In 1995 I lost my Mum to Ovarian Cancer.  Although I was only six when she died I can vaguely remember parts of what this awful disease did to her. I remember her taking me to school and being an ordinary happy mum, within a matter of months she soon deteriorated and became unable to provide the care and attention for me that she once did. Despite some of these memories I have of her, in some ways I was fortunate to be young enough to not remember vivid memories of how ill she really was. Unfortunately my sisters, father and other members of my family will still have memories of her and her illness.

While it is getting close to twenty years ago that she died I would like to do something to raise as much money as I can to give the Eve Appeal, which is a charity for Gynaecological Cancers. The Eve Appeal provides funding for research into curing and preventing this callous disease.  They also provide support to individuals suffering from cancer but also provide support and information to carers and families. When Mum died this kind of support not available, also Ovarian cancer was a relatively new form of cancer that wasn't understood as well as it is today. Ovarian cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in women and accounts for more UK deaths than all of the other gynaecological cancers put together. Over 6,500 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year in the UK and 4,400 will die.

During the Bank Holiday weekend in August me, my sister Keeley, Andy, Steve and James will be doing The Three Peak challenge. The Three Peaks Challenge is an attempt to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in a gruelling 24 hours. These peaks are Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. We travel to Fort William on the Friday evening, starting with Ben Nevis on the Saturday morning, climb Scafell Pike that night and finish Snowdon on Sunday in Wales.

Ideally I would like to raise as much money as possible but £1000 would be a fantastic amount to raise for this charity.

I’m sure that you will all know or heard of someone who has suffered from cancer and know the devastating effect it has on individuals and their families, so if you could please sponsor us any amount of money no matter how small, it will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much for those of you that can give.

Tara xXx

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