Jill's Fundraising Journey (JFJ) is a small registered charity, that has been running since October 2014, registered since February 2015. Our aims are to raise awareness of cancer and to raise funds to enable us to maintain a holiday home to provide short breaks free of charge for families affected by a cancer diagnosis.
JFJ was initially set up in September 2013 by Jill Goodrum, 46. Jill was a wife, mother and grandmother who was diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes and liver; it was terminal. Her attitude was to not only fight the cancer but also to raise £10,000 to be shared between two charities. She wished to raise awareness of cancer as well, because if her diagnosis had come earlier, the outlook would have been very different. She achieved these aims through a Facebook page named Jill's Fundraising Journey.
Devastatingly, Jill passed away on the 21st of May 2014, just 8 months after receiving the initial diagnosis. The £10,000 target was smashed by her friends and family nearly exactly a year to the day that Jill was diagnosed, just a few short months after her death.
We have supported and raised money for the Charity for the past two years and will continue to do so!