Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Come and join Pete Walsh, the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust’s Triathlon Ambassador and be part of Team CF at this year’s Sefton Triathlon to raise much needed funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

This is an event for all the family, with categories for all ages from tiny tots to veteran over 40, plus a section for children with disabilities. Come on, join in the fun, join Pete and Team CF at this fantastic event, you really will a make a difference to the lives of those with CF.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the UK’s most common life threatening inherited disease. More than 8,000 babies, children and young people have CF. It is caused by a defective gene that clogs the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, with thick sticky mucus. Each week five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis and sadly three young people die – 90% from lung disease. Average life expectancy is just 31 years.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust has invested a huge amount of money into gene therapy research. As a result, we have developed a treatment that will shortly be going into clinical trails which we hope will tackle the underlying cause of CF in the lungs. Whilst not curing CF entirely, we hope that this approach will make CF a more manageable condition which will no longer claim so many young lives.

Join Team CF today and help us give those with CF and their families hope for the future.

For more information please contact Bev Burnham-Jones on tel: 0845 859 1029 or email bburnham-jones@cftrust.org.uk