On Sunday 26th April, the date planned for the 2020 London Marathon, there is the opportunity for everyone to take up the 2.6 Challenge. This is a nationwide event inviting people all over the UK to take part in an activity based around 2.6 or 26 while following the social distancing guidelines and at the…
As Trustees of Secondary1st we want to send our very best wishes to all our supporters and fundraisers and assure everyone that Secondary1st is in a stable financial position. We will survive through the current situation and emerge ready to continue funding vital research into secondary breast cancer when life returns to normal.
The theatre company “Take Three Girls” toured Exmoor performing Alan Bennett’s “Her Big Chance” and publicising the work of the charity to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of the late Mary Richards. “Her Big Chance” is from the “Talking Heads” series of dramatic monologues and is the story of Lesley, an aspiring actress, who,…
Michele planned to run a half-marathon and then a marathon this year after taking part in a 10k and a half-marathon in 2019 to raise money for Secondary1st. When both of this year’s events were postponed because of the Coronavirus she refused to sit back and managed to run a half-marathon around her garden in…
While everyone is encouraged to stay at home as much as possible and so many shops are closed more people are turning to on-line shopping. AmazonSmile makes no charge to the buyer, provides the same products at the same prices as Amazon and will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and…
Before the lockdown, Andrea’s sisters and best friend managed to add three more challenges to their 40for40 campaign in Andrea’s memory. These were the shoeathon, which involved wearing 40 pairs of shoes, a metafit class and a friend duathalon and they were held to raise money for Secondary1st and the Beatson Institute in Glasgow where…