Overview
- Sharing a reel on Instagram, Kelsey vowed to “be louder” throughout Brain Tumour Awareness Month as she marked the fourth anniversary of Tom’s death.
- She took part in Brain Tumour Research’s #ShineALight on March 1, lighting a candle alongside figures including Fearne Cotton, Alfie Boe, Sarah Beeny and Frank Bruno.
- The charity reiterates that brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40 in the UK yet receive about 1% of national cancer research funding.
- On the Mum’s The Word podcast, Kelsey said grieving her stillborn son, Phoenix, last June was “harder” than losing Tom and described supporting their children through both losses.
- Tom Parker, a member of The Wanted, died in March 2022 aged 33 after being diagnosed with glioblastoma.