‘If Alice Can, Anyone Can’ - Cycling 125 miles for local cancer research.
A Hope Against Cancer Press Release
At just 24 years old Alice Greaves from Old Dalby, Leicestershire, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is dedicated to raising awareness and fundraising for the incredible cancer research and trials that are happening locally and so, on the 24th August, Alice, and many others, are cycling from Old Dalby to Sheringham, Norfolk, a journey of 125 miles, and you are invited to join them.
The ride is in aid of Hope Against Cancer, a local charity that funds cancer research and supports treatment and trials at the Hope Cancer Trials Centre in the Leicester Royal Infirmary.
It began for Alice with a pain, but for the first three months she was told that she was experiencing simple muscle pain. When she was then diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, she said that “it tipped my whole life upside down, smashed it into a million pieces - even the specialist was shocked.”
After some thought Alice said that she realised, “I could’ve taken this as an excuse to sit on the sofa all day every day and let it beat me, but thankfully fight mode activated straight away and I have spent the last year and a half giving everything I have to beat it.”
Treatment began with chemotherapy and ended with a double mastectomy and an ongoing 18 months of chemotherapy tablets – eight per day!
Alice is a huge advocate for local charities and the work that they do to support the local community. She has a popular platform on Instagram (@ifanycanalicecan) where she promotes charity work as well as openly and honestly sharing her personal journey and campaigning for breast cancer awareness.
Alice said of Hope Against Cancer, “At the start of this journey I chose to fundraise for Hope because they work for everything that I wish to achieve. Local fundraising going towards vital local healthcare.”
The ‘If Alice Can, Anyone Can’ cycle ride is a single day challenge and is attracting sponsors and riders from across the East Midlands, but more people, groups and organisations are needed to make it the best it can be.
Hope Against Cancer receives no government funding and it is through incredible fundraising efforts like this ride that the charity can continue to support amazing life-changing work in Leicestershire and Rutland.
