Gobsmacked- dad with cancer thanks stranger who donated £11.5k to help fight for life

Craig Dunn, 35, a Sunderland-born father of a three-year-old daughter, Serena, says he is “gobsmacked” after a stranger donated £11,500 from his pension savings to help fund life-extending treatment. Dunn was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare and aggressive brain tumour, in May 2025 following severe headaches. He had emergency surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, then chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the Freeman Hospital. In May 2026, the tumour returned; it was removed again, but NHS doctors warned it is likely to come back, with a prognosis of possibly up to a year.