Fundraising Stories
Paul’s half marathon to support friend with myeloma
Retired college lecturer Paul Breheny has raised almost £700 for LMRUK – running his second half marathon in 29 years, and in the same pair of shoes he wore the last time! Paul, 65, chose to raise money for our charity in support of his friend Charles Montlake who is...
Lucy Abbey completes the London Marathon in aid of LMRUK
Courageous runner Lucy Abbey went ahead with her planned London Marathon run in aid of our charity, despite an injury to her hip that left her unable to train for a month before the event. Lucy, 37, from Hartlepool was inspired to run in aid of the blood cancer...
Brave Julie’s year-long battle with Multiple Myeloma
Julie Waines knew something was wrong with her health when she started falling asleep at work and had to spend her lunch breaks taking a nap in her car. But the 65-year-old data processor, who works for Northern Powergrid in Stockton on Tees, had never heard of...
Colleague’s Myeloma diagnosis prompts Lucy’s marathon fundraiser
Training is well underway for Lucy Abbey, 37, from Hartlepool in Teesside, who is preparing to run the 2025 TCS London Marathon this April on behalf of our charity. Lucy, who works at Northern Powergrid, is no stranger to running, having previously participated in the...
Couple’s 10k fundraiser for Leukaemia research
Jacob Riley and his girlfriend Lydia Heaton have raised more than £1,500 for our charity after completing a 10k sponsored run following a blood cancer diagnosis for Jacob’s sister. Megan Porter, 27, was working as a primary school teacher in South Korea when she...
Restaurant founders named Fundraisers of the Year
Founders of Lunya restaurant and deli, Elaine Kinsella and her husband Peter have been named as our Fundraisers of the Year for their incredible work on behalf of our charity. This is the second time that the duo has been named winners of the award, after jointly...
Four colleagues band together to raise awareness of a rare form of blood cancer
Four friends and colleagues successfully completed a 13-mile fundraising walk in memory of their former colleague who passed away from a rare type of blood cancer. Pam Roach, Lynne Ryan, Alison Smith, and Kelly Spink braved the brisk autumnal weather to walk from...
A primary school fundraising for blood cancer after Deputy Head diagnosed with Leukaemia
Staff, governors and parents from a primary school in County Durham have raised over £1,000 for LMRUK with a 13-mile sponsored walk. They were inspired to support our charity after sisters Becca Knox and Lauren Gilbert, who both work at Chester-le-Street CofE Primary...
100 miles in a month to raise awareness of Multiple Myeloma
A couple embarked on a gruelling challenge to complete 100 miles in a month to raise money for our charity – after one of their parents was diagnosed with life-threatening Multiple Myeloma. Jonny Turner and Nichola Harrower from Wigan walked, ran and cycled to clock...
The importance of supporting second-hand fashion
It takes a staggering eight billion cubic metres of water to produce all the new clothing bought in the UK every year. According to Oxfam, producing a single cotton t-shirt requires 5,400 bottles of water and a pair of jeans needs 16,000 bottles of water – enough to...
