Worthing boy with brain tumour takes on walking challenge for Brain Tumour Research to help find a cure

A ten-year-old Worthing boy who was diagnosed with a brain tumour a year ago is joining his mum for a walking challenge for charity in a bid to help find a cure.
By Elaine Hammond
Published 11th Feb 2021, 13:17 GMT
Updated 11th Feb 2021, 14:42 GMT
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Charlie Clayton, a pupil at West Park CE Primary School, and his mum Stacy Clayton, a teaching assistant at the same school, are walking 10,000 steps a day in February for Brain Tumour Research.

Stacy said: “I’m doing this for this little man, my Charlie. He has a brain tumour and the more research they can do, the more treatment and support he will get. He has been amazing through it all.”

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Charlie was diagnosed with a craniopharyngioma brain tumour in March 2020 and was swiftly taken to Southampton Hospital for an operation to remove some of it. He then had proton beam radiotherapy in Manchester for six weeks, starting in September.

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Between his surgery and having proton beam therapy, Charlie really got into gardening and growing vegetables. Picture: Brain Tumour ResearchBetween his surgery and having proton beam therapy, Charlie really got into gardening and growing vegetables. Picture: Brain Tumour Research
Between his surgery and having proton beam therapy, Charlie really got into gardening and growing vegetables. Picture: Brain Tumour Research

Charlie was able to spend Christmas with his family at home in Lobelia Drive, Durrington, and now he and twin sister Megan are being home-schooled during lockdown. Dad Chris Clayton, 39, is a regional manager with Hilti, a manufacturing company working with the construction industry, and he has been working from home during the pandemic.