As some of you may or may not know, our beloved sister Sharan sadly lost her short battle with bowel cancer in January 2021. She was only diagnosed 4 weeks before she died. Although she had some symptoms before this, diagnosis was slow, partly due to mild symptoms, and partly due to not meeting ‘normal’ criteria for bowel cancer in terms of age, gender, weight and not having any underlying health conditions. 

Due to this, we have chosen to raise money and awareness for Bowel Cancer UK. They are the UK's leading bowel cancer charity, their vision is a future where nobody dies of the disease. They support research and campaign to save lives. 

In honour of Sharan and in order to commemorate her 34 years of life, and to raise as much money as we can, family and friends will be taking on the following 34 challenges in 34 weeks, ending with a 35k walk on what would have been her 35th birthday.

1. 34 day 'Give Up'
2. Eat 34 AfterEights in 34 seconds
3. 34 shot challenge
4. Swim 34 pool lengths
5. 34 hour relay walk/run/cycle
6. Climb 34 flights of stairs
7. 34 continuous burpees
8. 34 continuous jumping squats
9. 34 continuous kick ups
10. Head shave
11. 34 minute dance-athon
12. 34 minute trampoline jump
13. 34 variety bake sale
14. 34 car car-wash
15. 3.4 minute wall sit
16. 34 day no shave
17. 34 chocolate fingers in 34 seconds
18. 3.4 mile fancy dress fun run
19. 34 'Cube Style' cup challenge
20. 34 inch limbo challenge
21. 34cm hair chop
22. 34 minutes of skipping
23. 34 station circuit
24. 34 hour phone ban
25. 3.4 minute plank
26. Learn 34 words in a different language
27. Visit 34 train stations in a day and take a selfie
28. 34 item meal to eat in 34 minutes
29. The Smokehouse Challenge
30. 34 person pickup
31. 1 mile run a day for 34 days
32. 34 colours 34 days
33. Climb Snowdon
34. 35k walk on 12 October 2021. 

If you wish to follow our journey through the challenges, please look out for social media posts... and why not try some of them at home yourselves. 

Sharan’s passing came so unexpectedly to us, and it happened so quickly that we’re still trying to process it. We want to raise as much money and awareness as we can to make sure no one else has to suffer in this way. So come on, dig deep and help us beat cancer and donate.