In the Summer of 2024 my family suffered the tragic and sudden loss of my beautiful niece, Larissa. She was just 10 years old.

Having not displayed any prior symptoms, Larissa had contracted an acute form of Leukaemia and within days of falling ill, we had lost her. This was a complete shock and a tragedy that has torn through our family and left so many people heart broken.

Larissa's favourite saying was "One life, live it". So as we come to terms with her loss, I am determined to do just that, raising money and awareness in the process.

The year 2025 is my 40th year!! So to mark this milestone I will be taking on 40 Challenges, from the impressive to the ridiculous.

All the challenges will be documented through my social media profiles; but to give you a flavour of what to expect, some eamples:

Run a marathon

Eat 40 doughnuts in one weekend

Fast for 40 hours

Climb the UK's 3 biggest peaks

Spend the day wearing 40 items of clothing

Grow & Shave my hair

Walk/Run from my home in Yorkshire to my parent's house in Dudley

All money raised will be donated to the charity Leukaemia UK, who believe research has the power to stop leukaemia devastating lives.

Despite decades of incredible progress, only half of leukaemia patients live longer than five years after their diagnosis. They won't stop until that chsnges.

Bringing together the leukaemia community, they aim to accelarate progress through life-chagiing research, awareness and advocacy doing everything the can to make sure that the next person with leukaemia has the best possible experience of diagnosis, treatment and care.