A TEENAGER who has survived cancer is using money raised in her name to help save the lives of other children battling the disease.

Clydeview Academy pupil Molly Cuddihy is planing to use a fund to supply vital thermometers to the Glasgow Children's Hospital for patients.

Molly's Fund was set up by the local community in a show of support for the 16-year-old after she was diagnosed with the extremely rare metastatic Ewing's sarcoma and spent a year in hospital.

Her school friends recently organised a gig with local bands to raise money for the cause.

Now she wants to give families a precious and vital gift at the worst moment of their lives.

Molly, of Gourock's Doune Gardens, said: "Thermometers are lifesaving - you can't go anywhere without one.

"It is the single most important thing to have when you are diagnosed and going through treatment.

"If your temperature spikes you have to make it to the hospital within an hour.

"We can just about make it and no more from Gourock.

"Some children come in ambulances and helicopters, it is really traumatic for everyone and a race against the clock.

"You need a thermometer and the most accurate is a digital one but not every family has £50 or £60 right there and then to get one.

"I want to take the stress out of it for families so when their child is diagnosed, they will get a thermometer.

"It is one less thing to worry about."

The thermometer appeal is being supported by RBS, who recently donated £300 to the cause and the family are also looking for any local pharmacies who may be able to help them with the supply.

So far Molly's Fund has raised around £7,500 to support her during her cancer battle.

Her best friends, who play in local bands, organised a gig night recently, raising around £700.

The teenager, who got straight As in her National exams from her hospital bed and recently sat her Highers, is off to Oxford University soon after being selected for a summer school programme.

She hopes to be study medicine at university and specialise in paediatrics and oncology.

Molly, who recently met Simon Cowell as well as Take That and The Who frontman Roger Daltry, is also organising a charity ball with her best friend.

Their Every Thank You Counts night, which is separate from Molly's Fund, is to raise money for a play room in the Schiehallion ward and it takes place in Glasgow in October.