Ex-Wolves star Lee Mills supports tumour charity

Former Wolves player Lee Mills has been announced as the patron of a charity set up in memory of a young mother.

The ex-striker, who scored 25 goals for Wolves between 1992 and 1995, is supporting Trudy's Trust, a Rugeley-based cause set up by Mark Leeson and his family following the death of his daughter from an aggressive brain tumour.

He joins Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley who agreed to become a patron in July.

Trudy Shingler, a forensic psychologist and former West Midlands beauty queen, died in February last year aged 35. The trust in her name aims to raise awareness and £1 million for brain tumour research, as well as offer support to other families who find themselves in the same position.

Mr Leeson said today: "It's fabulous news because Lee knows so many people in the game. He's a nice guy and will be a great figurehead for the charity."

Trudy, a former Aldridge Community School pupil, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in September 2010 and endured two operations and three months of chemotherapy before her death. She had won a clutch of West Midlands and national beauty queen titles before concentrating on her career, holding the titles of Miss Wolves, Miss Aston Villa and Miss Walsall, as well as Miss Beautiful Eyes, Miss Wordsley, Miss Pelsall, Miss Sutton Coldfield, Miss Wednesbury and Miss River Severn.

The Rushall-born married mother-of-one later concentrated on a career in the probation services, becoming Derbyshire Probation Service's first female forensic psychologist.

The trust's next fundraiser takes place tomorrow with a ladies' evening at Red Lion Farm in Houghton.