Hello,

Marie, Kate, Denise and Jodie will be running the Manchester marathon on the 14th April to raise money for Liberty's legacy a branch of the bone cancer research trust. Throughout 2023 we completed various sporting and fund raising events to raise funds, including the London Marathon, Great North run and Royal Parks to name a few. Liberty attended high school with my daughter so this is a very local charity.

Liberty was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma in September 2016 on her 13th birthday, a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer. During her treatment, Liberty was an absolute inspiration, she got on with it bravely, rarely losing her amazing sense of humour. Sadly, August 2017 the Ewing Sarcoma returned, but devastatingly it had extensively spread throughout her lungs and lymph glands. Sadly, nothing more could be done.

It was during those last few weeks of her life that the idea for Liberty's legacy was born. Throughout the course of her illness Liberty's and her family's biggest frustration was the total lack of funding and research into this deadly form of the disease.

Liberty's greatest wish was that we fundraise in her name, with all proceeds to go towards Ewing Sarcoma so that no other child suffers in the same way and no other family be devastatingly ripped apart. Through Liberty's Legacy we hope that her name will live on and allow us to bring Liberty into the future with us and give honour and meaning to her life.

The very tragic and inspirational story is our motivation for running this crazy distance. We have a plan and have all joined a running club, the fantastic Watford Joggers so we are taking our running seriously this time around. All of our £1000 target will go towards Bone Cancer Research Trust. Despite being a small charity, they fund more research projects exploring primary bone cancer than any other UK organisation.

You can find a lot more information and resources on their website www.bcrt.org.uk.

Thank you for reading

Marie, Kate, Denise and Jodie xxxx