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Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page. <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">RelayGB has two main aims – to generate funds to support Brain Tumour UK's research programme, and to beat the current world record for distance relay running. <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> RelayGB, is supported by adidas, and is taking place between 4 - 21 May 2012. It intends to break the world record for long distance relay running (currently 1,923 miles), by having hundreds of runners covering over 2,500 miles in back to back marathons around Great Britain. The route starts in London and will follow the coastline of Britain clockwise, taking in major cities such as Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle, before heading back down the east coast to London. <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Our team is Simon Harwood (Simon) and Julie Creed, Karen Seymour and Laura Woods (The Swalettes) are running a “relay within the relay” by taking the baton on the 2 leg of the 1 day from Gravesend to Faversham. We have to cover this in under 4 hours to keep to the overall schedule, and will have the pleasure of handing the baton on to 1983 London Marathon winner, Mike Gratton. <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Stats and facts about brain tumours: ·         <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Brain tumours now kill more children than leukaemia in this country and are the biggest child cancer killer ·         <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Malignant primary brain tumours are the most significant cause of cancer death amongst men under 45 and women under 35 ·         <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">2 people every hour are diagnosed with a brain tumour ·         <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Around 8,600 primary brain tumours are registered in the UK each year, but the true number of primary tumours could be as high as 16,000 ·         <span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">Secondary tumours in the brain are not recorded in the cancer registries, but research by brain tumour charities suggests that up to 32,000 people may develop secondary cancer in the brain in the UK each year Lack of funding in brain tumour research is a major issue. Other, higher profile conditions receive up to 15 times the government funding available for research, even though brain tumours are the second most common form of cancer that affects children. Although Brain Tumour UK is lobbying to rectify this deficit, change has been slow in coming and so they’re working hard right now to get the resources that are needed to research effective diagnostic and treatment options. Brain tumours now kill more children than leukaemia in this country and are the biggest child cancer killer. 2 people every hour are diagnosed with a brain tumour. New and better treatments are desperately needed. We need more laboratory research and clinical trials. We have to do more. That’s why we want to support Brain Tumour UK to continue with the work they do every day to make this happen. Brain Tumour UK funds research in leading university facilities such as The Brain Tumour UK Centre for Neuro-Oncology Research located at the University of Wolverhampton. This is only the second centre dedicated entirely to brain tumour research in the UK and the first outside London. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.

Simon & The Swalettes in RelayGB for Brain Tumour UK

Simon & The Swalettes in RelayGB for Brain Tumour UK

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