Brothers join the race to beat breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: 3 March 2011 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Brothers join the race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Alex Davenport-Jones from Cheltenham and his brother Nicholas have been pounding the pavements in training for the Bath Half Marathon in aid Breast Cancer Campaign. The brothers will join thousands of runners on the starting line on Sunday 6 March to support their mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. Alex said: “Since my mother’s diagnosis, my brother and I have been keen to raise money for a breast cancer charity so we’re thrilled to run together on Breast Cancer Campaign’s team. I hope lots of people will sponsor us and help the charity continue funding vital breast cancer research.” Nicholas added: “I made the decision after visiting hospital that I would do as much as I could to do my bit to help. Raising money for breast cancer research has now become a cause very close to our hearts since experiencing firsthand how the disease affects people – not just women who have breast cancer but everyone around them too. We’re aiming to raise as much money as possible to help others get through what mum and everyone else in her position has to deal with.” If you would like to help Alex and Nicholas reach their fundraising target of £2000, please visit www.justgiving.com/nickdj and donate what you can. This year around 48,000 people will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK and sadly approximately 12,000 will die from this disease. So if you have a guaranteed place in this year’s Bath Half Marathon and would like to make a difference to the lives of all those affected by breast cancer, please join Alex and Nicholas on Campaign’s team. For more information, please call the Events team on 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org If you have your own place there is no minimum sponsorship amount and each runner who signs up will receive a fundraising pack including a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest, sponsorship forms and lots of support from the charity on the day. ENDS Picture caption: Alex and Nicholas Davenport-Jones Notes to editors • Breast Cancer Campaign aims to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure • Currently it supports 84 research projects, worth over £15.9 million, in 31 centres of excellence across the UK and Ireland • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and accounts for nearly one in three of all cancers in women • In the UK, nearly 48,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 130 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/

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