CFU are honoured to be partnering with the British Heart Foundation and the Cambridge United Foundation for a fundraising walk as part of their combined initiative of increasing awareness on heart health amongst our fans and our wider community. It will be a wonderful way to pay tribute to our late friend and former CFU Chairman, Robert Osbourn, who sadly passed away earlier this year and was a keen walker.
There are to be three routes of differing lengths, with the shortest route including the amber hearts treasure hunt.
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. https://spotlighton.bhf.org.uk/
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. https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/research-and-development/hlri
Gary Atyes – Fundraising Manager – Cambridgeshire
British Heart Foundation
EVENT INFORMATION:
| Date: | Saturday 14th October | |
| 10K | Start: Cambridge United’s Training Ground, Clare College | 10:00 am onwards |
| 5K | Start: Jesus Green Kiosk | 11:00 am onwards |
| 3K | 3k walk and Hidden Hearts treasure hunt Start: Millennium Bridge (across from Chesterton) on Riverside | 11:30 am onwards |
| Finish: | CFU Cabin, Abbey Stadium to collect your participation medal |
Entrance Fee: £6.00
These are self-guided routes and printed route maps and access to a route app for the event will be made available to registered participants.
Please join us in walking in memory of Robert and helping raise funds and awareness for heart health in our community.
Sign up here to take part: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/WalkinMemoryofRobertOsbourn
Click here to donate/sponsor:
https://cuctrust.enthuse.com/cf/473f/-!/
