Welcome to my fundraising page for CoppaFeel!

This November, I will set out on a challenging, extraordinary and life-changing trek, all in the name of checking chests! Along with Gi Fletcher and some other famous faces, I will embark on a 5 day trek in the Indian Himalayas, in a bid to raise funds towards CoppaFeel's life-saving mission.

Your donations will not only support my fundraising target, but most importantly CoppaFeel!. They are on a mission to stamp out the late diagnosis of breast cancer by making sure that young people are regularly checking their boobs, pecs and chests and getting to know their bodies in order to have the confidence to see their GP if something just doesn't feel normal.

In January 2019, I learnt life is unfair. This was when my mum told my sister and I she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. At this point I was relieved as I thought this was a cancer that doesn’t take lives. 

In November 2019, we learnt life is extremely unfair. This was when she lost her battle to breast cancer, leaving us with a hole in our hearts that will never be filled as we went from a team of 5 to a team of 4. 

I don’t remember mum as the physically weak, tired, suffering lady cancer made her - I remember her as the strongest, most courageous lady she was, as no matter how many tears we cried, she always ended up smiling, telling us everything was going to be ok. 

Throughout her cancer journey she kept living life - working, camping, going to festivals, a trip to Venice, a trip to the beach in a wheelchair connected up to oxygen, spending time with loved ones, watching rugby, celebrating everyone around her, laughing and loving. She wasn’t going to let cancer stop her living while she could. So yes, life is unfair but mum showed me we have to make the best of every situation and live the life we want to live despite what it throws at us. 

Whilst cancer isn’t something we can always avoid, knowing your normal, checking when something isn’t normal and catching it at the earliest possible stage will give us the best chance of survival if the worst occurs. So when something doesn’t feel right, question it without a second thought. Who cares if you’re wrong? This is something I feel very passionate about and everything that CoppaFeel stands for. I want to raise awareness so more people understand the importance of this simple monthly check and prevent cancer taking anymore loved ones - this is what I am trekking for. 

Thank you in advance x

Thanks so much for your donation & support. To find out more about CoppaFeel! head to www.coppafeel.org.