Earlier this year one of our colleagues at HDFT and friend, Simon, was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. He has coped remarkably well with this, despite the extensive surgery and chemotherapy.

There will be an organised charity bike ride in September to raise funds - see https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/yorcssicycle though unfortunately I will probably not be able to participate.

I will however be undertkaing a 200 mile coast to coast mountain bike ride over 3 days starting 23rd July - see https://ratracethecrossing.co.uk/home-2021/

I would like to take this additional opportunity to ask for your help in rasing awareness and funding for this very important but often underpublicised cause.

The Bone Cancer Research Trust is dedicated to saving lives & improving outcomes for people affected by primary bone cancer. Despite being small, they fund more research projects exploring primary bone cancer than any other organisation. Other large UK cancer research charities do not prioritise bone cancer patients, in 2019 just 0.028% of their research spend went to bone cancer – not even close to 1%!Last year alone, Bone Cancer Research Trust committed an incredible £807,824 to pioneering bone cancer research - to save lives!