**UPDATE**

On 26th May 2024 Tony's youngest daughter Lucy will be running Edinburgh Marathon, raising money for Pancreatic Cancer UK.

"For those of you who don't know me, I run. It’s something I have done my whole adult life. Dad (along with mum) was always an avid supporter of all my races, getting up ridiculously early to stand in the rain to watch me cross the finish line! I have run marathons before but Edinburgh is going to be a particularly hard and special one. It will be my first race without dad waiting for me at the finish line and also my first race raising money for a charity that truly means something to me. I have never been more motivated to do him proud.”

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In loving memory of Tony Kulp; Husband, Dad, Grandad, Brother, Uncle and Friend

Tony passed away on 28th October 2023 after a short but incredibly brave battle with pancreatic cancer. He received his diagnosis just 11.5 weeks before.

Dad only began to show symptoms of his cancer two weeks before he was diagnosed. To be told that despite his prompt action in seeking medical advice his condition was likely too advanced for successful treatment was simply heart breaking and impossible to comprehend. Despite this Dad never gave up hope and faced this cruel, hideous disease with incredible courage.

Throughout his illness Dad always used to say "I don't even know what my pancreas does! If only there was some sort of test so we could have known sooner!" This is why we have chosen to fund-raise for Pancreatic Cancer UK in his memory.

More than half of people with pancreatic cancer die within 3 months of diagnosis. 7 in 10 never receive treatment; at the time of diagnosis their disease is simply too advanced. This is unacceptable.

As a leading voice of the pancreatic cancer community, Pancreatic Cancer UK works with governments, clinicians, researchers and those affected by the disease across the UK to find ways to raise awareness, improve and speed up diagnosis and develop faster and better treatment for pancreatic cancer.

Over the last 50 year survival rates have improved enormously for most cancers, yet for pancreatic cancer, this is not the case.

Advancement in screening and treatment requires research, and research requires funding. Pancreatic Cancer UK have already invested £14.4 million into early detection and treatment programmes but ultimately, to save lives, they need more.

Please give what you can, in memory of Dad, to help change the narrative of this devastating disease.