Annette Shakespeare is ensuring her daughter’s memory lives on after setting up a fund in her name.

Annette has launched Ruby’s Fat Cow Fund in memory of her daughter, who died of an aggresive form of brain cancer last year.

Ruby, 10, of Lansdown Road in Old Town, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010 after suffering from migraines.

She continued to attend lessons at Lethbridge Primary School despite undergoing gruelling treatment for the rare cancer and her courage was recognised by Cancer Research UK who presented her with a Little Star Award last February.

But after she lost her battle with the illness in July, her mum set up the fund, named after the pictures Ruby used to enjoy drawing.

It aims to raise money for four charities – CALM, the children’s cancer and leukaemia movement, the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, CLIC Sargent and Ronald McDonald House.

Images of Ruby’s drawing are available on badges, wristbands, trolley tokens, plectrums and shopping bags, and a special sale will be held at the Link Centre on March 25.

Also on the day, a series of fitness classes will raise money for Ruby’s Fat Cow Fund.

Annette said: “Ruby faced her illness and treatment with such bravery and courage, and we can learn a lot from that.

“I’ll feel we will have achieved something positive if we can raise the profile of these amazing charities whilst keeping Ruby’s memory alive.

“Ruby was very creative and would spend hours with her cousins making up stories and drawing pictures of characters they had invented.

“Fat Cow was a favourite and was guaranteed to trigger peals of laughter and giggles that would last for days.

“The aim of Ruby’s Fat Cow Fund is to raise as much money as possible and to divide it equally between four charities which we feel offer tremendous support to families in our situation and who make extremely difficult times more bearable.

“We hope to raise the profile of these amazing charities whilst at the same time keeping Ruby’s memory alive.”

For more information and to donate to the fund, please visit Ruby’s Fat Cow Fund Facebook page.