'A lasting legacy' - Sarah's family are supporting children fighting cancer

Funds raised to support a woman who died from a sepsis infection after she had battled cancer as a child are being donated a worthwhile cause.

- by Neil Fatkin

Sarah Dowson with her dad Raymond and mum Janet. SAFC fan Sarah Dowson with her dad Ray Dowson.

Ray Dowson's daughter Sarah passed away at the age of 30 from sepsis after battling a childhood cancer, which led to her having her leg amputated.

Now the family has decided that £10,000 raised to support Sarah in her battle will be donated to the cancer charity Young Lives vs Cancer to help young people and children battling the disease, leaving a 'lasting legacy in Sarah's name'.

Sarah, who died in 2020, developed Osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in 1997 and ended up having to have part of her left leg amputated.

Ray, who lives in Peterlee, said: "Sarah had the lower part of her left leg removed below the knee.

"They then reattached the lower part of her leg at the ankle joint to provide an attachment point for a prosthetic leg."