A KIND-hearted mum heartbroken by the loss of her three friends to cancer has managed to raise more than £25,000 in their memory.

Serena Parsons from Warfield in Bracknell used her love of baking cakes to contribute to cancer support charity Macmillan through their coffee mornings.

The keen baker has run coffee mornings with her daughters and husband for the past 18 years.

On Friday, September 24, Serena, her two daughters Ella and Jessica and sister Phillipa helped raise £2,404 through the sale of cakes and coffee in their home.

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She said: "I'm still slightly in shock. We toned it down this year because previously we had tombolas and one of our friends made a guess the weight Macmillan cake. This year, we only had some chairs and tables outside and cakes in the conservatory and 120 people turned up."

Serena baked a total of 17 cakes in preparation for the coffee morning, all with a special reason behind it.

The 66-year-old explained how she was inspired to get involved with the Macmillan coffee morning following the death of her beloved best friend Jane.

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She told the News: "Next door I had a friend called Jane, she died from cancer at 41-year's-old. She was young and had two daughters. She was a great friend and so I started this in her memory.

"Jane was such a healthy, young, loving person and it was such a shock at the time. When it's somebody very close to you to see what it did to her was awful."

Serena has experienced the loss of her sister in law to cancer and her friend Dave too, who passed away two years ago.

Macmillan helped support Dave whilst he was battling cancer and the nurses were described as 'angels' by Selina.

She added: "Everybody knows somebody who has had cancer and its close to a lot of people's hearts. Cancer is evil. I can't describe it, it destroys people's lives.