Josh joins the race to beat breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: 25 January 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Josh joins the race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Josh Serjent from Winterbourne Down, Bristol has been pounding the pavements in training for the Bath Half Marathon for Breast Cancer Campaign. The CAD Technician will join thousands of runners on the starting line on Sunday 7 March after his mother Louise was successfully treated for breast cancer seven years ago. He said: “Thankfully my mum is all clear but there are still so many women across the UK that are affected by this disease, so I want to run this race for them and raise as much money as I can to help fund vital breast cancer research.” Josh is planning to run dressed head to toe in pink and hopes to raise £500. If you would like to help him reach his fundraising target, please visit www.justgiving.com/joshserjent and donate what you can. The money Josh raises will help Campaign fund innovative world-class breast cancer research throughout the UK and Ireland. Breast Cancer Campaign has places available on its running team for the Bath Half Marathon, so if you would like to join Josh in the race to beat breast cancer, please call the Events team on 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. Closing date for entries is Sunday 5 February 2010. As part of the team you will automatically become members of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers all his supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. ENDS Picture caption: Josh Serjent 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 112 research projects, worth over £16.8 million, in 42 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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