A breast cancer survivor has decided to turn her experience into a positive.

Sarah Bourne was diagnosed with a non-invasive form of the disease in February last year after she noticed blood coming from her nipples.

However, after undergoing two lots of surgery and a course of radiotherapy, she has since been given the all clear.

The married mother of two has organised a sponsored 26-mile ‘Walk of Life’ to raise money for Breast Cancer Care and Cancer Research.

The nursing sister, who works at Maidstone Hospital A&E, will set off from her home in Windmill Road, Sittingbourne, at 6am, this Sunday.

The 37-year-old said 15 of her hospital colleagues would join her, along with Sue Gledhill, of Carmel Caterpillars Pre-School in Ufton Lane, where she works on a Friday, and Rowena Wood, the inclusion manager at Milton Court Primary Academy where her daughters Lucy, seven, and Amy, five, are pupils.

She said: “We will be walking through Sittingbourne, Newington, Rainham, Gillingham, Chatham, Rochester, Borstal, Wouldham, Burham, Eccles, Aylesford and Maidstone, where we will finish with a big celebration in Mote Park.

“We will have collection buckets throughout for people to drop their loose change into."