Pictured above: (l-r) Libby Rose, mum Dawn, Sarah Nash, head of Robinsons Solicitors private client department and Liberty Rose Trust committee member Sarah Towers at the charity's launch event last month

Lawyers at a Derby firm are set to raise money to help pay for the care of children who have been diagnosed with brain tumours after choosing the Liberty Rose Trust as their charity of the year.

Robinsons Solicitors, in St James Court, Friar Gate, chose the charity after hearing about Derbyshire youngster Liberty Rose Finn, who was diagnosed with optic chaism glioma - a tumour which coiled around her optical nerve - when she was just eight months old.

Tests showed that the tumour was not malignant, but it was still growing - threatening her eyesight. Liberty - known as Libby - underwent chemotherapy, which shrunk the tumour, and miraculously was given the all-clear last year.

Although Libby, now three, has a clean bill of health, her parents have set up the Liberty Rose Trust, which will raise awareness, support children and their families and fund research into childhood tumours in order to make a difference to the lives of youngsters across the UK.

The charity was launched at a party held last month (May) and attended by families, medical staff and other guests, including Sarah Nash, head of Robinsons' private client department.

Sarah said: "The launch party was upbeat but also very emotional, and everyone had a story to tell about the effect brain tumours have on their children's lives.

"Libby's story is truly inspirational and I hope the money that Robinsons raises this year will help the Trust to make a difference."

Libby's father, Carl, of Station Street, Castle Gresley, said: "We want to thank Robinsons for choosing the Liberty Rose Trust as their charity of the year.

"Hopefully together we can all make a difference to these children's lives."