Thanks everyone for supporting this brilliant challenge. I've noted the fundraising from this page on our main page, www.justgiving.com/TRAU-JackBanks, so head over there to see the current total.

About Tour de Creston

The Tour de Creston cycling challenge will set off from the Bristol office on Friday 3rd July.

With 3 routes to choose, depending on the cyclists' level, the race is on. Will our intrepid band of Adventurers make it to London in one piece?

Good luck to Rosie Cooke, Beth Pope, James Reece, Mark Benjamin, Pete Thomas, Alex Saxon, Anthony Fairweather, Richard Rattlidge, Dan Royston-Smith, Matt Hardy, Chris Moody, Johnny Savill, Kim Brace and Ian Bound. Keep pedalling.

About Jack Bank's Star Tribute Fund

From April 2015 to March 2016 we will be running a number of fundraising activities for our charity of the year, Jack Banks’ Star Tribute Fund for Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal.

The fund was set up by Paula Banks in memory of her son, Jack, who died from a rare form of leukaemia on 23 July 2008, when he was only 9. All money raised goes straight to the Bristol Children’s Hospital cancer unit to help make life a little better for all the children who have to go through such a horrific experience.

Jack's cancer story:

Jack was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia in November 2003, just aged 4. He underwent chemo and a bone marrow transplant in February 2004, for which his brother, Joe, then aged 8, was the donor.

Following his transplant, Jack remained in remission for over 2 years but in August 2006 he relapsed. He received further chemo from which he developed a life threatening fungal infection on his lungs. Miraculously Jack recovered from this and went on to find out that he was in remission, however the lung infection had left him too weak to undergo a second bone marrow transplant. 

For just over a year Jack remained well but following a routine bone marrow test it was confirmed that Jack had relapsed a second time. He had to undergo more chemo and radiotherapy and an unrelated donor was found for his second bone marrow transplant. In May 2008 Jack was admitted for his transplant and spent 2 months in hospital. Jack developed pneumonia and had no immunity to fight anymore. He passed away on 23 July 2008 with his mum and dad beside him, holding his brother's hand.

Through all of this Jack remained a strong character, he had a wicked sense of humour and endless sense of fun. The Doctors, Nurses and other hospital staff gave him such brilliant care during all the time he spent at the hospital, this is his family’s way of saying thank you.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.