FUNDS have been rolling in for a Cwmbran mother who was denied access to a life-extending form of cancer drugs.

Deri Groves, 50, and his wife Michelle saw the article published in the South Wales Argus highlighting how their neighbour Carolyn Davies, 47, was denied access to a cancer drug.

The pair had a busy weekend with three of their organised fundraisers coming together.

Last Saturday, a group of 11 joined together to bag pack at Cwmbran Asda and collected £823.21.

Mrs Groves has been supported by her employer Nationwide, and a group of staff completed a 5.5mile route up Pen y Fan on Sunday.

The group of 16 complete it in two and a half hours and raised over £800.

The couple had also been selling raffle tickets and this raised £286.

Mr Groves said that the weekend went “brilliantly”.

The next event is a family fun day on August 9 on the green at Grayson Way, Cwmbran, between 11am and 4pm.

There will be balloons, children’s characters, a men’s charity leg wax at 11am, BBQ, face painting and a bouncy castle.

As previously reported Mum-of-two Mrs Davies was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2014 and after treatment she was prescribed Herceptin to try and prevent the cancer from spreading.

But in May this year a biopsy showed she had developed a secondary form of the disease.

Her oncologist recommended that she apply for funding for Trastuzumab Emtansine TDM1, but she was denied on the grounds that she had not tried alternative treatment.

A spokesman from Aneurin Bevan UHB said: “To ensure appropriate use of NHS funds, a wide range of clinical evidence is sought to ensure that the treatment being requested is the right treatment for the patient.”

You can donate at gofundme.com/w97qag