Whalsay man running for charity
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A Whalsay man is giving a marathon effort to raise funds for a cancer charity because of the “good work” which has helped his wife through her treatment.
Lee-Anne Simpson from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, was diagnosed with melanoma two years ago while her husband, Jamie Simpson was already running five kilometres a day for fun.
Now he is continuing his runs to raise money for Beatson Cancer Charity after seeing first hand what they can do for cancer patients and their families.
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Mr Simpson has been running for more than 1,000 days and hopes to complete 2023 by seeing the money raised sprint past his fundraising goal.
“I set a target of £1,500 but that was the most I could set,” he said.
“I want to raise as much as I can.”
He and his wife set up a Just Giving page and social media accounts to help catch the attention of people who might want to donate.
The Instagram account @therunningnorthman has been created for people to follow his journeys on land and offshore on the oil rig he works on.
He added: “It was two years ago Lee-Anne was diagnosed and was going to Gartnavel [general hospital, Glasgow] for stage-four melanoma.
“They’ve been brilliant, there’s so many services, it is through the NHS but Beatson provide a lot, like cafés and support.
“They even have a wig division where they meet folk who have had chemo and they’ve lost hair and they measure them up for wigs. They do a lot of good at Beatson.”
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