John Castling

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Fundraising for Cancer Research UK
£1,031
raised of £700 target
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Event: Edinburgh Marathon 2013, on 26 May 2013
In memory of Shelagh Castling
Cancer Research UK

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We pioneer life-saving cancer research to help us beat cancer

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page!

As many of you will know, Mum lost her 12 year battle with cancer in August 2011. Throughout this battle we saw the advances which are being made by the work of Cancer Research UK and others, many of which we benefited from in terms of treatment which gave us precious extra months with her.

I am hardly unique in having lost someone I love to cancer, I know many friends are fighting the same battles, but I do not believe that it was ever meant to be like that. So I am running the Edinburgh Marathon because I want to contribute to the change I want to see, I am running because I don't want to be scared of cancer anymore, I am running because if Mum were still here, she'd still be running.

Also, specificaly I'm running a marathon because Robyn Trainer said that I couldn't run a marathon.

So... Whether you're motivated by helping to beat cancer, or helping to encourage me in winning a bet (purely for pride) with Robyn:

If you can give, please do!

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About the charity

Cancer Research UK

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RCN 1089464, SC041666, 1103 & 247
We‘re the world‘s leading cancer charity dedicated to saving and improving lives through research. We fund research into the prevention, detection and treatment of more than 200 types of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.

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Total raised
£1,031.00
+ £175.25 Gift Aid
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£921.00
Offline donations
£110.00

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