Calling all cyclists, runners and walkers across Northern Ireland! The annual Fun Run of the Glens (FROG) charity event is back and taking place on Saturday 4th June! Now in its 15th year, this successful sportive has gone from strength to strength and organisers hope to attract a record number of...
Local leading cancer charity, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is encouraging people to conquer the Mourne Seven Summits on 18th June to raise money for local people affected by cancer. The mega-mountain challenge will climb all seven peaks that are at least 700m above sea level, cover approximately 30...
Strabane mum Naoimh Simpson is encouraging everyone to lace up their trainers and March a Million steps to help Cancer Focus Northern Ireland deliver vital services to cancer patients and their families across Northern Ireland. Naoimh and her neighbour Michelle are taking on the challenge to complet...
Iain Taylor (45), from Glenravel, got involved with FROG 13 years ago after his mum Elizabeth sadly died from cancer. “My mum was only just retired and was caring for my dad who had Parkinson’s. She had been a nurse practically all her life. She probably didn’t take the same care of her own health....
Holywood man Tim Page, who is married to Ruth and has two sons, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 1984 at just 20 years of age. Since then he has had blood cancer four more times and had been through exhaustive treatments. In December 2017, he had a donor transplant and is recovering well. He...
