Banding together to raise money for Lilly

One Night Of Bands was the brainchild of a group of metal musicians from Dunstable, who performed on the night as Lilly’s Band.

Also playing at Luton’s Vauxhall Recreation Centre were Arms Of Atlas, Sarah Doe and Luton favourites the Shabby Tinkerz. Vauxhall gave their Riverside Suite free of charge to host the event, which raised around £1,000 for the Help Lilly Appeal.

One of the organisers, Carey Adams, told the Gazette: “The bands were absolutely fantastic and we ended up with about 150 people.

“Lilly’s Band absolutely loved it, they were so excited.”

Baby Lilly, of Lowther Road, Dunstable, suffers from a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma and is currently in New York for pioneering drug treatment.

So far the kind-hearted community have raised around £200,000 to fund the therapy, which is expected to cost about £300,000 in total. Fundraising events continue every week as Lilly’s family continue to hope for a miracle.

But the last few weeks have been tough times for the tiny tot, who has had a course of chemotherapy to prepare for the therapy.

She also suffered a severe ear infection and a blood clot was recently discovered in her chest so she is also being treated for that.

On Monday, doctors planned to take stem cells from Lilly’s tiny body, for back-up for her antibody treatment.

But despite a gruelling few days last week, our little fighter was showing signs of improvement over the weekend, crawling around and eating well.

But she still needs your help to reach the grand total of £300,000.

On Thursday, April 21, a golf day is being held at South Beds Golf Club in Luton for the Help Lilly Appeal.

Organised by SJH All Plant Group of Huntingdon, the day will see around 20 teams compete on the course.

Tee off starts at 10am and the event will be followed by a dinner and auction.

>>Lilly’s Band would like to continue to support the Help Lilly Appeal, so if anyone would like them to perform at a fundraising event for Lilly, call Carey Adams on 07515 658333.