Barnham teen battling tumour sets up own charity

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy who has been battling a brain tumour for more than four years has set up a charity to help children suffering from life-threatening conditions.

Tyler Murphy, from Orchard Way, Barnham, has been through 11 operations and recently finished radiotherapy after first being diagnosed with a brain tumour when he was just 12.

The illness, and subsequent treatment, has affected his vision and ability to walk, and has led to him being in and out of hospitals for treatment.

It was during the time he was receiving radiotherapy for the tumour at Southampton Hospital that he decided he wanted to help other children who were suffering from serious medical conditions.

With the help of his mother, Janice Ellis, he decided to set up Tyler’s Trust to give gifts to other children and their siblings.

Janice, 46, said: “He was having radiotherapy in Southampton and we were staying in a house for six weeks and there were a couple of families with little boys, who were about three or four.

“They all got really close, so as it got to his last week he said ‘I want to by them something’ and he got them a comic and a toy.