Pembrokeshire-born former Welsh Rugby Union director Craig Maxwell is calling on the people of Wales to join him in walking the Wales Coast Path in a bid to raise £1 million for cancer research and treatment.
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00:24 Over the last year we've managed to complete three or four challenges that has raised over £950,000
00:30 to support the Quick DNA project.
00:32 Coming into 2024, our next challenge will be our biggest one
00:36 and one we're really looking for support and help from people all across Wales.
00:40 The aim of this walk is to raise over £500,000 for the newly created Maxwell Family Genomics Fund,
00:45 which is part of Velindre Cancer Centre, where I'm having all my treatments and being amazingly looked after.
00:51 The aim of the Maxwell Family Genomics Fund will be to continue to support All Wales Genomics
00:55 and Velindre Cancer Centre in their ambition to speed up the cancer diagnosis pathway in Wales.
01:00 The aim is to walk over 780 miles of the Welsh coastal path in 26 days.
01:05 The reason why it's 780 miles is it represents the 78 days it took for me to get diagnosed
01:11 and the reason we're going to try and do it in 26 days is because that is the length of time
01:15 that will reduce the diagnosis time for lung cancer when the Quick DNA project pilot finishes
01:19 and hopefully becomes part of the cancer pathway.
01:22 But the reality of it is, with old injuries and with my cancer treatments currently,
01:26 it's unlikely that I'll be able to walk every day.
01:28 So each day we'll be joined by a Welsh celebrity and 30 fellow walkers
01:32 that hopefully will help us to complete the journey from the north to the south of Wales.
01:37 We'll be carrying with us the match ball for the Wales-France game,
01:41 which kicks off at 2.30pm on the 10th of March.
01:44 And the aim is for that ball to be relayed with myself, the celebrity and the 30 fellow walkers
01:49 all over those 26 days back to the stadium for Isla and Zac, my daughter and son,
01:54 to walk onto the stadium with the match ball for the game.
01:57 We hope that you can join us and if you would like to sign up,
02:00 please go to www.maxwell.foundation.
02:04 It'll be a great event. We can't control the weather,
02:06 but our ambition will be to walk each and every day regardless.
02:09 We really do hope that you can join us and please sign up.
02:12 I look forward to seeing you on the walk in the new year.
02:14 Happy New Year!
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