Inspirational Diversity Champion of the Month – June 2017

National Cancer Survivor’s Day is on 4 June and with this in mind we have chosen Jeff Stelling as our Inspirational Diversity Champion of the Month.

Jeff was brought up in Hartlepool and after leaving school his first job was as a journalist at the Hartlepool Mail.  Jeff has worked on many TV shows over the years as a sports reporter or presenter starting on Radio Tees in the 1970’s. In 1994, he became the presenter of Sports Saturday (which became Gillette Soccer Saturday), a programme of football discussion and live reports on the afternoon’s games.

In March 2016, Jeff decided to march from his beloved Hartlepool United to Wembley Stadium in an attempt to raise awareness of, and money for, prostate cancer, a disease killing one man every hour in the UK.  On the way, Jeff and his close friend, Russ Green (former CEO of Hartlepool United), walked 10 marathons in 10 days, visiting 32 football clubs and clocking up 262 miles.

This year on Friday 2 June Jeff will set off from St James Park, the home of Exeter City, in an attempt to walk 15 marathons in 15 days the equivalent of 400 miles and visit over 40 football clubs, reaching Newcastle United’s St James’ Park on Friday 16 June.

Last year the march raised £420,000, and helped get the problem of prostate cancer on the agenda of millions of people across the UK.

Jeff was named Sports Broadcaster of the Year for four successive years by the Sports Journalists’ Association  and on 12 March 2010, he was granted the title of honorary freeman of his home town of Hartlepool.

To find out more about Jeff’s March for Men see here

https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/march-for-men/jeff-stellings-march-for-men

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