Fundraiser set up to raise funds for life-saving surgery for Inverness dad raises over £27k in one day
A fundraiser set up to support a Tornagrain dad-of-four after he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumour has reached over £27,000 in less than a day.
Ben Horsfield, a self-employed Aga engineer, received the “devastating” diagnosis after experiencing a seizure on April 7 and now requires life-saving surgery.
His friends and family are hoping to raise £30,000 and at the time of writing the GoFundMe campaign was sitting at over £27,300.
The fundraiser was set up by family friends Christine Cochrane and Rosie Thompson in a bid to help cover the cost of potentially life-saving surgery at a specialist neuro hospital in London as well as treatment and to support the family while he is unable to work.
They wrote on the fundraising page: “Ben is a family man through-and-through. He has four wonderful young boys, Harvey, Harry, Oliver and Freddie, a loving wife Gemma.
“He has always put his family first, and loves nothing more than spending time adventuring with his boys. He also co-founded the kids football team at Croy Primary School so they’d have somewhere to play with their friends. He coaches the team most weekends at Culloden or can be found volunteering at the SFA festivals on the Bught Park playing field.”
To give to the fundraiser visit the GoFundMe page.
