Cycling is so 2022…. 2023 is all about the Royal Park half marathon for Hayley and Louise!

Being mothers ourselves has made us even more determined to show our support and help in anyway we can. 🩵

This year we will be out pounding the pavements to get ready for October 8th for Teddy’s campaign, a local Sussex boy fighting one of the most aggressive - and rare - forms of childhood cancer.

Teddy, who has charmed nurses and doctors at hospitals around the UK, is facing one of the most aggressive - and rare - forms of childhood cancer. But for children like Teddy, there is the possibility of long-term remission in the form of a lifesaving cancer vaccine. Currently, it's only available in the US, but there is a chance the game-changing jab could be coming to the UK. There are less than 100 cases a year of neuroblastoma in the UK, and the cancer is most common in children under the age of five.Treatment is a gruelling regime of surgery, stem cell transplants, immunotherapy and chemotherapy. It is hoped when this is finished the disease will be in remission.

Teddy’s parents, Katherine and Alastair, are fundraising for potentially lifesaving treatment not available through the NHS, either to get their son into remission or to try and keep the cancer away if his frontline treatment goes to plan. This could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.

The next stage would be a vaccine that would stop it from returning because if Teddy does relapse, his chance of survival drops to just 5%.

Katherine's whole world was turned upside down when Teddy, feared initially to need surgery for appendicitis, was found to have a cancerous mass that had spread to his hips, spine, and bone marrow. Since his diagnosis in June 2022, Teddy has faced six rounds of induction chemotherapy, a stem cell harvest, high-dose chemotherapy, and a stem cell transplant. He still has another round of high-dose chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, before potential surgery and 12 sessions of radiotherapy. His frontline treatment will conclude with six months of immunotherapy.

It is only then that Teddy will be eligible for the vaccine, and he has to receive it within a month of finishing immunotherapy - a tight window for the family to finish raising funds and get him to the US.

We are fundraising for the Solving Kids Cancer UK charity so they can help & continue to be there for families of children affected by neuroblastoma, providing support throughout their cancer journey and helping them through the widespread challenges they face. It will give a voice to children through their advocacy for access to better care and treatment and fund international neuroblastoma research, to increase treatment options and improve survival rates.

This is the second time we are pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones, doing something for a great cause gives us the motivation to get through all the possible challenges. As mothers ourselves, we cannot imagine what it must be like as parents to go through this.

Please dig deep for this very worthy charity and Thank you for taking the time to read our page.

Love Hayley and Lou x