I know several Crohn’s sufferers but didn’t know a great deal about the condition until reading about Strictly’s Amy Dowden’s struggles with it, on social media & in her book. I decided to pick this charity for my Colchester Half Marathon to raise awareness of this little know, and often hidden disease.

Here’s a bit more about the charity & their aims:

We’re the UK’s leading charity for Crohn’s and Colitis.

Right now, an estimated 500,000 people in the UK are living with a lifelong disease that many people have never heard of. And the real number could be almost double that.

Because of the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding these diseases, thousands of people are suffering in silence.

But they’re not alone.

We’re working to improve diagnosis and treatment, and to fund research into a cure; to raise awareness and to give people hope, comfort and confidence to live freer, fuller lives.