Nicola

I’m taking on 5k a Day in June for Young Lives vs Cancer.

For those of you who know me, you’ll know that losing my niece, Millie, on 22nd December 2025 completely changed my family forever.  

Millie was only 9 years old and passed away very suddenly due to Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, less than 24 hours after being diagnosed. It’s something no family should ever have to go through, and it certainly wasn’t a phone call I ever expected to receive that Sunday.  

Although Millie herself didn’t receive direct support from any charities, my sister, her Mum, is now receiving support from Young Lives vs Cancer, and as a family we want to do whatever we can to help support other families facing such devastating circumstances in the future.  

From 1st–30th June, I’ll be completing 5K every single day to help raise vital funds for children and young people with cancer. Young Lives vs Cancer help families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at them, and every single day 12 more children and young people hear the devastating news that they have cancer.  

Just a £26 donation could fund an hour of support from a Young Lives vs Cancer specialist Social Worker, helping ensure children, young people, and their families always have someone by their side throughout their cancer journey.  

Now… I can’t run 5K. Honestly, I probably couldn’t even run 1K at this point 😂 I play netball on the odd occasion 🙄, but exercise really isn’t my thing! So this challenge will more than likely be 5K in steps rather than running, but it’s a start, and hopefully one day I’ll work my way up to an actual run of some sort!  

So I’m pleading, begging, and using every bit of emotional blackmail possible for you all to donate anything you can towards this amazing charity that is currently helping support my sister through the most rubbish and heartbreaking time imaginable.  

Thank you so much for your support, donations, encouragement, and for helping us honour Millie’s memory 🤍