A Worcester woman whose nephew died due to complications with a brain tumour has praised the efforts of a charity 'Slide-a-thon' that has raised more than £7,000.

Fern Bradburn's two children, Fraser, aged 10 years old, and four-year-old Isaiah were two of many across the country taking part in the charity event in memory of her nephew, Larsen Roberts.

The challenge involved children either going down the same slide 26 times or choosing 26 different slides to go down to fundraise for the charity Larsen's Pride, which was set up to help children with brain tumours.

Fern said: "Overall it was just incredibly heartwarming to see the impact of this challenge that Larsen made.

"It is just the most amazing way to celebrate his life and his memory and has been incredibly emotional for all of us as well."

Children from all over the country were getting involved in the challenge over the Easter holidays, with more than £7,000 raised so far.

Larsen had an extremely rare type of tumour called peripheral medulloepithelioma, which has just 10 known cases globally with no known survivors or cure.

His brain tumour was originally misdiagnosed as a lazy eye and was further misdiagnosed again with benign Optic Pathway Glioma.

You can donate to the fundraiser by visiting here. 

At just four and a half years old, Larsen endured 11-hour brain surgery and lost his right eye completely.

Larsen passed away aged five due to the toxicity of the side effects associated with chemotherapy. 

Before he died, Larsen created the Slide-a-thon in 2019, which involved him going down 26 slides in one day to raise money for charity.

Holly Roberts, Larsen's mum, originally from Worcester and now of Pembrokeshire, said: "What we are trying to highlight is that a small person can make a big difference.

"Larsen created the first Slide-a-thon challenge when he was just five years old and actually took the challenge on whilst he was still going through chemotherapy.

"I still have lots of friends and connections in Worcester and it has been amazing seeing the support.

"To raise over £7000 as children with an average age of under 11 is just incredible, and all of the money is going towards helping children with brain tumours."