I lost my father and grandfather to bladder cancer. So I decided to keep running until I have raised £1m to help fight it. The plan is to do 1 million metres of running events and be sponsored £1 for each metre. If I don't achieve the target after that, well, I guess I'll just keep running!

Bladder cancer is not a rare cancer - it is of the ten most common cancers in the UK - that's 4% of all new cases.Over 20,000 people are diagnosed each year, and many of those will die. Despite this, there is very limited public awareness of the disease and it is a low priority on the public health agenda. Treatments have changed very little over the past 30 years and research is seriously underfunded. Bladder cancer has been called a 'Cinderella' cancer. ABC UK is dedicated to changing this and to giving bladder cancer patients a voice.

I previously had a BT MyDonate page for my fundraising, unfortunately BT has stopped support for the platform, so I have switched to JustGiving. Apologies that I can't display the kind messages from donors on the old page, nevertheless my gratitude to you endures.