I'm taking on March for Men

Murphy's March For Men 2025

Raised

£5,380

My story

Back in March 2021 after having some new symptoms, dad (Dave Murphy) took himself to the doctors for a check up and after numerous tests was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This was a big shock to us all as many know dad was a very healthy 60 year old who works every minute possible. Thanks to the amazing work of the NHS, dad had surgery to remove his prostate and thankfully removed the cancer from his body in 2021. Unfortunately in April 2025 we found out the news that the cancer has now spread to different parts of the body. Dad has & continues to deal with it all like an absolute trooper and we couldn’t be more proud of him.

After dads diagnoses in 2021, Uncle Tim (Tim Murphy) was realising he had a lot of the symptoms also and dad spoke to him to go and get checked, as well as others going to get tested too. Tim was unfortunately then also diagnosed with prostate cancer. After having numerous tests, Tim decided to go for the option of Brachytherapy treatment which is a form of radiation. He continues to be checked every few months. Again, Tim has taken all of this in his stride and is back enjoying walks in the woods with Murphy the dog. On the back of the awareness , other friends etc have also been diagnosed, again highlighting the importance of talking and doing these walks to get the topic out there.

1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer in the UK. That's thousands of dads, grandads, brothers, uncles, sons and mates. But it doesn't have to be this way. We’re taking part in March for Men to help beat prostate cancer and raise awareness. Your donation will fund lifesaving research into better tests and treatments to help the next generation of men.

We have done this walk in 2023 and 2024 now, raising over £8368 for Prostate Cancer just from these walks: We have vowed to do this walk every year! Every penny counts & also raising awareness is SO important. We really wanted to raise £1632 this year which means we would hit our total fundraising goal of £10,000 in total for the 3 years walks, which we have already hit and smashed.

This year there continues to about 20-30 of us walking and we could not be more grateful for all the amazing donations. Every year more family and friends join us and we’re so proud to keep raising awareness, with this year definitely being the most special/important one yet,

Thank you so much in advance from us that are walking, and especially Dave and Tim,

xxxx

Raised

£5,380

Target

£2,500

215.20000000000002% there

Achievements

First Donation

Raised £75

Raised £150

Raised £300