Local runner’s Great race to help beat breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: 11 August 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local runner’s Great race to help beat breast cancer Budding runner Amy Shearer from Islington, North London has laced up her running shoes to training for the Bupa Great South Run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The registrar will join thousands of runners for the 10 mile race in Southsea, Portsmouth on Sunday 24 October in memory of her mother, Jeanne Shearer, who sadly passed away from breast cancer 10 years ago. Amy said: “I have participated in races to raise money for and awareness of breast cancer research almost every year since my mother passed away from the disease. This year, I am delighted to be running in The Bupa Great South Run both to honour my mother’s memory and to support those currently suffering with this illness. I welcome sponsorship from those who wish to join me and the Breast Cancer Campaign in the effort to beat this terrible disease.” To help Amy reach her fundraising target of £500 please visit www.justgiving.com/amyshearer donate what you can. Campaign still has places available on its running team so if you would like to join Amy in the race to beat breast cancer, please call 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org All runners who sign up will automatically become a member of the charity’s exclusive sporting team Linford’s All Stars. Captained by Olympic running champion, Linford Christie, the team receives helpful training advice from Linford along with a fundraising pack containing a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest and lots of fundraising ideas. ENDS Picture caption: Amy Shearer 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 105 research projects, worth over £16.2 million, in 38 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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