*1st target deadline: we have to reach £2240 by April 11th 2025*

Laura and Hannah are trekking 100km through the Isle of Skye to celebrate the life of Leonie Botten and to raise money for Coppafeel! & their fight against breast cancer. Throughout Leonie’s battle with cancer she supported Coppafeel!’s campaign to educate and spread awareness of regularly checking your chest for any changes and to highlight that you are not ‘too young’ to have cancer.

We are embarking on this tough challenge for a few reasons:

To honour Laura’s sister in law, Leonie, who passed away from breast cancer last year just 29 years old. Leonie felt strongly that what happened to her should not happen to any other young woman in her 20s. Laura’s beautiful sister in law passed away on June 30th 2024 after an aggressive battle with breast cancer. Prior to her diagnosis Leonie was dismissed at a scan saying her lump was ‘fibrous breast tissue’, only to be told 10 months later it was stage 4 cancer. Whilst Leonie bravely fought this cruel disease she still found the energy to spread the word and importance of checking early and not taking no for an answer. We are trekking for Leonie, an absolute warrior who had her whole life ahead of her, who wished to climb mountains and go on adventures.

We also trek for hope & cancer survivors. Hannah has been cancer free for 12 years now after also being told she had cancer age 29. Thankfully her prognosis and treatment meant she’s been able to have the adventures she longed for after diagnosis.

We trek for mums & friendship, we’re both at at a stage in our lives after raising small children & entering our 40s that it’s time to get a bit of us time back, this is for those in life who get you though the grit, and help you climb those mountains!

It’s time to live life to the full, not say no and keep checking your chest! Please give what you can it will motivate us every step of the way on this incredibly tough challenge and help others with their cancer journeys.

The trek: walking 9 hours a day for 5 days, 100km in total.

Our journey on Instagram: @coppafeelskye

To find out more about CoppaFeel! head to www.coppafeel.org.