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The family and friends of teenager Abi Quinlisk have helped to raise £20,000 in her memory for a charity supporting young people affected by cancer.

Abi (pictured) passed away at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon last September from  acute myeloid leukaemia. She was just 18 years old.

But walking 24 miles across 21 London bridges in her memory were dozens of Abi’s friends and family members, including her parents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  

 

Sarah, her aunt, a medical secretary at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, along with her colleague and friend, accounts assistant Michael Christoforou, completed the challenge for Young Lives vs Cancer.

Other family and friends also supported the event, as part of an overall long-running fundraising programme for Young lives Vs Cancer, this year to remember Abi. 

“Around 137 of us completed the walk and collectively we raised £20,000 from various fundraising pages. It was a great day with so many people to talk to along the way that it didn't feel like 24 miles. We all had the determination to finish for our girl.”

 

 

 

Pic cap: Hospital colleague Sarah Doherty (second left) and her family – and capturing a memory from the day, with the group raising a collective £20,000 for Young Lives vs Cancer.