After hearing about Breakthrough through his sister, who is a big advocate of Breakthrough, Rob decided to take on the £1,000 Challenge. His hard work paid off as his mother's and aunt's names were included on the Challenger's Wall at the Breakthrough Research Centre in 2010.
Rob tells us why he became a £1,000 Challenger:
"I entered to do the London Marathon a couple of years ago and when I didn't get accepted I decided to look into other ways of raising money for Breakthrough. When I first moved to London I worked on a couple of the party boats on the Thames and made good friends of the people that operate them. I mentioned that I was looking at ways to raise funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and one of the guys who owns the boats offered the use of one for an afternoon in May 2008. He was particularly supportive as he too had lost his mother to breast cancer. So, there I was with a free boat that normally costs at least £300 an hour to hire and on top of that the bar staff and DJ also very kindly offered to work for free. Up went the Facebook invite announcing the party with an entry cost of £10 per head, all of which went straight to Breakthrough. The sun shone, people partied and money was raised. An amazing day was had by all!"
