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Ben Chilwell met scientists working towards a cure for childhood brain tumours and donated £25,000 to their work at Queen Mary, London, on Tuesday. England and Chelsea left-back, who finished last season on loan at Crystal Palace, is patron of Shay’s Smiles. Charity established in memory of Shay Patel, a Chelsea fan who died from glioblastoma brain tumour aged 13. Shay's favourite Chelsea player was Chilwell and he felt an extra connection as both had played for grass-roots club Woburn Lions (now Woburn & Wavendon FC) near Milton Keynes.
Chilwell accompanied Shay’s family to the Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence at Queen Mary this week. “Until I met Niki and Deenu (Shay's parents), I wasn’t aware how tough the outlook was for brain tumour patients," Chilwell says. "It was shocking to discover that one in three children who die of cancer is killed by a brain tumour.” September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. @braintumourrsch
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