Welcome to my fundraising page for CoppaFeel!

Breast cancer awareness is a cause that is incredibly important to my family and has affected us deeply.

My sister, Vicky was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer initially at 32 and then again several years later, which went into remission.

Unfortunately it returned three years ago, following the birth of her daughter, Daisy and had spread to her lungs, liver and bones.

She was extremely unwell and her vital organs nearly failed. This resulting in extreme fatigue and weight loss and excruciating pain due to the disease in her spine and hips. All sounds pretty dismal and it was at the time.

Thanks to the treatment she received and the lifestyle changes she made as well as her her mindset, her health has improved and she is living a very full life with her precious little family.

Throughout this time, Vicky has raised thousands for various breast cancer charities.This included a charity challenge ten years ago with Coppafeel! A fundraising trek across the Peruvian Inca Trail and Machu Pichu.

My name is Lizzie and I'm Vicky’s sister.

I am a part time Nurse and a full-time mum to my 3 children - Imogen, Dylan and Angus. I’m also aunt to Vickys daughter Daisy. I've decided to follow in Vicky’s footsteps and embark on a Coppafeel! Charity Challenge tracking the Himalayas in November.

This will be an extraordinary and life-changing trek, all in the name of checking chests! Along with Gi Fletcher and some other famous faces, I will embark on a 5 day trek in the Indian Himalayas, in a bid to raise funds towards CoppaFeel's life-saving mission.

I love exercising outdoors, in particular running, but up until now have never embarked on a challenge such as this. When I was offered this opportunity to raise awareness and help other people and their families who have been affected by breast cancer, I couldn't refuse.

I feel so fortunate to be given this opportunity to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. I would also be incredibly grateful if you could support me by donating and helping me achieve my target.

Your donations will not only support my fundraising target, but most importantly CoppaFeel!. They are on a mission to stamp out the late diagnosis of breast cancer by making sure that young people are regularly checking their boobs, pecs and chests and getting to know their bodies in order to have the confidence to see their GP if something just doesn't feel normal.

Thanks so much for your donation & support. To find out more about CoppaFeel! head to www.coppafeel.org.