TWO campaigners have just completed their challenge to visit every golden postbox in the country and have gained support from Debbie McGee.

Debbie is the wife and former assistant to the late magician Paul Daniels, who died earlier this year shortly after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Michelle Williams and Lisa Slaymaker, from Hook, known as Soul Sisters UK, gained the support while taking part in their challenge to raise awareness of brain aneurysms and the unsuspecting impact they can have on a person’s life.

They visited every golden postbox from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games and sent a postcard to the Prime Minister, who has changed since they began, campaigning for a Brain Aneurysm Awareness Day.

Michelle was struck down by a ruptured brain aneurysm earlier this year, which led to the 47-year-old business owner requiring life-saving surgery and taking on the awareness raising challenge.

Paul Daniel’s widow, Debbie, has her own BBC Berkshire show on a Sunday morning and it was here that she spoke to the two women to find out more about their campaign and offer her support.

Debbie said on the show: “It’s a great idea this to get your word out there.

“What’s wonderful, so often out of sad stories, some good can come out of a sad situation.

“It’s a good feeling to hopefully help other people.”

Michelle added: “It’s very easy for people to turn a blind eye and to think that nothing like this can ever happen to them, or somebody they love, as I once did , but trust me it can.

“This awareness campaign that I have taken on is a huge challenge to me in my current stage of recovery.

“Despite my positivity, I am racked with internalised fear that my coiling may fail and I may be at risk of another rupture, or that further aneurysms may form in the future.

“But my biggest fear, among all others is that one of my children or their offspring may be inflicted with this condition at some stage in their life, as statistics show that it can be genetic.”

The appearance on the show has attracted plenty of support for the Soul Sisters, with many giving their backing for the awareness campaign.

They have also been interviewed by BBC Radio Newcastle after The Clarke Lister Brain Haemorrhage Foundation founder Carole Lister heard of their challenge.

For more details about their cause, visit soulsistersuk.com.