Radiotherapy UK’s #Miles4Radiotherapy Challenge starts in July - and we’re proud sponsors of the event! Find out more about the challenge over on the blog now.
Each year, cancer charity Radiotherapy UK organises its #Miles4Radiotherapy summer challenge, where anyone affected by the disease can either get a team of people together or participate individually, clocking up sponsored mileage either by walking, running, sailing, wheeling, scooting, boxing, horse-riding… anything goes!
And the Amethyst Radiotherapy UK team are pleased to announce that they are now official sponsors of the 2025 event, which is due to start on July 1st and will be running for two months.
This year, the aim is to bring the radiotherapy community together to complete 160,000 miles over the two-month period, with every mile representing a treatment course delivered in the UK and the thousands of cancer patients seeking out the empowering information they need to help them navigate their cancer journey.
Given that one in two of us will get cancer at some point in our lives and that one in four of us will need to have radiotherapy treatment, this seems like a particularly good endeavour to support.
Those who sign up to the challenge will receive a welcome pack and associated merchandise, as well as exclusive access to the Race At Your Pace app.
The hope is that campaigns such as this will help raise awareness, show solidarity to those with the disease and fundraise successfully to create more trusted PIF TICK-accredited radiotherapy information for every cancer patient who needs it.
CEO of Amethyst Radiotherapy Sasha Burns said: “We’re proud to support the Miles4Radiotherapy campaign. Radiotherapy is vital to cancer care, yet access remains uneven across the UK. This initiative by Radiotherapy UK highlights the need for change and we’re committed to helping more patients get the treatment they deserve.”Director of Radiotherapy UK Sarah Quinlan made further comments, celebrating the close connection the charity has with Amethyst, having worked together in 2023 to create patient videos about Gamma Knife treatment for brain tumours.
She went on to add: “Those videos have now been viewed many thousands of times, showing there is so much we can do to help patients as they go through cancer treatment. The right information, made accessible, can help reduce anxiety and support people to feel empowered once more.”
Amethyst itself delivers stereotactic radiosurgery on behalf of the University College London Hospital and the NHS Trust at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the oldest standalone neurosciences hospital.
If you’d like to find out more about treatment options, get in touch with the team today.
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