We wish to thank everyone who has made donations however big or small, we really do appreciate every single one. As a family run Foundation it shows how deeply people feel. One example here is 11 year old Lucas Clamp who is the son of my Niece, Kerry. They were marshalling an athletic road race and spent five hours doing this. The organisers offered them either a £50 voucher or a donation to Charity, Lucas picked The Caron Keating Foundation. What a marvellous gesture from him, and we thank Lucas and Kerry for thinking of us. It shows it’s not just a family run Foundation, but a family member of 11 years of age can think of us and donate also.

Gloria’s book, ‘Next to You’ has already sold 750,000 copies in hardback. It is the story of one woman. But it’s not just one woman’s story. It’s about family. And it’s a story that could belong to any one of us at any time. Caron was 41 when she died, leaving behind two sons, Gabriel and Charlie. A few weeks after Gabriel was born and her own father died, Caron found a lump in her breast. Gloria knew at that moment, that all their lives would change for ever. The next seven years of Caron’s life, and her family’s, became a quest for recovery that ultimately took them across the world. They became experts in the illness and its treatment, both conventional and alternative. All the while Caron was living in the public eye and keeping her own, devastating secret. The loss of a loved one is the most terrible thing to contemplate. And all of us will have to face it at some point in our lives. Although Caron lost her battle with cancer, this isn’t a sad book. Told by Gloria, with extracts from Caron’s own diaries, it’s an inspirational and honest account of how Caron, Gloria and the whole family faced and coped with illness; it’s a celebration of an unbreakable mother – daughter relationship and how that relationship withstood the strain of Caron’s illness. And above all it’s a book to commemorate a spirited, magical woman. A woman who loved life and fought to hold onto it.about Caron’s life, her illness and the effects it had on her family and friends is now on sale at all good bookshops.

For a signed copy by Gloria please click here to contact us