This will be my 6th and Nick's 3rd Half Marathon for Team Jackie, and Connor, Charlie and Harry are running for the first time, we are all raising money for research into Pancreatic Cancer. 

Jackie lost her fight against pancreatic cancer on 19th July 2012, aged just 46. With the help of so many wonderful friends and family, she fought this dreadful disease with courage, dignity and determination. Qualities that those who knew her would recognise only too well.

Pancreatic cancer is known as the silent killer. By the time it is diagnosed it is usually too late and 90% of people will be told that they are terminally ill and given 6-12 months to live. It has the worst survival rate of any common cancer – only 3 in every 100 people diagnosed will live for 5 years and this figure has not improved in 40 years.  Pancreatic cancer is the UK’s 5th biggest cancer killer yet receives only 1% of overall research funding. With a higher profile we hope that more attention and funding will be allocated to this disease. There has been an almost criminal lack of progress on pancreatic cancer and having seen this wonderful person suffer so, it is time to change this. With recent developments in genetics and immunotherapy, it feels at last that significant progress is within our grasp against this terrible disease.

Having already raised an incredible £240k, and funding a 3-year research project into pancreatic cancer at The University of Manchester, Team Jackie are now trying to reach £250k to continue funding the next phase of research.

Any donation is gratefully accepted no matter how small. Thank you all so much.