On the 24th April we are going to be leading a 5K walk in Richmond Park in support of the EHE Rare Cancer Charity (EHERCC), with the objective of raising awareness about EHE and funds for critical research into EHE.

We would love you to set up your own Justgiving Page, linked to EHERCC's ''EHE Fundraising Month" Campaign and join us for the walk.  If you cannot make it, but want to sponsor us by making a donation on this page, then will be hugely grateful.

EHERCC is the UK’s newest cancer-focused charity and is registered in Kingston-Upon-Thames. The charity has been active for six months, and it has just launched its “EHE Fundraising Month” campaign for this April, during which it will be raising funds for rare cancer research. 

The charity’s focus is Epithelioid Haemangioendothelioma (EHE), one of the rarest cancers in the world. It typically presents with multiple tumours at the same time. It has both an indolent (passive) and an aggressive form. Sadly, the indolent form will frequently become aggressive and therefore fatal. EHE targets women more than men, on a  ratio of approximately 4:1. It can present at any age but mostly appears in children, teenagers and young adults where it is often at its most aggressive. There is also a strong clinical signal that the onset of EHE may be connected to puberty in girls and pregnancy in young women, a characteristic of this disease which is particularly distressing.

Today, the oncology community have no effective treatments for this cancer, nor can they provide any form of reliable prognosis. And being so rare means that governments, the pharmaceutical industry, and even the big cancer charities, do not provide funding for research. That is why, at EHERCC, we are dedicated to raising the funds needed to carry forward the critical research required to understand EHE and provide answers to the many questions that exist for this cancer. You can find out more about EHE and the charity at www.ehercc.org.uk

So if you can, please support EHERCC by making a donation to this page, no matter what size. It’s very easy and very quick. Just hit donate and follow the prompts.

But even better would be if you decided to set up your own family or personal page, get your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you, and do your own Virtual 5K event, either by joining us in Richmond Park, or at a different time and location that suits you.

If you do either of these, we will be very grateful indeed.