People in Stirling are being asked to help fulfil a young boy’s dying wish by joining his world record looming attempt – a feat backed by a local resident.

Skye Hall (5), from Oxford, died in August last year from complications of his treatment for medulloblastoma – an aggressive and cancerous brain tumour – and had wanted to raise money to help doctors make other children better.

He launched a ‘Loom to the Moon’ fundraising campaign to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest loom band, an idea inspired by his favourite past time whilst sitting in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber for hours each week, looming.

Little brother Jesse (3) is determined to continue his mission and finish this record-breaking attempt with the help of children and adults from across the UK.

Janette Lambert (39), from Braehead, is supporting the challenge.

She said: “I was visiting my husband’s family in Taunton in August last year when I first heard of the Loom to the Moon challenge through a friend who knows the Hall family. As a mum myself I was heartbroken when I read about Skye’s story and I felt compelled to do something and get my kids involved in the challenge.

“My oldest boy, Alfie, who is six years old started to make a loom band while he was in Taunton along with his cousins and sent it off to the Hall family. Not long afterwards we were all devastated when we heard that Skye had passed away. Myself, my husband and my three kids children also took part in the Ice Bucket challenge later in August and raised £15 for to Blue Sky thinking.” Skye’s family will be taking a road trip, stopping in at major cities to spread the word.

Mum Sally (36) said: “From the moment that Skye was diagnosed, we were told never to give up hope, as new and better treatments were being found through research every day. We now understand though, that this lifesaving research is funded primarily from public donations in response to appeals like ours. We cannot simply turn our backs, now that we know the future of these childrens’ lives, rests heavily with people like us, and our supporters.

“Even after Skye’s death, Jesse is still receiving parcels of completed loom bands to add to Skye’s super loom. It’s so wonderful to know that he touched so many. The people of Stirling have already been very generous in showing their support with ‘loomers’ from across the region taking part in the campaign. Between us we have reached a distance of 25,693m of looms but we need to keep looming as new attempts are coming in all the time, so we want to be able to hold the record for as long as possible.” For more information visit http://www.blueskyethinking.org/loom-to-the-moon/