As many of you know, running has become a huge part of my life. I have always been an active and sporty person but running was never something I was interested in. Back in 2016, inspired by watching the London Marathon, I decided I wanted to run a Marathon for charity.
The charity I chose was Macmillan due to seeing first - hand the great workthey do. So with a few months of training, a 10k race and half marathon race, my third ever race turned out to be a marathon distance. Hobbling over the finish line one October Sunday, I said never again! A few years later, I have continued running with a few more marathons under my belt, here we are looking for  a new challenge.

This year, I have been lucky enough to get a place at the London Marathon, the year Macmillan has been chosen as charity of the year. However, it didn’t feel right to ask for donations for something I have done before, so I wanted to set myself a new challenge. Therefore, I have decided to run 7 marathons in 7 days. This isn’t going to be easy, but living with cancer on a daily basis is not easy. Cancer is a life changing disease and the physical and emotional impact of cancer can vary day to day, hour to hour. A cancer diagnosis can bring a lot of uncertainty, anxiety and for some people it can bring feelings of loneliness.

Macmillan Cancer Support and Kettering General Hospital have
been working together to be right there for people living with cancer. Working in partnership, both organisations will be funding a new Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre to provide much needed help and support to local people with cancer, their friends, relatives and carers. The new centre will provide a dedicated space to help people when they need it the most.

Macmillan Cancer Support and Kettering General Hospital are
always grateful to receive donations, no matter how big or small. Last year, 6,400 Macmillan Nurses supported over 880,000 people living with cancer. Macmillan awarded £14.2 million in Macmillan grants and provided 4.7 million people with much needed information and support.

But the fact is there are 3 million people living with cancer in the UK and around 24,000 of these people live in Northamptonshire.  We want to be able to help them all providing physical, financial, psychological and emotional support.

Through generous donations, we can go above and beyond for
the hospital and patients funding specific items such as state of the art equipment to creating welcoming, positive and comfortable environments for patients and their families. Donations received specifically for the new centre will be used to implement additional items, services and facilities that will help enhance patient service and experience.

Through your kindness, we can make positive changes to those
affected by cancer living in Northamptonshire. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Danielle :) x