As you may or may not know my brother died of Cystic Fibrosis when he was just 19 years old. Since then myself and my family have raised over £50,000 for The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, a UK-wide charity making a daily difference to people living with Cystic Fibrosis. This year marks their 60th anniversary and I hope to take the Billson Family donation total to £60,000! And I need your help, your donation, anything you can afford to give, will be gratefully received and will most certainly extend a child's life.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 10,900 people in the UK. You are born with CF and cannot catch it later in life, but one in 25 of us carries the faulty gene that causes it, usually without knowing.
Cystic fibrosis causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. This causes lung infections and problems with digesting food. Just three decades ago, the average person with cystic fibrosis would live only to the age of 30, but now 50 years is typical, and some patients with CF live into their 80s. This dramatic extended life expectancy has been made possible because of the tireless research and efforts by the people and organisations such as The Cystic Fibrosis Trust which is why I continue to raise money and support their cause.
Please donate as much as you can. You will be funding life changing research and daily medicines to those children who depend on them for daily survival.
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.
Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.
What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.
As you may or may not know my brother died of Cystic Fibrosis when he was just 19 years old. Since then myself and my family have raised over £50,000 for The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, a UK-wide charity making a daily difference to people living with Cystic Fibrosis. This year marks their 60th anniversary and I hope to take the Billson Family donation total to £60,000! And I need your help, your donation, anything you can afford to give, will be gratefully received and will most certainly extend a child's life.
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic condition affecting more than 10,900 people in the UK. You are born with CF and cannot catch it later in life, but one in 25 of us carries the faulty gene that causes it, usually without knowing.
Cystic fibrosis causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. This causes lung infections and problems with digesting food. Just three decades ago, the average person with cystic fibrosis would live only to the age of 30, but now 50 years is typical, and some patients with CF live into their 80s. This dramatic extended life expectancy has been made possible because of the tireless research and efforts by the people and organisations such as The Cystic Fibrosis Trust which is why I continue to raise money and support their cause.
Please donate as much as you can. You will be funding life changing research and daily medicines to those children who depend on them for daily survival.
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.
Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.
What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.
