On 23rd September 2017 Bowel Cancer UK are holding their very first 5 mile walking event, called Walk Together. Since losing Allan in March 2015, we have been supporting Bowel Cancer UK and when I found out about the walk, it was something I immediately wanted to do with Matilda, Francesca, Mum & Claire. After telling friends and family about it, this has quickly grown to almost 60, including 21 children!

We would be extremely grateful for any donations to support us as we walk to remember our beloved Allan, and the girls their beloved daddy.

Unfortunately Allan's diagnosis was far too late, which is why Bowel Cancer UK's aim, to promote symptom awareness as early detection, resonates so much with us. If anything we do, can save just one life, it would mean so much.

https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/support-us/fundraise/walk-together/

Here are few facts about Bowel Cancer:

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, after breast, prostate and lung cancers.

Over 41,200 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK.

More than nine out of ten new cases (94%) are diagnosed in people over the age of 50, and nearly six out of ten cases (59%) are diagnosed in people aged 70 or over. But bowel cancer can affect any age. More than 2,500 new cases are diagnosed each year in people under the age of 50.

1 in 14 men (7%) and 1 in 19 women (5%) will be diagnosed with bowel cancer during their lifetime.

Around 268,000 people living in the UK today have been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

Bowel cancer is treatable and curable, especially if it’s diagnosed early.

More than nine out of ten people diagnosed with stage 1 bowel cancer survive five years or more after diagnosis. However this drops significantly as the disease develops.

Almost 16,000 people die from bowel cancer in the UK every year. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, behind lung cancer. But the number of people dying of bowel cancer has been falling since the 1970s. This may be due to earlier diagnosis and better treatment.

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Thank you for your support.

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