As the inaugural fundraising event for new charity partner, Cancer Fund for Children, 10 brave warriors from our Belfast office are taking in the 2024 Belfast Marathon Relay. Some with limited running experience, all working hard to be ready for race day and do their best to represent the charity our office.

Team 1

• LEG 1: 4.6 miles Robyn Rhodes

• LEG 2: 7.4 miles Nicholas Gannon

• LEG 3: 4.2 miles Hollie Ferris

• LEG 4: 5.2 miles Ruairi Marshall

• LEG 5: 5.3 miles Niamh Stallings

Team 2

• LEG 1: 4.6 miles India Stock

• LEG 2: 7.4 miles John McLoughlin

• LEG 3: 4.2 miles Lucy Knowles

• LEG 4: 5.2 miles Clare Stewart

• LEG 5: 5.3 miles Ciaran Canavan

Cancer Fund for Children

"Cancer treatment is frightening, challenging, and isolating and can devastate families emotionally, physically, and financially.

For a diagnosed child, months of gruelling treatment and its side effects can impact their mental health, their education, and their friendships. This is also an extremely worrying time for siblings who can feel like the forgotten child as their parents focus their attention on their sick sibling.

For many parents struggling to care for a child with cancer, whilst working and maintaining a family routine, a childhood cancer diagnosis can place an enormous strain on their relationships and their finances. Children who are struggling to cope with their parent’s cancer diagnosis life becomes full of fear and uncertainty, whilst their parents worry about how to talk to their children about cancer.

At Cancer Fund for Children, we understand the devastating impact a cancer diagnosis and its treatment have on the whole family, and that beyond the essential medical care, there is a family life that needs to be rebuilt."