Elin Rose Waite touched the hearts of Islanders in 2013 when her father Martin told how his daughter had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer known as Ewing’s Sarcoma two years earlier.
In May Elin lost her battle with cancer and passed away surrounded by her family. She was nine years old.
The Elin Rose Appeal was initially set up to raise money that allowed the youngster and her family to travel to Maryland, USA, for pioneering treatment. After her death the appeal carried on and has raised more than £140,000 in total.
Her family have now announced that the appeal will be giving a donation to the Institute for Cancer Research to fund a scientist to work on two new potential treatments for the disease.
