This is the combined fundraising page for Martin, Lisa and Matt (3 colleagues at URM Consulting Services) in memory of Win Fleming (wife of Martin). Win lost her life to leiomyosarcoma (LMS) - a rare and aggressive soft tissue cancer, in July 2021. She was a remarkable person who gave so much to so many in her career as a clinical psychologist, friend and family member. Read a tribute

3 years and 3 days after her passing, the 3 colleagues ascended and descended the 3 highest peaks in Scotland England and Wales over 24 hours . In the process, they hoped to raise as much money as possible for a Sarcoma UK LMS research project that is being conducted at the University of Edinburgh. The project aims to identify new drugs that could improve outcomes for patients with LMS as well as find specific genetic changes in the cancer that predict if a drug is likely to work.

As Martin explains, “LMS is such an aggressive and fast-acting cancer, and time is of the essence in its treatment. If the research shows that the drugs work, they could be made available more quickly to patients with LMS and vastly improve the likely prognosis.”

About the campaign

Win Fleming Fund

Thank you for supporting the Win Fleming Fund page, raising funds in memory of Win for the bone and soft tissue cancer charity Sarcoma UK. All funds raised are being specifically channelled into a leiomyosarcoma (LMS) research project being conducted at the University of Edinburgh by Professor Valerie Brunton. (See Testing new drugs and pinpointing the markers of their effectiveness in leiomyosarcoma | Sarcoma UK)

About the event

The 3 Peaks Challenge was organised and co-ordinated by Challenge Central and the Team was fortunate to have Alan Cook, Events Director at Challenge Central supporting and validating the event.

“Where teams are looking to complete the 3 Peaks Challenge within 24 hours, we typically allocate 11 hours to travelling and 13 hours to hill time, i.e., getting up and down the 3 mountains. Whilst the travel time was impacted by the closure of the main A82 trunk road between Fort William and Glasgow, Matt, Lisa and Martin smashed the hill time target by over an hour in a very impressive 11 hours and 51 minutes, and in line with their 23 hour target. I could see how super motivated they were to complete the challenge and raise money for a very worthy cause and in memory of Martin’s wife, Win. I was also conscious of them feeling they didn’t want to let down those people who had already generously donated money to Sarcoma UK. The Team was positive from start to finish and was very cohesive constantly supporting each other and showed great resilience in dealing with a range of adversities including testing weather conditions on 2 of the mountains, injuries and equipment failure (shoes falling apart). What impressed me just as much as their performance was the commitment of one of their work colleagues, Rachael, to drive in excess of 300 miles to support them on the last leg of the challenge at Snowdon. Amazing!

In summary, it was a pleasure to support such a determined trio achieve their goals and help raise money for a very important Sarcoma cancer research project."