I discovered The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund at the start of 2026 when from nowhere a good friend's granddaughter, Frankie, was diagnosed with cancer. The news flipped everyone's world's upside down and at a time of turmoil and uncertaintly the charity were incredible with their support and so I would like to do my bit to raise money by running the Marlow Half Marathon.

The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund was founded in 1999 by Thomas Ball, then aged 9 and himself undergoing treatment for neuroblastoma stage four which had been diagnosed some 20 months earlier.

The main objective of tbccf is to relieve sickness and distress among children suffering from cancer and members of their families, usually in the form of medical equipment, holidays, special gifts and research.