Claire Erskine

Claire's running the Chester Half Marathon!

Fundraising for Cancer Research UK
£195
raised of £250 target
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Chester Half Marathon , 12 May 2013
Cancer Research UK

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We pioneer life-saving cancer research to help us beat cancer

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  • I will be raising money for Cancer Research UK, Cancer affects us all in one form or another, for myself my mum had breast cancer. I shall be running in celebration of mums 10 years milestone! 
  • There are more than 200 types of cancer, each with different causes, symptoms and treatments.
  • Around 325,000 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2010 in the UK, that's around 890 people every day.
  • Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer.
  • More than 1 in 3 people in the UK will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime
  • Half of people diagnosed with cancer now survive their disease for at least five years.
  • Cancer survival rates in the UK have doubled in the last 40 years.
  • Almost three-quarters of children are now cured of their disease, compared with around a quarter in the late 1960s.

By donating to Cancer Research UK you will be aiding their valuable work in beating cancer!

 

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Cancer Research UK

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RCN 1089464, SC041666, 1103 & 247
We‘re the world‘s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving and improving lives through research. We fund research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

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Total raised
£195.00
+ £23.75 Gift Aid
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£195.00
Offline donations
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