Oxford Colon Cancer Trust is a very practical charity. Our bye line is “making new treatments happen”. Whilst national high profile charities fund work on how cancer cells go wrong, OCCTOPUS has a more immediate focus.Originally formed in 2003 it aims to fund practical advances in treatment, education and research in these areas - the 3 “C’s” Colorectal cancer, Colitis and Crohns, and Continence.We help the colorectal team at the Oxford University Hospitals keep right up to date with and even ahead of advances in tools and techniques.

 I am running the Oxford Half Marathon on 7th October six years ago I had Colorectal Cancer, I had major surgery which took half my colon and six months to recover from, the work this charity does with the donations, fund state of the art robotics that cuts the recovery time down so much. Please google the Occtopus Charity and donate any amount. Thank you. Tania xx