Due to a systemic underfunding of childhood cancer, children in the UK are regularly given treatments developed for adults, often leaving them with life long damage even in the case of survival.

We are beyond honoured to announce that we have donated £101,850 to the University of Oxford’s Department of Paediatrics, to fund the Scientific Advances for Infant Leukaemia (SAIL) programme, a collaboration between the University of Oxford and Great Ormond Street Hospital, to research the development of new, personalised children treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), and to create a roadmap for all types of leukaemia.

Azaylia’s Wall (Nuneaton) to Trafalgar Square (London), 109 miles.

A tough physical and emotional journey for Ashley and family to commemorate Azaylia’s anniversary with the community, while at the same time raising awareness at a time when it is so important for everyone – government, institutions, media and the public – to understand that childhood cancer is not rare and is significantly underfunded.

Our incredible community carried the team (Ashley, Matty and Tamika) with words of encouragement and unbelievable energy every step of the way. Safiyya joined on her bicycle for 50 miles, and over 500 people greeted them on arrival at Trafalgar Square. All gear, equipment and vehicles for this challenge were either loaned or donated to the team.

We are so thrilled to officially announce our collection with In The Style, who will be donating 100% of the profits to The Azaylia Foundation.

This capsule collection of positive and empowering quotes comes in 6 designs, inspired by Safiyya, which are available in sizes 6-28 for adults and 1-12 for kids.

To see the collection, please click here to visit In The Style.

We thought long and hard about how we could commemorate the month of April. It has been a year since Azaylia’s passing and we wanted to give everyone the opportunity to help us mark this month in the most powerful and unified way.

We are so proud to announce our first community powered campaign, Wear Orange for Azaylia, to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer. For this campaign we provided our wonderful community with all the tools needed to plan & execute a non-uniform day at their local school. Over one hundred schools and day care centres signed up to participate within a week of launching the campaign, and Safiyya visited schools in her local area to meet children and discuss positivity and mutual support.

Any organisation can participate, to do so just click on this link or email info@azaylia.org for more information.

Abbott Lyon released a new line of jewellery including The Azaylia Foundation necklace, a beautiful limited edition design inspired by Safiyya.

Available on a name your price basis (£20 to £100) and with 100% of the profits going to the foundation, this was a wonderful way to support the fight against childhood cancer with much needed funding.

The Azaylia Foundation is pleased to announce a donation of £120k to the University of Birmingham, to fund the purchase of a Cell Sorter machine – a crucial piece of laboratory equipment. This machine uses a combination of 3 lasers and special fluorescent dyes to recognise different types of cells – such as immune cells and cancer cells from the blood and tumour samples that get donated to their laboratory for research and as part of clinical trials of new treatments.

The machine will allow more patient samples to be processed and enables doctors to provide detailed studies of how cancer cells respond to different treatments, as well as helping them in the design and production of exciting new potential immune therapies, such as CAR-T cells.

The Azaylia Foundation made its very first donation to Birmingham Children’s Hospital where Azaylia, and so many other children, are treated for all types of childhood cancer. The staff at the hospital go out of their way to treat, care and support not only the little warriors fighting this battle but also their families during the toughest days of their lives and we are proud to be working alongside them to fight against childhood cancer.

Our £20,000 donation will fund an innovative piece of equipment which enables augmented reality precision surgery and, in the future, has the potential to revolutionise surgical care for children with cancer. For more information please visit Birmingham Children’s Hospital’s website.

We donated £10,000 to support 12 year old gorgeous George in his plight to raise funds for specialist treatment in the United States following being diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumour in April 2021. George and his family were battling this disease with the same positivity that drew so many to Azaylia’s journey and we hoped this donation would help towards their goal.

Unfortunately, on April 4 2022, weeks after returning from his treatment in the United States, George passed away. His parents Louise and Matt continue to raise awareness for childhood cancer and the systemic lack of funding for the biggest killer in children in the UK, with the same positivity that carried them in the fight to save George’s life.

Freya Bevan was a beautiful little girl who was diagnosed with a P.N.E.T Brain Tumour when she was 22 months old. Freya underwent two major brain surgeries, countless cycles of Chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant and Proton Beam Therapy in the United States, towards which The Azaylia Foundation contributed £10,000.

Unfortunately, on 27 December 2021, brave and beautiful Freya passed away. Our hearts are with her parents Kath and John-Paul and her entire family.

On Tuesday 4th May 2021, Aria’s 3rd birthday, her family were given the heart-breaking news that the brain tumour that had been discovered the week before was Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) – a terminal (inoperable and untreatable), aggressive brain tumour.

1% of children make it 5 years with this condition from diagnosis, and the average time is just 9 months. The Azaylia Foundation donated £8095 in order to meet her parent’s fundraising goal for treatment not covered by the NHS