Young Lancashire martial artist to face biggest battle as he stays up beyond his bed time

Kian Young, an eight-year-old pupil at Chorley St Peter’s CE Primary School, is currently the youngest of nearly 400 people to have already signed up to take part in this year’s Rosemere Cancer Foundation Walk in the Dark on Saturday, 27th April.

The walk starts at 8-15 pm from Chorley and South Ribble Hospital to follow the A6 to the Royal Preston Hospital, which is where Kian’s dad Kieran will be waiting to meet him and mum Charlotte, who will be walking alongside Kian.

Charlotte said: “Kian is a gentle soul. He likes to help people. He goes litter picking and taking on Walk in the Dark is an extension of this. We’ve been on practice walks, including an 11 mile walk from our house in Chorley to my mum’s house in Leyland. It’s not so much the distance as the start time that could be a battle for Kian.”

Undeterred though, Kian has set himself a target of raising £250 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation by completing Walk in the Dark via his online donation page at Charlotte Young is fundraising for Rosemere Cancer Foundation (justgiving.com) and he’s well on the way to achieving it with grandma Dawn having already secured him £151 in sponsorship from staff at Leyland Trucks.

To join Kian and Charlotte in taking part in Walk in the Dark, which is sponsored by Eric Wright Group, visit www.rosemere.org.uk

Entry costs £15 per person. Children under-12 walk for free. Dogs are welcome. Walkers are encouraged to dress up and to display the names of loved ones they may be walking in memory of. Refreshments are provided half way and at the finish, where medals are also presented.

As in previous years, Preston bus and coach company Redline Buses Ltd is supporting Walk in the Dark by laying on free shuttle buses to take walkers wanting to park cars at the Royal Preston Hospital to the walk’s Chorley start.

Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer treatments and services to cancer patients from throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria being treated at Rosemere Cancer Centre, which is the region’s specialist cancer treatment and radiotherapy centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, and also at another eight local hospital cancer units across the two counties, including that at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.

The charity funds cutting-edge equipment, clinical research, staff training and innovative services and initiatives that the NHS cannot afford in order to make patients’ cancer journey more effective, comfortable and stress-free.