A KIND-hearted cancer survivor dropped off a donation of 140 pairs of handmade socks to patients receiving chemotherapy treatment this week.

On Tuesday. Samina Hussain, from Slough returned to the Ashford Suite in King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor, where she was treated after being diagnosed with Breast Cancer in August 2014.

Mrs Hussain said: “It’s about giving something personal to a patient that can see them through their treatment.

“I can’t believe it’s a year since I was in here, I have so much energy now and I’ve got my hair back.”

Inspired by her own pair of socks knitted for her by her friend Sbba Saddique, Mrs Hussain set up ‘Knit Your Socks Off’ to get people knitting warm socks to support cancer patients and raise awareness.

Since the group was started in the summer, many people have got involved either by knitting socks or donating wool helping them beat the target of making 100 pairs of socks to donate.

Mrs Saddique said: “We had some ladies who had never knitted before and a lot of the people who didn’t know how to knit but still wanted to be involved. donated wool and We encouraged them to buy wool from charity shops so it was benefitting people in lots of different ways.

“For me what’s been really nice is getting so many different people involved and we have done it over something as simple as socks.”

The socks will be given as gifts to patients receiving treatment in the Ashford Suite and they are expected to go quickly as the suite sees 350 new patients a year.

Dr. Narottam Thanvi, consultant clinical oncologist who has specialised in Breast Cancer for two and a half years and treated Mrs Hussain, said: “We have to be reliant on people like this, we have people to do clinical work but we need help beyond that.”

Following a chat about the importance of screening and being Breast aware, the knitters handed out pairs of socks to a group of women having chemotherapy treatment in the hospital.

Premjoht Rehal from Colnbrook, who was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in October was thrilled to be given a pair of red and black fluffy socks and was inspired by Mrs Hussain’s personal story while in her fourth session of chemotherapy.

She said: “When I wear them I'll remember these ladies and it will give me motivation to get through my treatment and to help others.”