A FUNDRAISING campaign launched to help a mother with cancer spend more precious time with her daughter has smashed its £100,000 target in less than two months.

Charley Ashton said she was overwhelmed by the support she has received from the community over the past few weeks.

She and her wife Jess are now in talks with hospital consultants about a start date for ground-breaking immunotherapy treatment that could help her.

Campaign organisers say the fundraising will continue to make sure Charley can get access as possible to any further drugs or treatment she needs.

The first batch of therapy is likely to be provided by the Royal Marsden in London but Charley is also speaking to experts in the US about further types of treatment that can help.

Charley, 34, from Hove, said: “I can't say thank you enough, this means the world to me.

“The love and support of everybody involved with the campaign, including friends, family and complete strangers has got me through some very dark times and I am feeling very positive about the future."

Charley has an aggressive form of cancer which is so rare, doctors cannot identify exactly what it is.

Doctors gave her just weeks to live at the start of the year but she is determined to be around for as long as possible for her daughter Aurelia, 19 months.

Her chemotherapy has now come to an end and Charley wants to try immunotherapy, which harnesses the body's own immune system to hunt out and attack cancer cells.

However because it is still in the trial stages, the treatment is only available on the NHS for skin cancer patients at the moment, despite its recorded successes.

Charley’s sister-in-law Alex Bifulco said: “At this point no one is able to predict how well the treatment will go and how much it will cost.

“And while Jess and Charley remain tremendously strong, they are terrified about what the future holds.

“Charley is currently on an alkaline vegan diet and also having therapies which include reiki, acupuncture, hypnotherapy and yoga in the effort to keep her body as fit and healthy as she can while they wait for referrals.

“But all of these appointments and consultations cost money and this is why we will keep on raising funds until she has the money that she needs. Whatever the cost.”

To find out more about Charley and the fundraising campaign, visit cure4charley.com .

To make a donation visit gofundme.com/2csb3vg.

Any money Charley does not need will be donated to the Rarer Cancers Foundation.