FOUR-YEAR-OLD Spencer Brown was among the hundreds of people who took part in a Longfield charity walk on Friday (June 9) in tribute to his mummy.

Sporting a T-shirt with a photo of his mummy Vicky Wakefield Heath, Spencer, from Stroud completed the five-kilometre walk with family and friends.

“My mummy died after she borned (sic) me that’s why I am doing the walk,” said Spencer.

“I’ve got a picture of my mummy on my shirt and she’s holding me when I was a baby.”

Vicky died from cancer aged 26 when Spencer was just a few months old.

Longfield’s Hospice at Home nurses enabled Vicky’s family to fulfil her final wish to die at home.

Generations of families - many with dogs in tow - enjoyed the evening walk across Minchinhampton Common.

More than 300 people took part and the charity hopes the event will have raised more than £3,000.

For Stephen Bird, from Stroud, it was a chance to give back to the charity which is supporting him and his wife.

“I’m doing the walk for Longfield because my wife is suffering from cancer at the moment and Longfield has been ever so good to us,” he said.

After the walk, families enjoyed live music, home cooked food, a bar and children’s entertainment.

People also left messages and tributes to loved ones in the charity’s memory garden.

“Events like this are really crucial for us because we rely very heavily on our community to help raise money and raise awareness of the services we provide,” said Andrew Fletcher, chief executive of Longfield.

“Without them and without events like this we couldn’t provide the care and support that we do across Gloucestershire.”

For more information about Longfield Hospice visit www.longfield.org.uk or call 01453 886868.

All pictures by Carl Hewlett at Thousand Word Media.