[1][2][3] In 1996 Barough was working as a stylist when she had a dream that she was power walking the New York City Marathon in a bra to raise money for breast cancer causes.
However, she decided to act on the dream and, with a team of friends she walked the marathon that year raising £25,000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
[4] Two months later Barough found a lump in her breast while on a work trip to the United States and was diagnosed with cancer herself.
She gave up her business in order to focus on treatment, undergoing a mastectomy, breast reconstruction, radiotherapy and injections of Zoladex.
[8] 2007 - Penny Brohn UK named its new residential centre in Bristol after Nina[9] 2008 - Barough received a Pride of Britain award for Fundraiser of the Year, and a Good Housekeeping Woman of the Year Outstanding Achievement Award[10] 2009 - Celebrity Cruises named Barough godmother of ship Equinox[11] 2016 - Received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University[12] 2017 - The new Maggie’s Cancer Centre in Forth Valley, for which Walk the Walk is the Principal Funder,[13] was named the Nina Barough Building[14] Barough is married and the couple live in Berkshire with their young daughter.