CANCER-STRICKEN star Jade Goody is urging Echo readers to support our Weldmar Show Them You Care appeal.

The Dorset Echo and Weldmar Hospicecare Trust campaign aims to raise £60,000 to pay for a community nurse so patients can be treated at home like Jade.

The reality TV star, who has terminal cancer, has left her hospital bed at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London and returned home where she will spend her final days with her family.

Her publicist Max Clifford said Jade was keen to back the Weldmar campaign which aims to help those, like her, who want to spend their last days being treated at home.

He said: “I spoke to Jade and explained the situation and she said that clearly anything that means that someone can stay at home is something that she appreciates and understands the importance of.

“She said that she hopes that your campaign is a success and that she believes so many people will benefit from it.

He added: “She wishes you all the luck in the world.”

Mr Clifford said Jade was looking forward to spending more time at home with her two sons, Bobby, five, and Freddie, four.

He added that Jade’s wish to be with her family at this time highlighted what the Weldmar campaign is all about – to provide care for patients in their own homes.

The 27-year-old reality television star left hospital on Wednesday and arrived home a short time later with her husband Jack Tweed.

Mr Clifford said that Jade was ‘thrilled’ to be back at her home in Upshire, Essex, with Jack and her family.

“She wants to spend all the time she has got left with Jack and the boys and all those who are close to her,” added Mr Clifford.

Jade was diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer last summer and her high-profile battle has been documented in the media.

She has been told she has only weeks to live after the disease spread to her liver, groin and bowel.

The Dorset Echo joined forces with the Dorchester-based Weldmar Hospicecare Trust for the Show Them You Care appeal.

It was launched to raise £60,000 for a much-needed community nurse, as the trust says many patients prefer to be cared for at home rather than in a hospice.

Trust chief executive Alison Ryan welcomed Jade’s support and said: “This is really very generous of Jade.

“Jade is an example of someone who is being their own person and not turning into a powerless patient.

“She is also a fine example of someone that wants to be a mother and is doing just that.”

She added: “I would like to tell her we are thinking of her and to send our regards to her and her family at this time.”