Fife-born Radio DJ Edith Bowman has teamed up with a host of celebrities for the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.
Edith, from Anstruther, is backing the fundraising effort along with Davina McCall, Alan Carr, Bill Bailey and Kirstie Allsopp.
Run by Cancer Research UK and Channel 4, Stand Up To Cancer supports research with the aim of improving tests and treatments for people with the disease.
The 43-year-old presenter has a personal reason for getting involved in the campaign.
She said: “My first experience with cancer was when I was eight and my cousin Suzie, who was nine, died.
“She had a rare type of bone cancer. She’d break her arm all the time. She’d literally walk into a door and her arm would go. In the end they amputated her arm but sadly the cancer had spread.
“She was the most amazing little thing. I still remember things like being at my aunt’s wedding. We have this brilliant picture of us all as flower girls, going down in height from the tallest to the smallest, all in the same dresses apart from Suzie, who was given this little cape because she had a prosthetic arm.
“She was given a cape, not to hide it, but to make her feel special.
“I remember her coming up to my mum as the dancing started that night at the wedding, going ‘Auntie Eleanor, can you take my arm off, I can’t dance properly. It’s too heavy.’
“She was just this amazing little ball of energy and she was so clever too. I remember going to her funeral. We weren’t allowed to go to the graveside but we went to the church service.”
Edith went on to lose her granddad, uncle, aunt and grandmother to cancer.
Her mother was also diagnosed with breast cancer but has since received the all-clear.
She added: “Because of these experiences I’ll grab any opportunity to draw attention to the fight against cancer. That’s why I love the whole attitude of Stand Up To Cancer.”
Since it was launched in the UK in 2012, Stand Up To Cancer has raised more than £38 million to fund more than 40 clinical trials and research projects.
Lisa Adams, Cancer Research UK spokeswoman for Scotland, said: “We’re on the brink of a revolution in cancer research.
“Thanks to improvements in treatments and early diagnosis, more people are surviving than ever before. But we can’t afford to stand still.
“It’s time to rebel against cancer, raise money and save lives. Every pound raised for Stand Up To Cancer will help to support this progress and bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.”
