Don Black is a sales executive at a car dealership and lives in Essex with his wife, Jacqui, and their two beautiful children.  When Don became ill and the family needed support his dealer principal immediately got in touch with BEN.

Don has had cancer of the appendix and has since been diagnosed withpseudomyoloma peritonei, a particularly difficult cancer to treat. His doctors recommended treatment at a hospital in Hampshire for six weeks. This was difficult for both Don and Jacqui as visiting with a young family was almost impossible. Thankfully we were able to help towards costs so Jacqui could stay in a nearby hotel for a while and commute the rest of the time. Their BEN welfare officer has also approached other charities who have since helped with their general living costs so that they can concentrate on Don's treatment.

His treatment has been aggressive and very difficult to bear, and this inevitably has had an effect on the entire family.  The couple were in desperate need of a break, so we made another grant which helped to give Don and Jacqui a vital few days away together.

We are in regular contact with the family and Don and Jacqui both know they can get in touch at any time to ask for advice or just talk things over.  They're an extraordinary couple and we will be here for them now and, well into the future.