FRIENDS of a teenager who died just four months after being diagnosed with rare form of cancer, are to abseil 100ft in her memory.

Georgina Anderson, from Marske, east Cleveland, was diagnosed with stage four liver cancer in 2013 after going to the doctor with stomach pains.

She had chemotherapy, but after the disease spread to her lungs the doctors gave her the devastating news that there was nothing more they could do.

Since her death in November 2013 her friends and family have raised £60,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust in her memory, and a total of £100,000 for various charities.

Now a group of her friends have signed up to abseil off the roof of the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle on Sunday, May 8.

Her parents, Paul and Helen, said: "The fact that it's the first time it's ever been done at the hospital makes it extra special.

"Georgina's friends all visited her at that hospital, so it's very apt that it is being held there.

“Georgina was so impressed with the facilities at the hospital offered by Teenage Cancer Trust, that she wanted to help others in the future and she started off the fundraising herself.

“Georgina would be both thrilled that her friends are doing this for her, but would also find it incredibly amusing. She would be laughing."

It is the first time the public have been given the opportunity to abseil from the roof of the Great North Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Royal Victoria Infirmary, one of Newcastle’s most recognisable landmarks.

The hospital is home to one of two teenage cancer units in the North-East.

One of Georgina’s best friends, 16-year-old Mia Flood, of Redcar, has signed up to undertake the abseil, along with her mother Dawn, as part of a mammoth fundraising effort which has already seen Mia and her sister Lauren, 18, raise more than £8,500 for Teenage Cancer Trust.

For an added adrenaline rush, Mia and Lauren will also be doing a skydive at Teesside Airport on Sunday May 1, a week before the abseil.

Mrs Flood said: “I think Mia must be slightly crazy as her biggest fears are heights and flying, but that just shows how much this charity means to her. I’m really proud of both of the girls for all of their fundraising efforts. They are determined to reach their £10,000 target and have arranged another charity football match and fun day for June.”

The 100ft abseil costs just £25 to enter, and anyone aged over 13 can take part.

Visit www.teenagecancertrust.org/newcastleabseil for more information about the abseil.

Visit https://www.justgiving.com/dawn-flood to sponsor Mia and Lauren.