It’s a busy role that keeps Jarnel constantly on the move. During a typical shift, he walks between 25,000 and 30,000 steps each day – around 12 miles as he helps colleagues and patients across our sites.
So when it comes to walking, Jarnel is already well practised. This March, he’s turning those miles into a fundraising effort by taking on the Walk 31 Miles in March challenge in support of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
While the distance itself may be modest compared to the steps he covers at work, the aim is to use his daily miles to raise awareness and vital funds for a cause that makes a real difference.
Jarnel is undertaking the challenge in honour of everyone affected by lung cancer – those currently facing it, those we have sadly lost, and the families who continue to carry their memory. While he already walks miles each day through his role, he is dedicating an extra mile every day in his own time to raise awareness and vital funds.
The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the UK’s leading lung cancer charity. It funds research to improve treatments and survival rates, campaigns for earlier diagnosis, and provides practical and emotional support to patients and families facing lung cancer. Its work helps ensure people affected by the disease receive the information, care, and hope they need.
Jarnel is no stranger to supporting good causes. Over the years he has helped raise thousands of pounds for charity, including organising sponsored walks between Sheffield and Doncaster with Sikh Youth Doncaster. In recognition of his charitable work, he was even invited to attend the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018.
So far, Jarnel has raised just under £200 of his £500 goal, and with a little help from colleagues we can help him get there.
If you are able to support him, every donation makes a difference.
Support him here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jarnel1771501111981
