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Hi everyone and thank you for visiting my fundraiser for Cancer Research UK. Why Cancer Research UK? Cancer has been a large part of my adult life, from my mums untimely death at the age of 58 in September 2005, just a year older than I am today, from breast cancer, to my dads painful end from lung cancer in January 2010 and many, many friends in my life, the latest being Tara’s fight against breast cancer which began in March 2026. It’s thanks to the endless work of charities like Cancer Research UK that cancer is now being beaten with kinder treatments and increased survival rates for those diagnosed with this horrendous disease. I have signed up to cycle at least 300 miles in the month of July to raise much needed funds to help continue the essential research needed to find a cure. Cancer Research UK was formed more than 20 years ago, in 2002. However, their history goes back much further, to 1902, with the founding of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Thanks to supporters like you, their pioneering work into how to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer has benefitted millions of lives over the past 120 years. Over the last 40 years, cancer survival in the UK has doubled. In the 1970s just 1 in 4 people survived their disease for 10 years or more. Today 2 in 4 survive. Their ambition is to accelerate progress and see 3 in 4 patients surviving the disease by 2034. Their vision for a better future Cancer Research UK want to bring about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer. A world where: * Some types of cancer are effectively eliminated * Many more are prevented from developing in the first place * People who do develop cancer are diagnosed at the earliest possible stage so they can be successfully treated * Treatments are more effective, kinder and more targeted, so people can lead better, more fulfilling lives * Everyone shares in this progress equally, regardless of who they are, where they’re from or what type of cancer they have. Harnessing the power of discovery Every new discovery they make about cancer brings them closer to beating it. Their world-leading network of researchers is brilliantly placed to transform our understanding of cancer, unlocking new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat it. They’ll put discovery at the heart of everything they do, seeking out insights across all types of research and encouraging ever greater collaboration between disciplines. Accelerating progress for everyone Despite advances in research, improvements in cancer outcomes are still unacceptably slow. We need to drive progress much faster. Cancer Research UK will match the latest advances from academia with the commercial, technical and investment expertise needed to progress them from lab to clinic, improve the adoption and implementation of new innovations, and use their influence to make sure the benefits of research are shared by everyone. Working together to bring hope As the world’s largest charitable funder of cancer research, Cancer Research UK are at the forefront of the global fight against the disease. They’ll inspire millions to join in their mission, and increase the scale, breadth and impact of their partnerships to make greater progress than they can alone – bringing hope to people affected by cancer everywhere. Thank you! Please consider donating, however small, as every little helps or if this isn’t possible at the moment please share my fundraising link and help me raise as much as I can for this very worthwhile cause. I’m taking donations offline as well as online, every single penny of which will go to Cancer Research UK. Thank you very much for your time and I look forward to updating everyone with my progress. I’ll be posting daily photos of miles completed in the Super Cycle app throughout July.

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