My story

I'm taking on over 6 marathons-worth of walking in 10 consecutive days around Great Britain this April to help children beat blood cancer.

Since my first walk in 1985 the survival rates for the most common form of childhood leukaemia have risen from 20% to over 90%. And that’s thanks to people like you fundraising for research.

It’s the people on the walk; the patients, the families, the ordinary people who want to do something extraordinary, who have raised £13million with me since I began walking. Every step that you take is a step closer to beating childhood blood cancer.

It was back in 1977 when I was in hospital with a foot injury, that I met a group of children with leukaemia. They all looked so normal and I was horrified to hear that none of them were expected to survive. It was then that I vowed to do something to help.

Since I began walking, huge progress has been made, but we need to keep improving treatments to give every child the chance to live a normal healthy life.

We’ve still got a way to go. I won’t hang up my trainers until we have beaten childhood blood cancer but I need your support.

Sir Ian Botham

My charity

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

Charity Registration No. 216032

Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Your contribution really will make a difference to the lives of the 30,000 people diagnosed every year with a blood cancer. beatingbloodcancers.org.uk

Donations 142

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Best wishes & very well done, yet again, Ian.

Donation by Chris & Phil Neale on 23/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 23/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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I'm currently in remission 2.5 years from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, adult medication has benefitted greatly from child research. Thanks you.

Donation by Paul Richardson on 22/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Walk on Sir Ian, rain or shine - and it seems to have rained more than shined on this mission!

Donation by Chris on 22/04/12

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Many congratulations. I confess I've only just heard about this latest effort....not sure which planet I have been on.

Donation by Sarah Jane Johnson on 22/04/12

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Congratulations on ANOTHER splendid effort, Sir Ian! Mary

Donation by Anonymous on 22/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Many congrats to all involved on another fantastic achievement and thanks for letting us walk with you

Donation by Paul Newman on 22/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 22/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Donation by Ian Wallace on 22/04/12

Donation by Simon Collins on 22/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Sending you our very best wishes

Donation by Kathy on 22/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Such a great cause - well done to everyone involved.

Donation by Dawn Mynott on 21/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Alan Aspden on 21/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Good lucky Beefy, am glad you walked past our house or I wouldn't have known anything about it!

Donation by steph J on 21/04/12

Donation by Jonathan ousey on 21/04/12

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

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Beefy you are a legend

Donation by betdemon on 21/04/12

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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just extraordinary - truly inspirational stuff... just goes to show, some boyhood heroes are exactly who and what you hoped they would be .. !

Donation by Bradley Theobald on 21/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

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LEGEND

Donation by JB on 21/04/12

£10.00

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Well done Big Man, keep up the good walk! From sunny Kazakhstan!

Donation by Peter Shepherd on 21/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Michael O'Connor on 21/04/12

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 21/04/12

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

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Best of luck from Iraq for Sarah, Ems, Donna & of course, Sir Ian. Awesome achievement.

Donation by Steve Clark on 21/04/12

£100.00

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You were a childhood hero of mine and now you have all my admiration for your charity work. An inspiration

Donation by Matthew Lowndes on 20/04/12

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Keep up the hard work you are an inspiration to us all. Fit as always xx

Donation by anne thompson on 20/04/12

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

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Fantastic to see you walking the Wimpole Estate. Well done with all your efforts.

Donation by June Allington on 20/04/12

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£4,760.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£4,760.00
  • Gift Aid£980.00

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