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Category Archives: Life Stories
Jake’s Story
21 year old Jake Damms and girlfriend Lisa Bottomley, both from Sheffield, recently moved into one of Impact Living’s Wilfred Drive properties and have been together for the past 3 years.
They have a unique and emotional story to tell … Read the rest
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Alexander James Albiston April 5th 1991 – March 13th 2010
Alexander James Albiston
April 5th 1991 – March 13th 2010
Alex Albiston, an exceptionally brave and inspirational young man, sadly lost his battle with cancer on Saturday 13th March 2010. He was just 18 years old.
Alex touched the lives of everyone, … Read the rest
Adam Barrett’s Story
“When I was first diagnosed, with youth on my side and an excellent prognosis, I had surprisingly few worries about the 6 cycles of chemo and the week of radiotherapy, which looked likely to be all I would need at … Read the rest
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Nissar Bahadur’s Story: The inspiration for Impact Young Heroes
Nissar was a trainee working for Impact, the charitable organisation. He proved to be a talented, thoughtful and hardworking young man who made a lasting impression on everyone he had close contact with, both in his professional and personal life.… Read the rest
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Kim’s Story
Kim Leeming lost her mother to the Von Hippel-Lindau condition (abbreviated VHL) when she was only 3 years old. At the time there wasn’t much information and not very many cases when her mother was suffering with this type of … Read the rest
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Kerry’s Story
19 year old Kerry is a beautiful and inspiring young woman, who at just 14 years old was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), a fast growing cancer of the white blood cells which accounts for about 75 to 80 … Read the rest
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Katie’s Story
23 year old Katie Brooman had to face the grim reality of Cancer when at just 21 she was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer.
Like any other teenager, Katie was interested in fashion, music and going out with … Read the rest
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Dan’s Story
At 16, Dan Hewitt was at a time in his life when he should have been going out with friends, playing sports, thinking of future careers, college, instead he lay hooked up to a machine undergoing intensive Chemotherapy for Acute … Read the rest
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Jen Bayley’s Story
Jen Bayley is a wonderful 22 year old woman from Stockport who, later this year, will be enjoying a relaxing Young Heroes break in Lanzarote with boyfriend and fellow young hero, Akky Rahman.
Jen has had a tough 3 years whilst … Read the rest
Akky’s Story
Akky with girlfriend Jen
22 year old Akky from Oldham was recently referred to Young Heroes, through his social worker at Christies Hospital in Manchester.
Since his diagnosis back in 2008, Akky has undergone intensive treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia … Read the rest
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