Olympic Torch Relay,Susan Stevenson, London Olympics, A6 Oadby, Leicester
Her parents nominated their daughter Sue who lost her precious son their grandson aged 19 from cancer. Whilst he was in hospital it was obvious that there was little support for the teenage cancer sufferers. After Paul died it became Sue's mission to remedy this. MacMillan were consulted and Sue was told that it would need £132K to fund a nurse for 3 years to care for adolescents. With a small team of people she set out to achieve this target which was reached within 2 years but she continues to organise fund raising fund has now reached nearly £200K. Events have included concerts supermarket bag packing charity runs parachute jumping coffee mornings golf days year Sue takes part in the Great North Run. Many young cancer sufferers have benefitted from her efforts and through her fund raising activities many companies friends and individuals are now aware of this specialist service. The torch relay will last 70 days, with 66 evening celebrations, six island visits with about 8,000 people carrying the torch a total distance of about 8,000 miles (12,800 km), starting from Land's End in Cornwall. The torch had one day outside of the United Kingdom when it visited Dublin on 6 June. The relay will focus on national heritage sites, locations with sporting significance, key sporting events, schools registered with the Get Set School Network, green spaces and biodiversity, Live Sites (city locations with large screens), festivals and other events. The torch is escorted through the towns and communities by a team of specially trained officers from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) known as the Torch Security Team (TST). These were chosen from the initial 644 applications and following an eight month selection process. Their primary role is to protect the Olympic and Paralympic Flames as well as the safety of the torchbearer carrying the flame.
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Location: A6, Oadby, Leicester,Leicestershire,England, UK
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Keywords: london, olympic, olympics, relay, stevenson, susan, torch
