TREATMENT to try and prolong the life of Trowbridge cancer victim Charlotte Wakeham is into its second week and money is still rolling in from well-wishers.

Charlotte, seven, has been given just months to live and is having radiotherapy and drug treatment at Bristol Children's Hospital.

Her grandmother, Wendy Bryant, said: "She is being really good and keeping cheerful. Adults might complain in her situation but she is being very brave."

As well as undergoing radiotherapy Charlotte is taking chlormipramine, an anti-depression drug it is thought might slow the progress of the disease.

Ms Bryant said: "She was walking better this morning but we have been warned there might be an improvement in the first couple of weeks but then she might be worse for a while." The Paxcroft School pupil is losing her eyesight and mobility and now often has to use a wheelchair.

Her parents Bill and Alison and three-year-old brother Leigh are staying near the hospital so they can be with her. Ms Bryant speaks to the family several times a day and spends most of her time helping to raise funds for any treatment Charlotte might need and for a dream holiday to Disneyland once her course of radiotherapy is finished.

Donations have been flooding in from people and many children who have organised their own events, for the Charlotte's Chance Of Life Fund.

Her fellow pupils from the Paxcroft School took part in a sponsored bag pack at ASDA in Trowbridge on Saturday, raising £1,416.

Holbrook Primary School pupils Hannah Phillips, Naomi Lawson and Matthew Henley, raised £11.65 with a tombola, Liz Chapman and Denise Jones have raised £650 in sponsorship to have their heads shaved outside Sizzlers in Waterworks Road at 2pm today and events are continuing over the weekend.

Any donations can be sent to the Wiltshire Times, 15 Duke Street, Trowbridge.