18/11/2025
Hey everyone, I’m Ceri. I know you’ve seen me in interviews and pushing hard on here, but I thought you should know a bit about me.
I’m 42, a dad to three lovely boys though heartbreakingly, one of them isn’t here anymore. I’m also a golf professional, turned pro back in 2007, though golf doesn’t get much of my time these days.
When Hugh was diagnosed, my worst fears became real. I used to get anxious just taking him to the doctor with a cold , so to hear the word cancer… it hit me like a tonne of bricks. I can still feel that ice-cold shock running through my veins. I’ll never forget it.
There wasn’t a thing in this world I wouldn’t have done for Hugh. If he needed a rock from Mars to save him, I’d have found a way to get to Mars. Anything.
The day he relapsed, I watched him being taken for surgery. As the trolley rolled away down that corridor, I shouted, “I love you Hugh!” and he called back, louder, “I love you!” That moment changed me forever. For the first time I let every emotion pour out, standing there in that corridor.
Since losing him, I’ve not only tried to be the best dad I can be to my other boys I’ve made it my life’s mission to change the way parents are treated when their child is seriously ill.
On the wards, I saw mums and dads crying because they were trying to work on Zoom while their child was vomiting next to them. I saw parents leaving their 10-year-old having chemo so they could do a night shift in Tesco to afford dinner. It was and is so wrong.
Before all this, I knew nothing about politics. But I’ve learned fast. I’ve campaigned like there’s no tomorrow, because parents deserve better. And to think we’ve moved this from a conversation at a kitchen table… to the government actually committing to review Hugh’s Law… to hearing MPs and Peers voluntarily refer to Hugh’s Law in Parliament , it’s overwhelming.
I won’t pretend it’s not consuming. It is relentless.
But the reward, real change for parents, will be huge.
Your messages, your comments, your support… they empower me more than you know.
We keep going. For Hugh. For every child. For every parent.