Lady Deborah James was remembered by her You, Me & The Big C podcast co-host after the series won an award last night.
The BBC podcast was honored with the championship award at the British Podcast Awards on London‘s Kennington Park on Saturday night.
It was a bittersweet occasion as it came just weeks later Dame Deborah passed away at the age of 40 after a fight with the gut cancerand days after she was laid to rest at her funeral.
Her co-host and friend Lauren Mahon accepted the honor on behalf of the late campaigner, as well as giving recognition to their fellow host Rachael Bland, who died in 2018 at the age of 40.
The trio had launched the podcast earlier that year to discuss their own battle with cancer and to support others battling the disease and undergoing treatment.
In her acceptance speech, Lauren, 37, said: “Me and Deb were joking when Rachael died that I couldn’t do the podcast alone because I couldn’t call it Me, Me and the Big C.
“The podcast is our happy place. It’s a little surreal standing here without both of my girls. We knew this was a risk that some of us would die if we started it, but we wanted to keep defending it.
‘There is more work to be done. I don’t know what it looks like, but the podcast has always been a service.”
Concluding her talk, the podcaster revealed, “The last time we won these awards, we dedicated the award to Rachael.
Donate to Dame Deborah James’ Bowelbabe Fund
You, Me & The Big C podcast host Dame Deborah James has admirably raised money for cancer charities after announcing that her own colon cancer was now terminal.
she is now receiving end-of-life hospice care at home because her cancer treatment was discontinued last month.
With the support of Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Dame Deborah and her family established the Bowelbabe Fund, allocating all of the money raised to fund clinical trials and research into personalized medicine that could lead to new treatments for cancer patients, including projects in collaboration with partners such as The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and The Royal Marsden. Donations also go to ongoing support to raise cancer awareness, such as Bowel Cancer UK’s Never Too Young campaign.
By early June, the fund had so far raised £6.6 million for clinical trials and research into personalized medicine for cancer patients and to support campaigns to raise awareness of colon cancer.
You can donate via the Just Giving link here.
“I’m so proud to say this is for Dame Deborah f*****g James.”
Dame Deborah was personally awarded by Prince William shortly before her death, after she raised millions for cancer research charities despite struggling with a terminal illness.
Hours after her death on June 28, Dame Deborah’s Bowelbabe Fund hit the £7 million milestone, with large funds for her InTheStyle clothing collection and autobiography.
The mother of two’s funeral took place on Wednesday, attended by friends and family to celebrate her life.
They held an intimate service in the west Londonin which Dame Deborah’s husband Sebastien Bowen gave a eulogy while their children, Hugo and Eloise, both read poems.
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