The BIA and Blood Cancer UK Step Up challenge
Thank you to everyone who took part in the BIA and Blood Cancer UK Step Up Challenge this May - your energy, enthusiasm and generosity have helped raise vital funds and awareness for Blood Cancer UK.
Together, we each walked 280,000 steps (or more!) to represent the 280,000 people living with blood cancer in the UK. Every step made a difference.
We’re delighted to celebrate the incredible achievements of our challenge participants and announce this year’s winners:
🏆 Top Stepper – Raymond Pawlicki with an impressive 623,000 steps
🏆 Top Fundraiser – Karen Clegg with an amazing £1,080 raised
🏆 Power in Numbers – PrecisionLife Team 1 with a collective 2.2 million steps!
Your efforts will help fund Blood Cancer UK’s clinical trials support service — a vital, nurse-led initiative that supports people affected by blood cancer before, during, and after enrolment in a clinical trial.
Thank you.
Whether you walked solo, joined a team, or simply helped spread the word, thank you for stepping up and showing your support. Together, we're helping to improve outcomes for people affected by blood cancer across the UK.
About the partnership
Blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, is the UK’s third biggest cancer killer and the most common cancer in children. With over 250,000 people living with the disease, our partnership aims to raise awareness and highlight the importance of clinical trials in accessing life-saving treatments.
Over the next 12 months, BIA will support Blood Cancer UK through strategic opportunities and fundraising, formally launching at the BIA Gala Dinner 2025. Funds raised will support the Clinical Trials Support Service (CTSS), a nurse-led initiative that helps patients navigate clinical trials. This partnership will fund one CTSS nurse for a year, ensuring more people with blood cancer get the support they need. Read the full press release.
About Blood Cancer UK
Blood Cancer UK has invested £500 million in research in blood cancer since 1960. Currently, the charity is funding £23 million of research across 65 research projects institutions in the UK. Keep up-to-date with all the latest blood cancer news.
For free and confidential support and information on blood cancer and life after a diagnosis, call us on 0808 2080 888 or email us at [email protected]
Join our online forum and talk to others affected by blood cancer at forum.bloodcancer.org.uk
Blood Cancer UK offers a clinical trials support service that helps with finding clinical trials and understanding the complex information - whether you're a patient, carer or healthcare professional.
The Clinical Trials Support Service was launched in 2020 as one of the first of its kind in the UK. Learn more about the service.