Tim is running the Marathon des Sables in April 2017 for GO Girls Support Group - help him reach his £10,000 total

Hello I’m Tim

This year my mum died of ovarian cancer.  It was dreadful.  But it made me realise that I needed to do
something in memory of my mum – to leave a legacy that would last.

Helen, my mum, like all mums, was special.  She was an ardent supporter of GO Girls Support Group (Registered Charity Number: 1054679) and through her time with this group, it made me realise what strength they offered to women, their family and friends suffering from these devastating cancers.

You probably don’t know that every year 7,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. It is the 6 most common cancer in women and the fifth most common cause of cancer deaths in women in the UK.  Survival, unlike breast cancer, is often short due to difficulties in diagnosis – symptoms often present late – and all too late.

So the Heat is On!  I want to help GO Girls with their aims to raise awareness of the disease to ensure earlier diagnosis so survival will improve in the future.  I have to be realistic – this can only happen through others generously supporting my cause – I don’t want other women to go through what my mum did – and we need to do for ovarian cancer what others have done for breast cancer. So I’m setting myself a challenge and the heat really is on!  I’m going to take part in April 2017 in the Marathon des Sables – quite simply the Marathon of the Sands. It’s described as the “toughest footrace on earth”, as I aim to run 150 miles in the 120 degree Fahrenheit heat across Morocco in 5 days.

But to do this, I need your support.

I cannot put a price on those people who supported my mother, our wonderful clinical nurse specialist, oncologists, gynaecologists and the hospice, so I am asking for a fraction of that to help me give something back.  I’m looking to raise
£10,000 and I really hope you can help me!

So if you could help me, please do visit my justgiving page at: https://www.justgiving.com/gogirlssupport

You’ll be able to keep up to date with my training programme as I get ready for the biggest personal challenge of my life so far – but for my mum, I would do anything.

You can read more about the fabulous GO Girls at  www.gogirlssupport.org – they are amazing and I owe them so much! Thank you

Tim