Pictured above: Andy Foote Founder of The Joseph Foote Trust with Bilal Ahmed, Proprietor, Curry Republic

A Solihull-based campaign to boost survival rates from brain tumours is hotting up thanks to the support of The Curry Republic in Henley-in-Arden.

The upmarket Indian takeaway and restaurant is to donate ten per cent of all takings throughout August to the Joseph Foote Trust by taking its £1,000 Challenge.

The campaign aims to raise the £500,000 needed by researchers to crack the DNA code for a cancer from which fewer than 15 per cent of sufferers survive.    

The Curry Republic has chosen the Trust, founded by Andy and Judy Foote whose nine-year-old son Joseph died of a brain tumour in 2007, as its adopted charity.

Bilal Ahmed, Proprietor of The Curry Republic, said: "Taking the £1,000 Challenge is the first of a number of a fund-raising activities we are planning for the charity.

"I hope as many customers as possible will take advantage of our takeaway, delivery and restaurant service to help us reach our August target."

He added: "We have a special interest in supporting the Joseph Foote Trust because my son Dylan went to school with Joseph and knew him well."  

The Curry Republic in Henley High Street is the first of what is planned to be a chain of top-notch Indian takeaways across the Midlands.