Cancer. That dreaded word. It's tough enough as it is with all the appointments, treatment, sickness, hair loss, inability to work, and hundreds of pounds spent on travel, parking and medication.
Then imagine adding in the factor of living miles from your local hospital or having to find a way to get to appointments as your spouse is trying to work extra time to support the family as you're too ill to work.

I've seen first hand how tough even just a trip to the kitchen can be when you're unwell, let alone all the way to a hospital. Hope for Tomorrow is an incredible national charity that are combatting this by bringing cancer care closer to patients' homes with their Mobile Cancer Care Units. For more information, I have shared a handful of links below where you can read about the charity, what it does, patient's stories and much more.

I will be taking part in Hope for Tomorrow's wingwalk challenge event where I'll be attached to a 1940’s Boeing Stearman biplane, flown by one of the highly experienced wing walking display pilots. There will be a series of flypasts, zoom climbs, steep dives and banks in front of the family and friends at speeds of up to 130mph. I'm a little nervous to say the least!

It would really mean so much to me if you could donate anything at all, even just a few pennies will get me closer to my goal. Thank you so so much if you do, it's truly appreciated by myself, everyone at Hope for Tomorrow, and most importantly those who are suffering with cancer and are in need of help.

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Hope for Tomorrow facts, quotes and links:

- From 2007 to 2017 the charity has saved patients a total of over 2,000,000 miles
- From 2007 to 2017 the charity has saved patients over 170,000 hours of travel and waiting time
- They currently have eleven units operational in Gloucestershire, Somerset, South Wiltshire, Hampshire, East Kent, Lincolnshire, Cornwall, West Suffolk and East Essex
- Each patient treatment administered on board costs the charity £40
- The charity won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation, in 2016
- Hope for Tomorrow provides a Nurses Support Vehicle with each unit, which allows the nursing team to travel to and from the daily treatment locations


"The experience on the unit let me have 'something normal' during something that wasn't" - Louise Doolan, Somerset patient

"I've experienced laughter during chemotherapy; surely everybody should have this" - Di Rose, Gloucestershire patient

" Working on the unit gives me a chance to really spend time with my
patients and interact with them in a relaxing and calming environment" -
 SN Cotterill, unit nurse

"It saved me 3 hours and parking fees at the hospital. I am sure it helped with my treatment" - John, Lincolnshire patient


Hope for Tomorrow website: https://www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk/
About the charity: https://www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk/about-us/
About the units and support vehicles: https://www.hopefortomorrow.org.uk/units-support-vehicles/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopefortomorrowcharity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HfTcharity
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopefortomorrowmcu/


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I reached my £500 target with a week to go before I fly so thought I'd up it to £600! Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!

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Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
50% of the wing walk cost will be covered by the money raised, the other 50% I will be donating myself.