My lovely cousin, Phil Begley died in July 2022 of bowel cancer.  After many weeks in hospital in particular at St George’s Hospital Tooting he was able to transfer to Princess Alice Hospice where he could be near to his family.

As he told me the night before he died, Phil and I were “besties”. Born in the same year we always had each others backs. You always knew if Phil was in the room at any family function and the Begley family will never be quite the same without him.  

I am not built for running and 13 miles is a long way but Phil shouldn’t have died at 53 - I’ve put my running shoes on and will crawl round the course if I have to. Please support the Hospice by sponsoring me if you can.

Care for families when they need it most Princess Alice Hospice provides a comprehensive range of services that respond to the individual needs of patients and their families, so that they can live life to the full, create memories, share special moments and when the time comes, support them through, before and after the death of a loved one. It costs us £10.1 million each year to provide free, high quality specialist end of life care to tens of thousands of people with life threatening illnesses. We rely on wonderful supporters like you to help us to generate thousands of pounds through participating in London Landmarks Half Marathon.