The Sheffield Scanner campaign aims to raise vital funds needed to bring the first MRI-PET scanner to the region – one of only eight in the UK - which will enhance our understanding of serious conditions such as:

Alzheimer’s disease; cancer; epilepsy; heart and lung disease; Motor Neurone Disease (MND); Multiple Sclerosis; Parkinson’s disease and stroke and the way we treat them in the future.

An MRI-PET combines the simultaneous power of whole body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in a single scan to provide the best images of inside the human body.

The walk will start and finish at the Octagon on Western Bank and will take in stunning scenery in the Peak District including Stanage, Burbage, Bakewell, the Chatsworth Estate, Froggatt and Curbar Edge.

With the challenge to walk up to 50 miles in 24 hours.

More information about The Big Walk 2017 can be found at www.shef.ac.uk/big-walk