Good luck to former student at Tenby’s Greenhill School - Craig Maxwell, who is embarking on an epic fundraising cycling challenge from this week, taking on the Wales Coast Path in a bid to raise £1 million for charity.
Craig, a dad of two, who was diagnosed with incurable and inoperable EGFR+ lung cancer in 2022 will be joined by a number of Welsh celebrities along the way including TV presenter - Gethin Jones, Love Island star Liam Reardon, singer Wynne Evans, weather presenter Derek Brockway and a host of rugby players.
The WRU’s former head of marketing, is hoping to raise a monumental £1m for the Maxwell Family Genomics Fund, a fund as part of Velindre Cancer Centre, to enhance, improve and develop the cancer pathway in Wales.
Starting on February 14 in North Wales, Craig is being joined by over 500 walkers over the course of the 26-day challenge.
Craig, a dad of two, who was diagnosed with incurable and inoperable EGFR+ lung cancer in 2022 will be joined by a number of Welsh celebrities along the way including TV presenter - Gethin Jones, Love Island star Liam Reardon, singer Wynne Evans, weather presenter Derek Brockway and a host of rugby players.
The WRU’s former head of marketing, is hoping to raise a monumental £1m for the Maxwell Family Genomics Fund, a fund as part of Velindre Cancer Centre, to enhance, improve and develop the cancer pathway in Wales.
Starting on February 14 in North Wales, Craig is being joined by over 500 walkers over the course of the 26-day challenge.
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00:24 Over the last year we've managed to complete three or four challenges that has raised over £950,000
00:30 to support the Quick DNA project.
00:32 Coming into 2024, our next challenge will be our biggest one
00:36 and one we're really looking for support and help from people all across Wales.
00:40 The aim of this walk is to raise over £500,000 for the newly created Maxwell Family Genomics Fund,
00:45 which is part of Velindre Cancer Centre, where I'm having all my treatments and being amazingly looked after.
00:51 The aim of the Maxwell Family Genomics Fund will be to continue to support All Wales Genomics
00:55 and Velindre Cancer Centre in their ambition to speed up the cancer diagnosis pathway in Wales.
01:00 The aim is to walk over 780 miles of the Welsh coastal path in 26 days.
01:05 The reason why it's 780 miles is it represents the 78 days it took for me to get diagnosed
01:11 and the reason we're going to try and do it in 26 days is because that is the length of time
01:15 that will reduce the diagnosis time for lung cancer when the Quick DNA project pilot finishes
01:19 and hopefully becomes part of the cancer pathway.
01:22 But the reality of it is, with old injuries and with my cancer treatments currently,
01:26 it's unlikely that I'll be able to walk every day.
01:28 So each day we'll be joined by a Welsh celebrity and 30 fellow walkers
01:32 that hopefully will help us to complete the journey from the north to the south of Wales.
01:37 We'll be carrying with us the match ball for the Wales-France game,
01:41 which kicks off at 2.30pm on the 10th of March.
01:44 And the aim is for that ball to be relayed with myself, the celebrity and the 30 fellow walkers
01:49 all over those 26 days back to the stadium for Isla and Zac, my daughter and son,
01:54 to walk onto the stadium with the match ball for the game.
01:57 We hope that you can join us and if you would like to sign up,
02:00 please go to www.maxwell.foundation.
02:04 It'll be a great event. We can't control the weather,
02:06 but our ambition will be to walk each and every day regardless.
02:09 We really do hope that you can join us and please sign up.
02:12 I look forward to seeing you on the walk in the new year.
02:14 Happy New Year!
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