I'm raising funds for Action Bladder Cancer in memory of my dear Mum, Murial Menzies who succumbed to metastatic bladder cancer in July after a brave fight and having already beaten uterine and breast cancer earlier in life. She was an incredible woman who never complained despite the pain she was in and when the prognosis became so bleak.

Bladder cancer is not a rare cancer - it is of the ten most common cancers in the UK - that's 4% of all new cases.

Over 20,000 people are diagnosed each year, and many of those will die. Despite this, there is very limited public awareness of the disease and it is a low priority on the public health agenda. Treatments have changed very little over the past 30 years and research is seriously underfunded. Bladder cancer has been called a 'Cinderella' cancer.

ABC UK is dedicated to changing this and to giving bladder cancer patients a voice.

Please help in whatever way you can to honour a remarkable woman and to support others going through this tough journey.