LITTLE Lever mum Lisa McLoughlin will be honoured with a CBE for voluntary services to the Brain Tumour Charity, which she supports in memory of her daughter Jessica.

Jessica died in 2014 when she was just six years old after developing a rare brain tumour called a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

Since her loss, Lisa and her partner Carl Green have tirelessly campaigned to raise awareness and money to try to help prevent other parents going through the same experience as them.

This included setting up the Jessica Green fund, which has far surpassed its original target of £10,000 and currently stands at £65,000.

Lisa has also distributed more than 2,000 cards to schools and GP surgeries warning parents what the symptoms of DIPG are and what to look out for.

The 38-year-old, who lives in Little Lever with Carl and three-year-old daughter Abigail, said she was shocked to hear she would be receiving a CBE.

She said: “I found out a couple of weeks ago and I was very surprised and quite nervous — I don’t think I have done anything particularly special. There are so many people who do so much fundraising but obviously I am incredibly honoured.”

Lisa, who works at the Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, has become a passionate ambassador for the Brain Tumour Charity and is trying to fund new research into DIPG, for which there has been no advances in treatment in 50 years.

She added: “Our lives changed when Jessica became ill but we got so much support from so many people and we decided we wanted to try and help others.

“Jessica was such a loving and cheeky little girl and people still remember her so fondly now.”

She added: “I will be accepting the award on her behalf as well as all the people who have helped Team Jessica over the years.”