BUDE has been glittered with gold this month to raise awareness for an important cause.
During September the team at Talan’s Trust join thousands around the world In raising awareness of childhood cancer.
Each September, the North Cornwall charity, alongside others across the nation, host their Go Gold campaign.
The campaign aims to bring together the childhood cancer community across the country to shout from the rooftops in their respective towns, villages and cities, about the signs and symptoms of what remains the biggest cause of death of children worldwide by disease.
Talan’s Trust was set up after Talan Penny, an 18-year-old Bude local who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a type of soft tissue sarcoma that grows in active muscles of the body, sadly passed away. The trust now carry out a number of awareness and fundraising campaigns in aid of those with the same condition.
This month, Bude will feature a glitter of gold, as painted bikes decorate the town. Gold was chosen as the colour for our ribbon as children are more valuable than gold, while bikes are used to show the poignancy of children either not able to ride their bikes through their treatments or all to often their passing.
Sarah Penny, chair of the trust said: “It is true some childhood cancers have an overall better survival rate now, sadly some remain extremely low and some have no current treatments at all.
“We are very pleased to have Dr Angus Macdonald join us, and he, along with input from the rest of the committee has produced our own signs and symptoms poster, which is on all our bikes and can be downloaded from our website at www.talanstrust.org
“So if you see our bikes around Bude and the local schools, be sure to read the signs and photograph.
“Always remember you are your child’s biggest advocate and if you think something is wrong it probably is.”