In September I will be cycling across the Julian Alps to raise vitally needed funds for Frank's Funk.

The challenge will take me through Italy, Austria and Slovenia across some the most brutal climbs featured in many professional races.

I am raising money for a cause most dear to my heart. Frank lost his battle to Ewing Sarcoma, a form of bone cancer at just 14 years old. Frank was the most fun-loving, wonderful and courageous person as well as being my son’s closest friend and we all miss him so much. Lack of funding for Ewing’s means that neither treatment or survival rates have improved in over 40 years.

Support Frank’s Fund if you can whether you donate £5 or £500. Every little helps. Thankyou for your support. I’ve included information about Bone Cancer Research Trust below.

Every 10 minutes somewhere another child, teenager or adult is diagnosed with this brutal disease and they face a 5-year chance of survival at little over 50%. This drops even further if the disease is discovered late and has already progressed.

The Bone Cancer Research Trust is the only charity dedicated to this disease, it is a small but national charity based in Leeds, UK. They fund ground-breaking research, life-saving awareness initiatives and provide dedicated and trustworthy information and support to patients and all their loved ones... All without any government funding. They rely 100% on people like you supporting their work through donations.

Their work has never been so crucial and vital, in 2019 the major UK cancer research charities reduced their bone cancer research investment again by a massive 17% to a mere £198,575 – the lowest figure since 2002. Collectively the major cancer research charities spent over £700million on research last year, yet despite having some of the most brutal treatment regimes and poorest of outcomes, just 0.028% was spent on bone cancer – not even close to 1%!

Last year alone, with the support of people like you, the Bone Cancer Research Trust were able to commit an incredible £807,824 to pioneering and life-saving research. That’s over four times what all the major UK cancer research charities spent collectively.

Please support me and their work today. Thank you!