WITCHES Craig Caravan Park has raised enough money to fund Maggie's Forth Valley for an entire week.

On April 18, the fourth anniversary of losing her mum Veda Stephen to cancer, Veda Dewar met with Maggie’s volunteer Suzanne MacCrimmon.

She received a thank you certificate from Maggie’s Forth Valley for funding that day, and an entire week in total, at the new centre after raising a fantastic £12,000.

Along for the show and a nibble on the certificate was little lamb Maggie, named after she was born at Witches Craig on the same day the facility opened earlier this year.

Stomach cancer claimed the life of Veda’s mum in April 2013 after five months of intense chemotherapy.

Just weeks later her dad had an operation to remove a cancerous tumour in his bowel.

She has also lost several friends to cancer and knows others going through treatment.

Veda, who runs Witches Craig Caravan Park in Blairlogie, has been fundraising for Maggie’s Forth Valley in memory of her mum since 2014.

She said: "I chose Maggie's out of appreciation for the Maggie's Centre at the Beatson in Glasgow.

"While my Mum was receiving her chemotherapy dad would spend the day in the Maggie Centre.

"I wanted to make people aware that family and friends require support just as much as the cancer patient.

"I was delighted to hear that a new Maggie's was going to be built at Forth Valley.

"My Mum was on an emotional and physical rollercoaster through her illness but each day she made the most of what she could, just as Maggie Keswick believed that people should not 'lose the joy of living in the fear of dying'."

Liz MacMillan, centre head at Maggie’s Forth Valley, said: "We are so grateful that Witches Craig is 'paying for a week' at Maggie’s Forth Valley.

"Maggie’s Forth Valley relies entirely on voluntary donations to allow us to keep on developing our unique programme of support for people living with cancer and to be able to offer that support to everyone who needs it.

"Everyone at Maggie’s is hugely thankful to Veda, and her family and friends who all helped reach this amazing total, for choosing to support us."

Maggie’s Forth Valley offers a way of living well with cancer.

This includes making sure that people with cancer in the region, as well as their family and friends, are really listened to, that they are offered tailored individual support, group support and practical advice, all delivered by qualified professional within a space that enables them to meet other people who understand what it means to be living with cancer too.

Built in the grounds of Forth Valley Royal Hospital, it is a warm and welcoming place, with qualified professionals on hand to offer an evidence-based core programme of support that has been shown to improve physical and emotional wellbeing.

Maggie’s Forth Valley relies on voluntary donations to support and grow its network of centres and to develop its unique, high quality programme of support.

The charity’s aim is to make the biggest difference possible to people living with cancer and their family and friends.