Thanks for visiting my JustGiving page. This September I will be walking 26 miles all night in memory of my lovely Mum and for my brave Cousin who is working her way through it and amazing us everyday so PLEASE SPONSOR ME.

When I signed up for Shine again one drunken night after my cousin was diagnosed with cancer, having done it 3 years ago (saying never again at the time!!) my Mum was still fighting lung Cancer and I had no idea she would not be here now. Mum sadly lost her battle on July 14th this year. I am numb, sad, angry and my heart is broken that this awful disease has robbed me & Chris of our Mum, our children of their Nana and my Dad of his wife. She was the most wonderful, kind woman in the world who I loved with all my heart and will leave a hole no one will ever fill.

I am more determined than ever to do this although it is still so raw as Mum fought so bravely on and off over the last 5 years and we are all so proud of not only her courage but her utter selflessness to the very end always putting us all first and praying a cure would be found saying she'd have this 10 times over rather than any of us.

My darling cousin still battles on and again we could not be more proud of not only how brave she is being but how she deals with this in such a strong positive way, she has always been an inspiration to me and I have spent my life aspiring to be just like her.

So this is why I’m raising money at Shine Night Walk to help Cancer Research UK fund its life-saving work.

Each year Cancer Research UK’s scientists get closer to beating cancer, and they’ve helped double survival rates in the last 40 years.

But we can’t stop there.

Only with our continued support can they turn this research into breakthroughs that save millions of lives. Every single pound you donate makes a difference to Cancer Research UK’s groundbreaking work, so please sponsor me now.

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Sleep can wait. Beating cancer can’t.

Thank you Melanie xxxxx

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