Thanks for taking the time to visit my Just Giving page. This page is now closed but I hope you can take the time to read the below.

On December 30th 2016, four days before her 41st birthday, my older sister Katie June Budd lost her battle with cancer, after a decade of fighting against mental illness.

In the 1970s Katie was adopted into our family, at around a year old. For years Katie lived an amazing life; representing Great Britain in athletics, appearing on ITV’s classic Saturday night show ‘Gladiators’ before becoming a successful personal trainer and travelling the world in the process. My parents couldn’t be prouder and as a much younger brother I looked up to her an incredible amount. Her loss was devastating.

This page is now closed but if anyone would like to get in touch with me or my family to share their stories or memories about Katie then I am reachable on budd511@hotmail.com

Thank you x