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Tom Shadbolt

Tom Shadbolt

My Story

In the early hours of Saturday 24th May 2025, my beautiful wife Hannah passed away at Keech Hospice, Luton. 

Hannah had been battling secondary breast cancer for the past year but despite the weekly chemotherapy and numerous other treatments, Hannah remained the most incredible mother to our little girl Mila, and amazing wife to myself.

In the last month of her life, Hannah’s symptoms worsened and she spent time in hospital and at Keech Hospice. The staff at the hospice got to know Hannah and cared for her in the most gentle, loving way and as a family we ensured that she always had someone by her side.

Even though Hannah was struggling with the pain and symptoms of her cancer, she continued to be the Hannah we all loved and knew; funny, caring, strong and thoughtful to the end. This incredible Hospice was where Hannah spent her last moments before she, as our daughter says, ’travelled over the rainbow.’

I’m now running the London Marathon 2026, raising as many funds as possible for Keech Hospice, to help them continue the amazing work they do and the support they give patients and their families. This will be my first ever Marathon (and likely my last!)

Thank you for taking the time to visit my page, any donations you make would be much appreciated.

 

About London Marathon
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.

Keech Hospice

Raising for:

Keech Hospice
193%

Funded

  • Target
    £2,500
  • Raised so far
    £4,816
  • Number of donors
    173

My Story

In the early hours of Saturday 24th May 2025, my beautiful wife Hannah passed away at Keech Hospice, Luton. 

Hannah had been battling secondary breast cancer for the past year but despite the weekly chemotherapy and numerous other treatments, Hannah remained the most incredible mother to our little girl Mila, and amazing wife to myself.

In the last month of her life, Hannah’s symptoms worsened and she spent time in hospital and at Keech Hospice. The staff at the hospice got to know Hannah and cared for her in the most gentle, loving way and as a family we ensured that she always had someone by her side.

Even though Hannah was struggling with the pain and symptoms of her cancer, she continued to be the Hannah we all loved and knew; funny, caring, strong and thoughtful to the end. This incredible Hospice was where Hannah spent her last moments before she, as our daughter says, ’travelled over the rainbow.’

I’m now running the London Marathon 2026, raising as many funds as possible for Keech Hospice, to help them continue the amazing work they do and the support they give patients and their families. This will be my first ever Marathon (and likely my last!)

Thank you for taking the time to visit my page, any donations you make would be much appreciated.

 

About London Marathon
The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.