A STORE boss is aiming to raise cash to help a terminally-ill mum get revolutionary therapy overseas.

Kim Aldred, assistant manager at the Card Factory in Golden Square Shopping Centre, is donning her running shoes to take part in the Colour Dye 5k race at Manchester’s Platt Fields Park on April 18.

And every step of the way 46-year-old Kim will be thinking of her friend, mum-of-four Vicky Lowe, who is fighting bone cancer and needs to raise £15,000 to travel to Germany for innovative hyperthermia therapy which could give her more time.

Kim, who lives in Latchford, said: “I’ve known Vicky for nearly 30 years.

“Over the years we’ve kept in touch and I was shattered to discover what she is going through with cancer.

“Vicky was originally diagnosed with cervical cancer at the end of July 2013, just after her daughter Charlie, who will be two in May, was born.”

Vicky was given the all clear after receiving treatment for a tumour but in May last year it was discovered that the cancer had spread to her bones.

“She’s been having radiotherapy and chemotherapy but she’s been told it’s terminal,” Kim added.

“Vicky found out about the treatment available in Germany and wants to go over there to have it.

“She’s a lovely girl and a real fighter. She’s staying determined and upbeat about all this and I just what to do all I can to help her.”

Vicky, who recently moved from Bewsey to Colwyn Bay, has three other children, university student Lucy, aged 18, 20-year-old trainee accountant Christopher and Billy, aged 14, who suffers from spina bifida.

So far, her children and a small army of supporters have raised more than a third of the money needed for the treatment plus complementary therapies.

Kim added: “Although I’ve never done anything like this before, I’ll be running the Colour Dye 5k in Manchester with my 22-year-old daughter Megan Odea, who lives with me in Latchford. We’re both looking forward to it as it should be a lot of fun.

“I haven’t got a target figure in mind – I just want to raise as much money as I can for my friend Vicky.”

To donate, visit gofundme.com/Vmnmt or sponsor Kim’s run at the Card Factory in Golden Square.