My Story & Why I’m Walking 100 Miles This October

This October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I’ll be walking 100 miles to raise money for Breast Cancer Now.

Earlier this year, I heard the words no one ever wants to hear: you have breast cancer. In that moment, my life split into a before and an after. Since then, I’ve been moving through treatment, with fear, hope, exhaustion, and the quiet determination that comes from realising you have no choice but to keep going. All of this has reminded me how precious life is.

During these 31 days, breast cancer will take almost 1,000 lives in the UK. They are mums and daughters, friends and colleagues. Someone loved. Someone lost. I think about them often — and I think about the people still fighting, just like me.

Breast Cancer Now has a bold vision: that by 2050, everyone affected by breast cancer will live and live well. Their work is the reason so many of us have hope. Every pound raised this October helps fund life‑saving science and life‑changing support, bringing us closer to a future where breast cancer doesn’t steal so much.

I’m walking these miles because this disease became part of my story — and I want to make sure that one day, it doesn’t have to be part of anyone else’s.

Will you support me in going the distance for Breast Cancer Now? 🎀