Barty Dearden
The Dearden Brothers
Fundraising for Children with Cancer UK
Story
We are three brothers who have all contracted, and recovered from, Cancer within 6 years of each other between 2009 and 2015. All three brothers are keen to spread the message that early diagnosis of cancer often means simpler, more effective treatment and better chances of a cure and that increasing awareness of cancer in young people is integral to this.
We are all now Dads, each with 2 kids, so we have chosen to run the London Marathon on behalf of Children with Cancer UK, a charity close to our hearts given its care to children. Almost 4,000 children and young people are diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK. That’s ten every day. Children with Cancer UK is the leading national children’s charity dedicated to the fight against childhood cancer. They fund life-saving research into the causes, prevention and treatment of childhood cancer and work to protect young lives through essential welfare programmes.
