One in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime. Wessex Cancer Support is a charity which relies on donations to provide free and local support to anyone affected by cancer, away from hospital. Every person receives tailored support that best suits their needs. This includes counselling, therapies such as Reiki and massages, walking groups, and transport that helps patients travelling from the Isle of Wight and Channel Islands get to their hospital appointments.

I will be swimming from Hurst Point Lighthouse, New Forest, Hampshire, to the Colwell Bay on the Isle of Wight. This is a distance of 1.3 miles, and although the shortest distance between the mainland and the island, it will be my first time swimming any distance in open sea.