Clair gears up for charity cycle challenge

Press release For immediate release: 1 February 2011 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Clair gears up for charity cycle challenge Adventurous fundraiser Clair Gunning from Ingrow, Keighley is set to embark on the trip of a lifetime when she saddles up to cycle India’s Rajasthan cycle challenge in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The civil servant will start her challenge on Friday 18 February 2011 by cycling from Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, to Rajasthan which offers dramatic desert landscape and fantastic wildlife, before ending in the capital city of Jaipur. Clair is taking on the challenge to support her friend Lynne Crangle who was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2009 and to raise awareness of the work done by charities such as Breast Cancer Campaign. In September 2010, Clair completed the Great North Run for Campaign. She said: “Ever since I found out that my friend had breast cancer I have wanted to support Breast Cancer Campaign by taking part in different challenges. I’ve only just started cycling so I think it’ll be a great achievement to go from having very little experience to cycling through India! I am raring to go and I hope that lots of people will dig deep to sponsor me and help the charity continue funding vital world-class breast cancer research.” To help Clair change many people’s lives please www.justgiving.com/Clair-Gunning0 and donate what you can. If you’ve been inspired by Clair’s story and would like to take on a challenge for Breast Cancer Campaign please call 020 7749 4114 or visit breastcancercampaign.org ENDS Picture caption: Clair Gunning 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 92 research projects, worth over £16.5 million, in 34 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 46,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed each year - that’s 125 a day • Visit www.breastcancercampaign.org • Read Chief Executive Pamela Goldberg’s blog http://pamelagoldbergblog.blogspot.com/

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