2024 was Liz’s year. In an interview she once said she’d had one piece of bad luck, followed by a hundred pieces of good luck. Liz lived life to the full. She took photographs at castles and red carpets, at theatres and movie studios, she captured in her lense the emotions of actresses and comedians, of her very best friends and of total strangers. But more importantly she understood what it meant to truly be alive. Liz was passionate, kind and brave, the best big sister and the truest friend anyone could hope for. 2024 was the year Liz fulfilled her dreams. It was also the year she was taken from us. Liz was 17 when she died, just 10 months after being diagnosed with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour. She was brilliant and beautiful, though she would have denied being either. She fought every single day, determined not to leave her brother behind, determined that she would leave him with a lifetime of memories even if she had only months to achieve it. As 2025 rolls in at midnight, please consider buying a drink for Liz. The final item on her bucket list was to improve DSRCT treatment - a cancer that gets funding from neither governments or pharmaceutical companies. If everyone celebrating tonight chose to buy one for Liz and donate to the fund we could make a huge difference. It doesn’t take one powerful person. It takes lots of ordinary people to stand up and do what’s right. In 2025 young people should not be dying of cancer, simply because no one has invested in researching it. Terry Pratchet once said “No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away” Let’s make Liz’s ripples the biggest we have ever seen. Will you join us for just one drink? justgiving.com/crowdfunding/… #LizHatton #BuyLizADrink (N.B. If you can please add Liz to your Facebook or Instagram story or talk about her as you sit with friends tonight. Let’s make Liz’s impact in 2025 even bigger than it was in 2024)

Can you help? Do you have access to somewhere with a staff notice board or public toilet? If so could you help us spread the word of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tunour and the urgent need for research? We are looking for people to pop posters on the inside of toilet doors or on notice boards across the country (and beyond) to spread the message beyond social media. These are the posters we have prepared which can be downloaded from here: we.tl/t-sls2FgVDNB As always shares, likes and comments are very welcome. Tags of people and businesses who might be able to help would be very welcome. The QR codes link directly to the JustGiving page: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/… If you manage to persuade anyone we’d love to see photos of the posters in situ. Together we can make a difference #LizHatton

This is one of my very favourite videos of Liz. It captures her doing the thing that gave her the most joy. Liz was a shy person by nature, but behind a camera she was relaxed, dynamic and in control. I loved watching her take photos and could do it for hours. Liz’s dream was to become a professional photographer. This shoot arranged by @rheathcote and @GarethGetty was an experience she spoke about every day for the remainder of her life. She knew exactly what she wanted her shots to look like, and definitely gave far more banter than she was given. It isn’t an exaggeration to say that her relationship with both these photographers changed her world. They gave her the confidence to believe in herself and to follow her heart. They treated her as a true photographer - that meant everything to her. Liz was kind, funny, generous and stubborn. She had amazing ideas and loved being taught how to execute them. She should have had a lifetime to hone her craft. Instead on Wednesday of this week she went to sleep for the final time. Not content with leaving her photographs for the world to enjoy, Liz has left her body to medical science. She is determined that others in the future will be able to live out their dreams, that better treatments for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour will be found. Please help her to achieve that by donating, sharing, liking or commenting: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/… Together we can make sure others have the future that Liz deserved. Video created by the fantastic @WJConnolly #LizHatton