A man has set up a charity for terminally ill people in memory of his father and is organising a bike event in Wilmslow to raise money.
Stuart Fraser-Thomson was fit and active when he developed a brain tumour in December 2009.
When the businessman’s mobility deteriorated he and his family paid for a stairlift and electric wheelchair so he could get around the house.
Mr Fraser-Thomson, who lived in High Peak, had his tumour removed and radiotherapy but the cancer could not be cured.
When he died, aged 67, last summer his son Philip, 40, from Alderley Edge, set up a foundation in his memory, which he runs with his stepmum Sue, who runs a physiotherapy business in Disley.
The charity funds stairlifts and ramps for terminally-ill people who want to remain in their homes.
Philip and Sue are working with Ashgate Hospice in Chesterfield but plan to expand to East Cheshire Hospice.
The foundation has raised more than £14,000 and installed 19 stairlifts since October.
Fundraising so far has included a concert at Adlington Hall and Philip is organising a bike ride from Royles in Wilmslow in April.
The dad of three, of Heywood Road, a sales manager married to Christine, said: “My dad was fit and active until the brain tumour came along and when he deteriorated he wanted to stay at home.
“We were able to pay for the equipment he needed but didn’t realise how difficult it is to get stairlifts and ramps until we found ourselves in this position.
“We set up the foundation to do what dad would have wanted if he had survived.”
Sue Fraser-Thomson said: “Stuart was a prominent businessman in Stockport and Manchester and had just sold his insurance brokerage to AXA when he contracted brain cancer.
“The cancer took away his physical independence but never dampened his enthusiasm to live every day to the full.”
The Cheshire Lanes Cycle Sportive is from Royles on Grove Street on Sunday, April 22, at 10am.
The 70k route will include Alderley Edge, Jodrell Bank and Tatton and there will be a barbecue after the ride.
Philip said: “My dad was a keen cyclist and I hope to sign up around 400 cyclists for this event in his honour.”
Sign up for the event at Royles or on the British Cycling website.
