Local runner’s pink race to beat breast cancer
Press Release For immediate release: 22 June 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Local runner’s pink race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Gillian Simpson from Cloughfold in Rossendale, has pulled on her running shoes to train for the Bupa Great North Run in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The school unit manager Tonacliffe primary school will join 54,000 runners on the starting line for the 13.1 mile race in Newcastle on Sunday 19 September to support her mother who is currently being treated for breast cancer. Gillian will also run in memory of her sister who sadly passed away from the disease in 2000 aged 38. Gillian said: “Breast cancer has affected too many people close to me, so I’m determined to raise as much money as I can for this very worthwhile cause. I hope lots more men and women will join me on the day and run for Breast Cancer Campaign so that we can get a step closer to finding a cure for this disease.” Last year 300 Campaign runners wore their pink running vests with pride and raised a whopping £160,000 for vital breast cancer research. This year the charity has 100 places available on its team so if you would like to join Gillian at the Great North Run, please call the events team on 020 7749 3700 or email greatnorthrun@breastcancercampaign.org before Friday 2 July. All runners who sign up with Campaign will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – an exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Runners will also receive a fundraising pack containing a Breast Cancer Campaign running vest and lots of fundraising ideas. Ends Picture caption: Gillian Simpson 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 £16.9 million, in 40 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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