This year the Stand Up To Cancer appeal is going to be bigger and better than ever and hopefully raise a ton of money for Cancer Research UK. One of the events is the March On Cancer, which is happening tonight, in fifteen cities across the UK. Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London, […]
Fundraising
My Sunday Photo from The MAD Blog Awards 2014
This weekend was the prestigious MAD Blog Awards, where I was lucky to be a finalist in the category for Outstanding Contribution. I was in this category for all the work I’ve done to raise awareness of different cancers, supporting and promoting different campaigns, fundraising, and launching my own campaign, #EmmasArmy against Cancer which has […]
Julie’s Story #EmmasArmy
The #EmmasArmy against Cancer campaign is well under way and we have almost reached £2.5k for Cancer Research UK, despite not having anywhere near the support we had hoped for. One of the fabulous people who signed up to take part, was Julie, a lady who followed me on Twitter, but whom I did not know […]
#EmmasArmy is branching out across the country – There are new ways you can get involved!
After a recent request from a supporter of #EmmasArmy against Cancer, I have decided to branch the campaign out, to be more accessible to supporters living in other parts of the country. There are many people who wanted to walk 10 miles with #EmmasArmy to raise money for our collective total for Cancer Research UK. […]
I’m STILL going to walk 104 miles in May
My training for my #EmmasArmy against Cancer campaign has gone somewhat out the window, since my surgery. I wasn’t prepared for that, and supposedly now, I’m not supposed to do any exercise for 4-6 weeks post surgery… which leads to the date of the walk! The thing is… I’ve worked too hard to quit. I’m […]