign."

For more information visit http://www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk/