Berkshire breast cancer survivor walks for awareness

Louise Porter, 59, an executive assistant from Bracknell, near Reading, will walk one mile for every year she’s been alive as part of her 60 for 60 challenge to raise money for Breast Cancer Now as part of the charity’s Pink Ribbon Walks.

Louise is completing the challenge following her own experience of being diagnosed with and treated for triple negative breast cancer in January 2020. She is now five years clear of the disease following chemotherapy, surgical and radiotherapy treatment.

Turning 60 in August, Louise will walk one mile for every year of her life. She will walk alongside friends across three of Breast Cancer Now’s Pink Ribbon Walks – Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds, Chatsworth House and the Peak District, and Crieff Hydro in Scotland - walking 20 miles at each event to complete her challenge. Louise will also be volunteering at the Hampton Court Palace walk, so will be attending every Pink Ribbon Walk this year.

Around 55,000 women and 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK. A healthy lifestyle and exercise can not only help reduce the risk of breast cancer, but ease the troubling side effects from treatment, and potentially reduce the risk of cancer coming back.

Figures

NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board

The latest figures show 1644 women were diagnosed with breast cancer

• Cancer Registration Statistics, England, 2022 - Full release. (2024). NHS Digital.

NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board

The latest figures show 676 women were diagnosed with breast cancer

• Cancer Registration Statistics, England, 2022 - Full release. (2024). NHS Digital.

Walking dates

Now in its 20th year, the Pink Ribbon Walks are taking place across four stunning locations across the country between April and June. Returning to the breathtaking Hampton Court Palace on Saturday 26 April, Blenheim Palace on Saturday 10 May, a new walk at Crieff Hydro in Scotland on Saturday 31 May, and the historical Chatsworth House on Saturday 21 June.

Full details here

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