Beckham backing brain cancer campaign in memory of ‘close friend’ Tessa Jowell
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy David Beckham is backing a campaign to “transform NHS brain cancer care in Britain” in memory of “close friend” Baroness Tessa Jowell. The charity, in collaboration with the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission, has helped create a national brain cancer strategy and collect comprehensive data on NHS brain cancer services. I cannot think of a better way of honouring such a wonderful person than by supporting a cause she cared so passionately about David Beckham “As a close friend of Tessa, it is my honour to help support her family foundation to deliver her final campaign – to transform NHS brain cancer care in Britain. Please donate if you can.” Baroness Jowell’s daughter Jess Mills, chief executive of the Tessa Jowell Foundation, added: “Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of children and people under 40 in the UK, yet treatment options and advances in research have not changed in decades.
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