AN inspirational Gourock student who is now helping people across the world cope with cancer recently visited Downing Street as her campaign continues.

Tele Community Champion Molly Cuddihy has spoken openly about the impact fighting the illness has had on her mental health in her new podcast 'Radio Therapy' and it has been highlighted in the Scottish Parliament.

She has been fighting for her life and undergone gruelling treatments since she was first diagnosed with with the rare metastatic Ewing's sarcoma at just 15 years old.

Molly Cuddihy wins Tele Community Champions awardMolly Cuddihy wins Tele Community Champions award (Image: George Munro) The former Clydeview Academy pupil - who sat her National 5s while in hospital - has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the Schiehallion ward and to help youngsters with cancer.

She has also captured the hearts of A-list celebrities such as Simon Cowell, Gary Barlow and Paulo Nutini, and is now hoping to keep making a difference.

Molly visited 10 Downing Street along with Inverclyde entrepreneur Puneet Gupta, who has championed the 20-year-old to meet with advisors.

Brave Molly, who is studying maths, said: "We’ve had an incredible response to the podcast and it's been listened to worldwide and there was a motion in the Scottish Parliament supported by MSPs.

"Visiting 10 Downing Street was a surreal experience.

"We met with one of the special advisors who works with the community. We spent a lot of time chatting with him and he showed us around a bit too.

"He was really so kind and supportive."

Molly was the first ever winner of the Gourock Rotary's Young Citizen of the Year award, named after Dr Sadhu Gupta, a retired IRH eye consultant who has helped thousands of people in developing countries save their sight.

His son Puneet and his wife Poonam, who together run global firm PG Paper, have continued to support Molly.

Molly said: "It was all down to Puneet Gupta who organised it for me, he has been an incredible support. And he has even been a significant help with the podcast. We’re very very grateful to him and the rest of PG paper."

Since the Radio Therapy podcast first aired, it has been a massive hit with audiences all over the world, as Molly spoke about the devastation of being told she had cancer.

The remarkable student spoke openly about her struggles after a stem cell transplant in 2020, and says there needs to be help for cancer patients with their emotional wellbeing.

Labour's health spokesperson MSP Jackie Baillie recently put forward a motion celebrating the launch of Radio Therapy, commending Molly and the other eight young patients taking part.

It was supported by around 20 other MSPs including Inverclyde's MSP Stuart McMillan and West Scotland's Paul O'Kane.