{"id":19116,"date":"2024-12-30T21:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19116"},"modified":"2024-12-31T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T09:24:44","slug":"teenager-honoured-for-cancer-fundraising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19116","title":{"rendered":"Teenager honoured for cancer fundraising"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"TEAMTEAM MIKAYLA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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A teenager who has lived with cancer since she was four has been recognised in the New Year Honours List for raising money for other children with the disease. <\/p>\n

Mikayla Beames, from Wantage, Oxfordshire, has been given a British Empire Medal for her services to charitable fundraising.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for brain cancer, set up the charity Team Mikayla<\/a> in 2014, which grants wishes for children being treated at four UK hospitals.<\/p>\n

Another honours recipient was Paralympic rower Erin Kennedy, who has been appointed an OBE for services to rowing and to breast cancer awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mikayla, who won a BBC Make a Difference Award<\/a> in September for her fundraising, said she was initially told by her mum that a “very important letter” had arrived for her. <\/p>\n

She said it had been “incredibly hard” to keep the secret of the award from friends and family. <\/p>\n

“Lots of family and friends have said: ‘what are you doing on this date or that date?’ And I’ve said: ‘I can’t actually say: we’re doing something…'”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Mikayla<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
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Mikayla said her mission remains to “create more and more smiles” for children with cancer, which she said is “such a hard journey”.<\/p>\n

Mum Natasha said she was extremely proud of Mikayla. <\/p>\n

“It’s still surreal. We’re just normal people trying to do good in the community. To get the honour for Mikayla, it’s like, ‘this is really happening!'” <\/p>\n

This Christmas the charity delivered more than \u00a32,000 worth of books and toys to children’s hospital wards in Oxford, Bristol, Leicester and Nottingham. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Erin Kennedy’s honour comes after the Henley rower won a gold medal at the Paralympic Games in 2024. <\/p>\n

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2022 and became an advocate for early detection and diagnosis. <\/p>\n

After winning gold at the 2022 European Championships while undergoing chemotherapy, she underwent a double mastectomy before winning the 2023 European Championships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other honours recipients include:<\/h2>\n
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