A five-year-old boy is set to mark the end of his cancer treatment with a charity fundraiser three-and-a-half years after being diagnosed.

Callum Murray, of Parish Close, Minster, was found to have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia two days before Christmas in 2015.

The Halfway Houses pupil began chemotherapy on New Year’s Day in 2016.

He finished his intensive chemo seven months later before moving onto “maintenance treatment”, which will finish in May this year.

Now, with the end of the sessions in sight, Callum’s mum Stacie is organising a party to celebrate.

The 37-year-old said: “Callum is going to be ringing the end of treatment bell at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Sutton on May 20.

“After that he won’t have to have chemotherapy any more, just regular check-ups.”

The mother-of-three added: “I want to throw him a party to mark the occasion.

“He’s been through so much, and he’s never had a proper party before because he hasn’t been allowed to mix with lots of children in case of infections and so on.

“I also want to raise money for Clic Sargent so that it can continue to help children with cancer. People from the charity were the first to come along in the hospital, our first port of call, and they were so helpful. We want to give something back to them.”

The fundraiser will be at the Co-operative Sports and Social Club in Sheerness on Sunday, May 26 from noon and will continue into the evening.

There will be live music, DJs, a bouncy castle, soft play area, ice cream, candy floss, burger vans and a raffle.

“We would like everybody to come along and celebrate with Callum,” Stacie said. “The past few years have been a struggle.

“Callum doesn’t know any different, because he was diagnosed when he was just two, but where he has had to spend the majority of his infant life indoors or in hospitals, I can’t wait to see him doing what all the other children his age are doing.

“He really has been through it – he’s such a brave, strong boy.”