Local electrician’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research

Press Release For immediate release: 22 February 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local electrician’s marathon effort to fund breast cancer research Budding runner Ben Skingsley from Woodford Green, Essex has pulled on his running shoes to train for the Virgin London Marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The electrician will join thousands of runners at the starting line on Sunday 25 April in memory of his mother Tracy who sadly passed away from breast cancer in 2001 aged 38. Ben said: “I want to run this marathon to raise money and awareness for a very worthy cause. I hope the sponsorship money I raise will be able to contribute and help others to survive this disease so that families do not have to suffer the loss of a loved one, like mine. Running the marathon will also hopefully make my mum proud of me.” To help Ben reach his fundraising target of £1,500 please visit www.justgiving.com/ben-skingsley and donate what you can. If you have a place in this year’s Virgin London Marathon and would like to join Ben on Campaign’s running team, please call the Events team on 0207 749 3700 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. 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: Ben Skingsley 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/ • Breast Cancer Campaign is campaigning for all candidates standing for election to Westminster to sign up to the breast cancer research pledge: www.breastcancercampaign.org/election

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