This May I plan to complete 800 laps for The Sara Lee Trust as part of their Laps of Love campaign.

The Sara Lee Trust is a charity very close to my heart. They provided me with the most fantastic physical and emotional support when I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, helping me through the gruelling months of active treatment and more recently to manage the side effects of ongoing hormone therapy. I know I am very lucky, not just to be back to full health and able to take on this challenge but also to have had the Sara Lee Trust with me every step of the way.

Mine is just one story.

Every year, this local charity helps hundreds of people across Hastings and Rother affected by cancer and other life threatening illnesses by providing free therapy services.

In a life which may have become dominated by the medical, The Sara Lee Trust provides “a hand to hold” in a safe and nurturing environment, not only for the patient but for their carers, family members and loved ones too, because they know that illness does not just affect the patient, but those around them as well.

You can find out more about their work at saraleetrust.org