Cadets and community wardens join forces in Sudbury to support young boy with rare form of cancer

Police cadets and community wardens in Sudbury joined forces for a fundraiser earlier this month, in solidarity with a young boy battling a rare form of cancer.

Youngsters, alongside Sudbury Town Council wardens, carried out a sponsored litter pick around the town, followed by refreshments at Tesco in Springlands Way.

Their efforts were part of a wider campaign by Suffolk Police cadets to raise money and support the plight of Alexander Goodwin, who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in his pelvis and right leg back in December 2015, when he was just eight years old.

He was subsequently told in October 2016 that he may have only five months to live, before receiving life-saving treatment in the United States, including surgery to fit his right femur and knee with a state-of-the-art telescopic prosthetic bone.

Samantha Hallatt, cadets co-ordinator at Suffolk Constabulary, said: “Alexander is an extraordinary young boy who gives hope and inspires those fighting their own battles.

“As a way to support Alex, the National Volunteer Police cadet team set a challenge to all police cadets across the country to show support and raise money to help.

“The cadets looked for ideas in the community with the help of Community Action Suffolk to find projects for them to do.

“He has a great love of nature and cares more about wildlife and others than himself. The aim was to do something that Alex cared about.”