The Wagtail Wheelers -a group of amateur cyclists taking on challenges to raise awareness and funds for charities close to our hearts: Coast2Coast for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, The Way of The Roses for Breast Cancer Care and our latest for Sarcoma UK The Wagtail Wheelers are once again undertaking a cycling challenge, this time to raise money, and awareness, for Headcase Cancer Trust http://www.
headcase.org.uk/ …… the only Charity in the UK that dedicates its funding solely to research into finding a cure for Glioblastoma Multiforme [GBM] brain tumours. Glioblastoma multiforme [GBM] is the most common and most aggressive malignantprimary brain tumour killing around 5000 people each year in the UK [5 times more than all the other 130 types of brain tumour put together]. Brain tumours as a whole receive just 1.4% of total cancer spend in the UK. My mum was diagnosed with this type of brain tumour in September 2013 and underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Sadly, she died in November 2014 after a brave fight against this incurable condition. On the weekend of 2 May 2015, 14 ladies from The Wagtail Wheelers will be cycling from Newcastle to Edinburgh – a total of 180 miles. This will be our most demanding challenge to date as we will be cycling an average of 60 miles a day. Fortunately we will be accompanied by our fantastic directeur sportif, support driver and baker extraordinaire Tracy! We aim to try and raise as much money as possible for the charity to hopefully, at some point in the future, cure this type of tumour – and to prevent other people having to endure this horrible disease. Every single one of us funds our own transport, food and overnight costs during the event and Headcase itself is run on an entirely voluntary basis. This means that your donations and our fundraising will be going to where it matters most.
• Therefore on behalf Headcase, The Wagtail Wheelers and my mum, please dig deep and sponsor us, whatever you feel you can give.
• Thank you
