City families of children with cancer will get support from a new project launched in memory of a five-year-old who died due to a rare brain tumour. Finnbar Cork, from Hethersett, was diagnosed with a grade two diffuse astrocytoma in February 2016 after he began having dizzy spells the year before. The Woodside Infant School pupil received treatment at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.
Despite intensive chemotherapy, Finnbar died on August 5, 2016. Finnbar Cork died from a rare brain tumour on August 5, 2016, aged just five years old (Image: Tristan Cork) In the years since his death, Finnbar's dad, Tristan, set up a charity in his son's name - Finnbar's Force. It has supported families with children that have a cancer diagnosis, or suspected diagnosis, with both emotional and financial support and has donated almost £60,000 to research projects that specialise in brain tumours in children.
Recently the charity raised £13,000 from its first Little Fox ball at Dunston Hall last month. Now a new support hub has opened called The Den, in Eaton, which looks to take the next step in helping families dealing with similarly devastating news. Mr Cork, 42, said: "We want The Den to be a place where families can come to have a relaxed chat, in an environment that doesn't feel clinical, but homely and safe.
"When you go through something as devastating as we - and many other families - go through, your whole world crashes in on itself. Tri.