A mother is fighting to save the charity she set up after her daughter was diagnosed with kidney and lung cancer.

Tracy Bennett has been working hard to raise awareness of the disease through her website kiddiecancerinfo.com and by providing hospital transport for sufferers.

But the money is running out and the organisation will have to close after three years in January if financial help cannot be found.

Although Tracy has a queue of businesses waiting to pledge cash, few are willing to do so without a registered charity number.

The process of applying for one is costly and not straightforward, so she is appealing for help.

The cash that remains in the account must stretch to covering the insurance for their car and driver as well as overheads for the charity’s shop in Park Road, Ramsgate, which needs to take more than £900 every month.

All of the workers are volunteers and the transport is offered to hospital patients who would otherwise find it costly to make the trip for their treatment in London hospitals. All she asks for in return for the lift is a donation for the petrol and the congestion charge.

Usually Tracy would be able to take a minimum wage payment home for managing the store, but has not been able to do that for some months now.

She said: “The money we get coming in comes from the shop and it has to cover all the bills and the car.

"In the past month we have made quite a loss. I am very worried at the moment we will have to close in the new year" - Tracy Bennett

“In the past month we have made quite a loss. I am very worried at the moment we will have to close in the new year.

“We have people coming in with their items they want to donate, but people are not coming in here to buy them.”

Now 13, daughter Chloe is in remission for the kidney and lung cancer she was diagnosed with at the age of four.

Tracy said: “The reason I started the charity was because I knew how expensive it was for us to get up to Great Ormond Street.

“I have all sorts of people coming in the shop telling me about their stories with cancer, and other illnesses as well.

“People come in here for advice and that is what this is about, getting people talking about it.”

The former healthcare assistant at Lewisham Hospital quit her job to care for her daughter and pursue the idea of starting the charity.

To make a donation, contact Tracy via the website or pop into the shop.