THE family of a teenager who lost his 18-month battle with leukaemia will donate the £48,000 that was raised in his name to charity to mark the first anniversary of his death.

Daniel Berry died on February 15 after six courses of treatment, two trips to America and a bone marrow transplant failed to stop the cancer spreading.

The 18-year-old, of Crosby Grove, Atherton, was diagnosed with the blood disease in August 2001, just after leaving Hesketh Fletcher High School with seven GCSEs.

When initial sessions of chemotherapy failed and British doctors said there was nothing more they could do, his parents, Elaine and Gary, launched the Daniel Berry Fund -- an appeal to raise money to send him to America for treatment not available in this country.

Daniel's case touched the hearts of locals who pulled together to raise more than £80,000 to help save his life.

Part of that was used to fund two trips to a specialist clinic in Texas, now Mr and Mrs Berry have decided to donate the remaining £48,000 to several charities that supported Daniel through his brave fight.

Mrs Berry said: "We have thought long and hard about where the money should go. We did discuss it with Daniel before he died and I know he would want to help as many other people as possible.

"It's been an incredibly hard year and we hope to turn what will be an extremely sad day for our family into a positive day by helping others in a similar situation."

The money will be divided between four charities that helped Daniel -- the Make A Wish Foundation, the Anthony Nolan Trust, the Bob Champion Cancer Trust and Children With Leukaemia.

Money will also be donated to help two individuals, eight-year-old Robyn Brooks from Rochdale and Donna Kendrick from Wigan.

Robyn suffers from neuroblastoma -- a form of cancer that effects the nervous system -- and has spent the last 18 months having treatment in a specialist cancer hospital in New York.

Former travel agent Donna Kendrick, aged 30, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2001 and is frantically trying to raise £100,000 to travel to Germany for potentially life-saving treatment.

Mrs Berry said: "We always said we would like to help individuals in a similar situation to Daniel because we know exactly what they are going through and how hard it can be.

"We want to do this in Daniel's memory, so that he has not died in vain.

"And want to thank all the people who donated to his campaign. Their generosity sent Daniel to America twice and give him an extra year of his life."