Sion Whiley

‘Hope Engulfs Us’

Out now on:

What can universally unite people in a way that nothing else can? Something that can ignite a different emotion of literally hundreds of people and yet they are all hearing the same thing? What can bring joy, movement and light on the darkest of days?

Music.

Music feeds my soul.

When I first decided I wanted to develop a fundraising campaign to improve patient care for cancer patients, I knew I wanted to go big. I don’t do anything by halves (cancer diagnosis included!!!) and I love music, love singing, and my heart told me music should be a significant part of this campaign for funds.

I spent some time having deeply moving conversations with cancer patients who have become close friends and support to me, sharing words and sentences that go some way to describing the trauma and heartbreak of a cancer diagnosis. I took those words and shared them with my incredibly talented and very good friend, singer songwriter Sion Whiley…. and Hope Engulfs us was beautifully created with the love, sentiment, hope and deep meaning that was everything I wanted it to be.

“All I have is HOPE. Please don’t crush my HOPE

Sion Whiley’s talent for singing and song writing, and sadly his own personal experience of painful loss due to cancer in his family, led to the creation of this incredible song. I have known Sion as a close friend since secondary school and watched him perform countless times. Sion is an amazing performer and I always love watching him, but I can honestly say this is his most beautiful creation to date.

Both mine and Sions incredible family and friends supported us in creating a video that perfectly embodied the essence of the song. Hope. As a cancer patient, hope is literally everything. Hope from within, hope from loved ones, hope from the medical teams we put our faith in treating us to heal.

My mission is that hope, compassion and patient centred care is at the heart of every patient interaction. Hope is everything – I cannot say it enough. We are stronger together. Help me create change and compassion for the cancer community. Download ‘Hope Engulfs Us’ via all streaming platforms (links above) from 5th November 2021. Every penny from each download is going straight to the #KindnessVsCancer campaign. If you can make any donation via the just giving page, your compassion and generosity will support changing the delivery of cancer care in the UK and to a cancer patient, this means everything.

“I cling to hope every night and hope drenches my lullabies.
Her fire burns from my every pore, please engulf me some more.”

Dear Sion,

I am forever indebted to you for your time, dedication, incredible talent, kindness and humour and for being one of the best friends a girl could need. We love you Sion. Thank you isn’t enough.

Laura xxx

Sion Whiley