Ovarian Express

Manchester Marathon 2026

Why this is important;

This year, we wanted to do something meaningful - something that actually makes a difference to real people’s lives. That’s why we’re fundraising for Target Ovarian Cancer.

Before we started looking into this, we realised how little we actually knew about ovarian cancer. And that’s part of the problem.
Ovarian cancer often goes unnoticed because its symptoms are easy to miss. By the time many women are diagnosed, it’s already late. That shouldn’t be happening - not in 2025, not when early diagnosis can save lives.

But awareness is low, and research funding has even been dropping. On top of that, three quarters of women with ovarian cancer say they don’t get the support they need.

Target Ovarian Cancer is trying to change all of this. They work to:

  • Improve early diagnosis, so more women are treated sooner.

  • Fund crucial research, to find better tests and better treatments.

  • Support women and their families, because going through cancer is hard enough without feeling alone.

Illnesses don’t care about age, background, plans, or timing. This can affect mums, daughters, aunties, sisters, friends. It affects whole families. And the thought of someone not getting the help they need when they need it most is not acceptable.

Fundraising is our way of saying:
No woman should have to face ovarian cancer without support. Not one.

By donating or even just sharing our fundraiser, you are helping to:

✅ Raise awareness
✅ Fund life-saving research
✅ Support women who desperately need it

We can’t change everything. But together, we can change something.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting - it genuinely means more than we can say.

Let’s raise awareness. Let’s fund research. Let’s save lives.

Thank you to our Sponsors

£22

James Mullins

Run

£21

Ryan Thomas

Don’t stop running mate!

£11

Rose

Good luck!!

£5

Sky Kneller

£11

Brandon Power

Yes James proud of you for doing a fundraiser for such a good cause just don’t let that Blood Pressure get to high fella 😂

£11

Valerie Bamping

£6

Nathan

Love the cause go smash it!

£100

Kevin Taylor

Great effort, great cause!

£11

Jess

£106

Maria

Good luck Camron. So proud of you. Love Nan and Grandad Xx

£22

Anonymous

£37

Sammy Jenkins

£11

Ben Brammer

Go on son

£5

Ng

Well done you 👏👏

£100

Chandra

£10

Laura

Best of luck!

£5

Ellie

Good luck James!

£15

Chloe Woolley

Good luck James. I am complete admiration at you running a marathon. Sadly a cause close to the heart. Love what your doing x

£22

Susan Ellis

Good Luck

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Manav Sandhu

Good luck mate 💪🏾

£6

Anonymous

£11

Anonymous

£15

Anonymous

£27

Camron Bailey-walker

£22

Jas

£50

Christine

What a great cause to run for. Good luck

£6

Matt Broughton

Yesss James 🙌🤛🏻🤩