CFU are honoured to be partnering with the British Heart Foundation and the Cambridge United Foundation once again, for a fundraising walk to honour the memory of those Cambridge United Fans that sadly passed away last season.
Last year’s walk was arranged specifically to pay tribute to our late friend and former CFU Chairman, Robert Osbourn, who sadly passed away in May 2023 and who was a keen walker himself. The walk was such a great success, raising over £3000, that we wanted to create an annual event that not only remembered Robert, but all the fans that we have recently lost, whether through heart disease, cancer, dementia or any other tragic circumstance.
All money raised this year will be split equally between the British Heart Foundation and Cambridge United Foundation, both of these charities do excellent work in our local community.
Supporters are invited to join us ahead of the Saturday 19th October home game against Wigan Athletic. The self-guided walk will feature two routes of differing lengths:
- 10k walk – starts at CUFC Training Ground, Bentley Road at 10 am
- 5k walk – starts at Jesus Green Kiosk at 11 am
Both routes finish at the Abbey Stadium ahead of kick-off, where walkers will receive their participation medal.
To register for the walk, which costs £6 to enter, please click here.
Gary Atyes, Fundraising Manager of British Heart Foundation, Cambridgeshire said “Through this walk the BHF want to shine a spotlight on heart and circulatory diseases and raise funds for research, noting how such conditions can often go undiagnosed for too long, until problems occur or it’s too late.
It happens far too often that families are robbed of a loved one far too early…
Every two hours, someone under 50 dies of heart and circulatory disease, which is why it’s so important and [why] we’re so grateful and honoured to be partnering with CFU and the Cambridge United Foundation to raise awareness of these conditions.
Heart and circulatory diseases affect one in two of us in our lifetimes, and that happens at all ages. The more we can do to be aware of that and to look after our hearts, the better it will be.
Currently 94,000 people in Cambridgeshire are living with heart and circulatory diseases, however with the British Heart Foundation currently investing £40 million into groundbreaking research in the city at places like the Heart and Lung Research Institute on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Our city can help provide the answers to some of the world’s biggest killers.”
Sign up here to take part:
Cambridge United Foundation: Robert Osbourn Memorial Walk (enthuse.com)
Click here to make a donation/sponsor:
https://cuctrust.enthuse.com/cf/5bd2/fundraiser#!/
