STAFF at a York hardware store have pulled on pink to support a girl with a terminal brain tumour.
B&Q at Clifton Moor have raised money for five-year-old Freya Amis by wearing pink, selling cakes and buns, and cycling at the front of store.
Staff have raised more than £700 so far to help give Freya and her family, from Newcastle, a better quality of life for the time she has left.
The five-year-old had only started reception when she began showing symptoms of the cancer which has a zero per cent survival rate.
Known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), the growth begins at the base of the brain and causes muscle weakness, speech problems, hearing loss and personality changes.
The Clifton Moor store along with other B&Q stores throughout the North of England have been fundraising and have a personal connection as Freya’s grandfather, Pete, worked in the store and then at Northallerton B&Q before it closed last year.
The youngster’s condition was diagnosed after numerous trips to the doctors.
Freya was suffering from abdominal migraines and behavioural changes due to her age, but it was a trip to A&E which gave parents the devastating news no parent ever wants to receive.
DIPG has a zero per cent survival rate.
Only 10 per cent of children survive two years following their diagnosis and less than one per cent survive for five years.
The average survival is nine months from when the sufferer is diagnosed.
Fundraising has been set up to raise awareness of DIPG and help support Freya and her family.
To donate money go to https://www.gofundme.com/dream-big-for-freya-2vahnc58
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