A MUM who lost her fight against a brain tumour will live on in the Brighter Futures appeal.

Julie Basleigh documented the difficulties faced by Swindon cancer patients enduring a 70-mile round trip on a daily basis as they undergo radiotherapy treatment at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford.

The slide show she made detailing the miles travelled and the hours spent for just a few minutes of treatment each day will remain on the appeal’s website with the blessing of her family.

Last week they handed over a cheque for £7,500 – a share of the money left over from the fund set up to pay for treatment mother-of-two Julie hoped would give her more time with her young family before the tumour claimed her life.

Julie own journey began in November when she suffered a seizure. She was diagnosed with a tumour but by the time she had surgery to remove it in February 2015 it had become a glioblastoma multiforme – a fast-growing and aggressive tumour and the same type that had killed her father Richard a decade before.

Even though she was dealing with her own illness she decided she would support Brighter Futures in its bid to bring a radiotherapy unit to the Great Western Hospital.

Catherine Newman, the appeal’s head of fundraising, said: “It is devastating that she has gone and I hope we can keep her alive with everything we do.

“All through her treatment she was still really active in her fund raising. She was absolutely determined she would battle through it. It is just that spirit she had.”

Julie’s slide show told the public that in 30 days of radiotherapy she was driven a total of 2,400 miles by four family volunteers. She spent 90 hours in the car and another five driving around looking for parking space, all for a total of seven and-a-half hours of treatment.

She also revealed that patients who relied on NHS transport could not leave the Churchill Hospital until everyone on the bus had received their treatment, meaning that some did not get home until 10pm.

Julie’s mother Shirley said the family all agreed the left over money from her own appeal would be split between Brighter Futures and Brain Tumour Research, which received £5,000.

“I’m pleased to be able to carry out her wishes. I think we are all determined that Swindon desperately needs the radiotherapy unit. We have had two people close to us that have needed it,” she said.

Equipment bought to make her life easier as the condition got worse is also being donated to Prospect Hospice at Wroughton where she was cared for during her last days.