The charities to benefit from Nikki’s quest

THE charities benefiting from Nikki’s climb are: Action Cancer

The Belfast-headquartered charity provides a range of detection, prevention and support services which cost around £4m a year to run. Its breast screening service for women aged 40-49 and over 70 fills the gap in NHS provision which covers 50-70 age group. For more information go to www.actioncancer.org

Irish Cancer Society

It was formed in 1963 following concern that 100 people a year in the Republic were dying from non-melanoma skin cancer. It was curable but lack of knowledge was leading to deaths. Now it provides detection, prevention, treatment and support services and is involved in funding research into cancer. For more information go to www.cancer.ie

The Ross Nugent Foundation

Ross was a teenage boy from the Republic who was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in 2009 and died the following year. The foundation was established by his family to fund equipment for the oncology wards in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin where he was treated, and in other hospitals. For more information go to www.rossnugentfoundation.ie