Steve joins the race to beat breast cancer

Press Release For immediate release: 6 September 2010 Press contact: Louise Garrahan, Media Relations Officer, Breast Cancer Campaign, DD 0207 749 3724, Email: lgarrahan@breastcancercampaign.org Steve joins the race to beat breast cancer Budding runner Steve Jaffrey from Inverurie, Aberdeenshire has laced up his running shoes to train for the Aviemore Half Marathon in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. The supervisor at RBG Ltd in Aberdeen will join thousands of runners at the starting line on Sunday 17 October to support his sister-in-law Maureen Jaffrey who was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2010. Following weeks of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, she is now doing well. Steve said: “After my sister-in-law’s diagnosis I wanted to do my bit to support her fight against breast cancer. Thankfully she has responded well to treatment so I’ll be running for her and all the other 46,000 people who are diagnosed with this disease in the UK each year.” Steve is also running as a get-fit goal after quitting smoking. He added: “I used to smoke 30 cigarettes a day until I quit two years ago and took up running. I’ve done lots of 10k runs but this will be my first half marathon so I’m very excited for the challenge.” To help Steve reach his fundraising target of £300 please visit www.justgiving.com/stevenjaffrey and donate what you can. If you have a place in this year’s Aviemore Half Marathon and would like to join Steve on Campaign’s running team, please call the Events team on 0207 749 4114 or visit www.breastcancercampaign.org. As a Campaign runner you will automatically become a member of Linford’s All Stars – a new exclusive club captained by Linford Christie, who offers supporters helpful training tips and nutritional advice. Ends Picture caption: Steve Jaffrey 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 104 research projects, worth over £16.1 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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