‘Two Little Legs’ Campaign

Jo Laws posing with our fundraising t-shirt after the Simply Health Great Bristol Half Marathon.

Jo’s Story

In 2005 when Jo was 11 years old, her mum, Sharon, was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer and after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the Bristol Oncology Centre she was was given the ‘all clear’. Over a decade later, many other members of Jo’s family and friends had been treated for cancer at the Centre and she felt drawn to the Friends and wanted to support the cause in any way she could.

Having recently graduated with a degree in marketing Jo was already providing freelance marketing services to local organisations through her small business, Snowdrop Marketing, so she offered her services to the Friends to help build our profile and increase donations. As a keen runner, Jo was also fundraising for the Friends whenever she took part in a running event and it wasn’t long before she embarked on a much larger fundraising campaign.

“The treatment my mum received at the Centre was amazing. The staff were fantastic and the advice and support we all received made a huge difference at a really difficult time.”

Jo Laws crawling her way through an obstacle at Tough Mudder.

Fundraising Campaign

Jo set out to raise £300 for the Friends by running seven races over the summer totalling forty miles and she referred to the campaign as her ‘Two Little Legs Challenge'. To add some context Jo is 4’10” - hence the title. After completing all of the races her fundraising total came to a fantastic £510.

Her chosen running events included a particularly rainy Great Bristol Half Marathon, a very muddy Tough Mudder and the Nailsea & Backwell Rotary Charity Run, another Bristol Oncology supporter.

Jo Laws nearing the finish-line of the Simply Health Great Bristol Half Marathon after a very rainy start.

A Big Thank You!

We’d like to thank Jo for her fantastic fundraising efforts as well as her ongoing support. We can’t wait to see what her next adventure will be.

If you have or are currently fundraising for the friends, please send us your updates and photos - we’d love to see them!