All should get gift of childhood

AS a parent of a child with complex needs I know all too well the challenges that families and the children themselves face.

- BY JEAN-CHRISTOPHE NOVELLI, Celebrity chef and Lifelites patron

My son, Valentino, now nine, was diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer, at just six weeks old.

He fought back to health but was then diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder - 15q13.3 Chromosome Microdeletion Syndrome - which affects 10,000 people in the UK.