TWO children from West Littleton, along with other family members, have been the driving force behind fundraising in memory of their grandmother who died after suffering from ovarian cancer last year.

Thomas Grayling, 12, and Josie Grayling, 9, are now gearing up for more fundraising with mother Jodie Rogers after raising £1270 at last year's Target Ovarian Cancer Walk/Run.

Their 'very popular' grandmother died, at 73, after a four week battle with ovarian cancer in April 2018, marking the start of the family's devotion to helping where they can.

Jodie, a staff nurse aged 41, spoke about their intentions to keep up the good work as they hope to take on another challenge this year.

She said: "As a family we really want to just keep helping this cause that is really close to all of our hearts.

"We are hoping to either take part in the walk/run again this year, following last year's success.

"Failing that, we will do a November Night, where we invite people around to our house and each person donates how much they would spend on a night out, and it all goes to Target Ovarian Cancer."

Jodie also explained how both her children have played a huge part in the fundraising.

She continued: "Shortly after my mother's death, Thomas collected his Xbox and all of his toys and told me he wanted to sell them for charity, so that no one else could be hurt by the disease.

"I was so taken aback by his generosity, he really just wanted to help."

Thomas, a Sheldon School pupil, also recently just won a community award at the school to recognise the money he has raised.

Jodie described her mother as 'family-oriented' and said she would drop everything to see her grandchildren, even though she lived in Newbury, because she was so close with them.

She died from the disease just four weeks after diagnosis, and was so ill she was not able to have chemotherapy