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Josie Kemp

Josie's Giving Page

Total raised

£950.00

+ £197.50 Gift Aid

316%% Complete
316% of the £300.00 target
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Shine Night Walk London 2024 - Half Marathon

Sat 21 Sep 2024 - Sat 21 Sep 2024

My Story

Hello everyone! Last time I did a walk for Cancer Research, I trekked just over 100 miles of the Jurassic Coast with my partner, Lauren, and foolishly only put on my walking boots twice before starting. Turns out they were a size too small, I lost 4 toenails, spent most of the time crying, did 20 miles bare foot and Lauren even carried me for some of it. But hey, we raised £5.5k for a Cancer Research! So I’ve decided to do something similar again… although this time I might just pop my walking shoes on before the event. I will be doing a half Marathon across London through the night with my work team at Live Union (so let’s hope it’s less of a drama and I’m still employed at the end of it). I will be raising money towards research into brain tumours. Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer of under 40s. So, it’s quite shocking that over £700m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 3% is spent on brain tumours. I will be trekking in memory of my fabulous mum, Pippa Stone, who died of a terminal brain tumour in 2020. She was a force to be reckoned with and would think I was bonkers for signing up to do a walk again after the fuss last time. I will also be trekking for Glynn Soley, who died due to a terminal brain tumour so I unfortunately never got to meet him but he produced one of my favourite people (my partner, Lauren) so gets instant Legend-Status. Any money raised by this walk gives me hope that other families may experience a happier endings than both of ours. 

I appreciate times are hard but if anyone can donate anything at all, it would be greatly appreciated. 

 Thanks a million! Josie x

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Brain cancer

Each year in the UK, more than 12,288 people are diagnosed with tumours that start in the brain or elsewhere in the central nervous system. With more than 100 different types of brain tumour, donations can help Cancer Research UK find out what causes them and develop better treatments to improve the outlook for patients.

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Total raised£950.00
Online£950.00
Offline£0.00

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