Cyclists Fighting Cancer
Team CFC Run London Marathon 2023
Join our #TeamCFC runners as they take on the London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April 2023 to help children and young people living with and beyond cancer.
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Every year in the UK approximately 2,400 children and young people (up to and including the age of 18) are diagnosed with cancer. We are passionate about helping all of these families along this difficult journey.
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Your fundraising and donations will go directly to helping kids with cancer by providing them with new bikes and specially adapted trikes which help them to regain their physical fitness, mental wellness and reduce their social isolation after months of cancer treatment. Since the charity began in 2005 we have helped over 8,000 children, children just like Rosie:
15 year old Rosie was diagnosed with leukaemia in January 2022. She also has Down Syndrome and a heart condition which has made treatment even more difficult. She will be on chemotherapy for another 18 months until April 2024. Mum says,
We got out on the trike for the first time yesterday and she loves it! We went out for an hour and covered over 3 miles. Rosie's walking distance is still very limited as she lost a lot of strength during two rounds of intensive chemotherapy, so I was amazed at how well she did on the trike - and she is even talking about riding it to school! Before Rosie's leukaemia diagnosis she was an active teenager and loved gymnastics, swimming, kickboxing and working out on the parkour bars in the park. Sadly she hasn't been able to return to these yet, but having the trike means that she can build up her strength and stamina to start trying out other activities again as well. She is very confident on her trike and absolutely loves it. I wasn't able to take many photos because she didn't want to stop too long (the only video I have is of her cycling off into the distance with me trying to keep up)..
A couple of weeks later we had a lovely update,
Rosie missed her school transport bus today as she was feeling a little unwell - so she cycled to school instead and blew some cobwebs away
Awesome pedalling Rosie! To read more about some of the wonderful children we have helped, please visit our website, Cyclists Fighting Cancer