Three law professionals have laced up their running shoes and pounded the pavements of Birmingham in support of blood cancer research, completing a gruelling 15-mile charity run.
Davisons Law, which sponsored the Birmingham leg of Run the Nations, saw Equity Director Darryl Wilkes, Director Antony Myles, and Family Law Trainee Legal Executive Chloe Shaw complete the challenging route on 11th September. The trio ran from Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Whittall Street to the IET Birmingham on Cambridge Street.
Image caption: Antony Myles (Director), Darryl Wilkes (Equity Director), Ben Foster (ex England international footballer), and Chloe Shaw (Trainee Family Law Executive) before the Run the Nations event in Birmingham.
The run represents the latest part of a year-long series of events the firm has undertaken to support Cure Leukaemia, building on their commitment as one of the first members of Club 10, a groundbreaking initiative launched by the charity to fund vital clinical trials for children battling blood cancer. Davisons Law has pledged £10,000 per year to support the ATICUS Paediatric Transplant Trials Network, which operates across ten children’s hospitals nationwide.
The event took place during Blood Cancer Awareness Month, with the reminder that every 27 seconds, someone somewhere in the world is diagnosed with blood cancer. Run the Nations formed part of Cure Leukaemia’s “Move the Nations” campaign, which ran from 10th-23rd September.
Gary Davison, Managing Director of Davisons Law, commented: “We’re incredibly proud to have sponsored the Birmingham leg and to see our team complete this challenge. Having three of our team members take on this personal commitment demonstrates our firm’s ongoing dedication to supporting causes that make a real difference to people’s lives, and it’s the latest example of our year-long support for Cure Leukaemia.”
This marks the second consecutive year that Davisons Law staff have participated, following last year when four team members completed the challenge. The Birmingham event formed part of a national effort, with Cure Leukaemia Chief Executive James McLaughlin completing a 270-mile challenge over 14 days, running through 29 blood cancer centres across the UK.
Darryl Wilkes, who completed his first Run the Nations challenge, said: “As an equity director and Club 10 member, I believe it’s important to lead by example when supporting causes our firm believes in. The work that Cure Leukaemia does through its clinical trials network is absolutely vital, and our ongoing commitment through Club 10 and events like this demonstrates how businesses can make a real impact in the fight against blood cancer.”
