Great Manchester Run
Do you know anyone who would like to take part in the BUPA Great Manchester Run? Please help Leukaemia CARE by forwarding this invitation to be part of Team Bertie at this event to any friends or running partners who you think might be up to the challenge. We have a limited number of places in the Great Manchester Run so please email the fundraising team for your entry form. The event is on 17th May and all we ask is a donation to secure your place of £40*. We ask all runners entering this run to pledge to raise £250 for Leukaemia CARE. In order to not miss out we need to have everyone's place allocated by beginning of April - so if you are interested in this opportunity please let us know and as ever please... spread the word!
*this donation is non refundable and non transferrable however this does not affect runners deferring their place.
ING New York Marathon
Exciting News! Get your place in the ING New York Marathon through Leukaemia CARE. This is a popular event so please, if you are interested, don't delay!!! You can book your place by clicking from the event page on our website. Our tour operator is Sports Tours International and we are asking our runners to raise a minimum sponsorship of £1000 above the price of your chosen package. Packages start at £1349 per person for 3 nights or there are also flight only deals if you have more flexible travel plans. Call us for more information on 0845 521 3456.
Glasgow Events
Please let us know if you are interested in taking part in any of the many Glasgow runs - Leukaemia CARE is considering buying places but we're not sure what the demand is like. Please email the fundraising team to let us know and as ever please... spread the word!
Collecting Tins
We are running out of collecting tins and buckets because our fundraisers are not sending them back! If you have any collecting tins or buckets that you do not expect to use in the near future then please can you send them in to the Fundraising Team, Leukaemia CARE, 1 Birch Court, Blackpole East, Worcester WR3 8SG. Likewise can you pass the message on to anyone you know? Many thanks for your cooperation in keeping Leukaemia CARE's admin costs low.
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Sunday 15 February 2009
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Reading Marathon: one of the lucky few
John Matthews has been one of the lucky few to get one of our limited places in the Reading Marathon 2008. He wrote in to let us know how he's getting on, god love him. Good luck John!:
Training in the winter is not so much fun, having said that the crunchy light snow we had a couple of weeks ago was a bit of a novelty.
I'm glad to be able to run and grateful for the place... I will have run the Eastborne half three weeks before and will run the London Marathon a month later for DELTA a deaf education charity of which I am a director. So your place for me as part of the training is very valuable.
I had a major rectal cancer operation June 28 2007 and now have an internal pouch constructed from a bit of colon, can be interesting sometimes. I started running 10 months ago to regain fitness and because I had a secret ambition to be able to, 'take to the streets' but had failed to pluck up the courage. So now I have run the British London 10K - 1:07, the Bristol Half - 2:30 and the Great North - 2:24 and have raised around £2,500 - done two radio interviews, featured in lots of newspapers and have more being set up, possibly regional TV, before the LM.
People have been very generous but I'm running out of target groups so any ideas will be welcome, running is the easy bit, raising the cash is harder.
So I'll set up the justgiving site today ... A friend of mine in his sixties at church recovered from 'Non Hogkinsons' a few years ago and is still well I'm glad to say and I'll be 70, 3 weeks before Reading 2:10 is the target, we'll see. And still working full time.
Well that's the introduction if you can make any mileage out of the story then that's fine - cancer can be beaten - and by the Grace of God and the skill of the team at the John Radcliffe I'm here to run the race (:>)
God bless
John
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Training in the winter is not so much fun, having said that the crunchy light snow we had a couple of weeks ago was a bit of a novelty.
I'm glad to be able to run and grateful for the place... I will have run the Eastborne half three weeks before and will run the London Marathon a month later for DELTA a deaf education charity of which I am a director. So your place for me as part of the training is very valuable.
I had a major rectal cancer operation June 28 2007 and now have an internal pouch constructed from a bit of colon, can be interesting sometimes. I started running 10 months ago to regain fitness and because I had a secret ambition to be able to, 'take to the streets' but had failed to pluck up the courage. So now I have run the British London 10K - 1:07, the Bristol Half - 2:30 and the Great North - 2:24 and have raised around £2,500 - done two radio interviews, featured in lots of newspapers and have more being set up, possibly regional TV, before the LM.
People have been very generous but I'm running out of target groups so any ideas will be welcome, running is the easy bit, raising the cash is harder.
So I'll set up the justgiving site today ... A friend of mine in his sixties at church recovered from 'Non Hogkinsons' a few years ago and is still well I'm glad to say and I'll be 70, 3 weeks before Reading 2:10 is the target, we'll see. And still working full time.
Well that's the introduction if you can make any mileage out of the story then that's fine - cancer can be beaten - and by the Grace of God and the skill of the team at the John Radcliffe I'm here to run the race (:>)
God bless
John
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Matt George and and Elaine Hancock
Thanks for the pics guys!
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Departures and New Challenges
We really enjoyed having Sarah here for those 2 weeks and I really think she did get a lot out of it. We're always welcoming new volunteers, people who maybe have been out of work for a while and want to brush up their skills or who have worked in non-office environments and want to boost their confidence first. I'm really glad that the office has this positive affect on the community around it. Similarly our lovely Jen, who arrived 18 months ago as an NVQ level 2 student has just passed her level 3 (go Jen) and left us to look for a new job followed by travelling and lots more travelling. Not that I'm jealous...
Meanwhile the fundraising department has seen some changes too, Mel has had a few years here at LC and has decided that the new year was a great time to do what she'd always dreamed of: She's gone travelling in Australia! We got a postcard from her yesterday and it sounds like she's having a great time. So all you runners and fundraisers who knew her will hopefully wish her well. Then our fundraising queen Alice also decided that 3 years at Leukaemia CARE was enough and she also needed a new challenge so a few weeks ago off she toddled too!
I'm working alongside Eve and Claire and when Nicky is recuperated from an operation she will be back in too - some of you may be familliar with Nicky as she's been at LC for several years now.
It's all go here but we're glad to hear that our fundraisers have been busy too!
Soon you'll be hearing about Sarah Woods from Nuneaton who is turning 40 this year and to celebrate is organising 40 fundraisers all themed around 40. She's going to be having some crazy times in '09! On Saturday the Old Coventrians organised a dinner and auction and thanks to 13 year old Ryan (who survived leukaemia) and his mum and all their family they managed to raise an outstanding £2000 - and raise awareness of the CARE Line (0800 1696680).
Gemma
Fundraising for Leukaemia CARE
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
Meanwhile the fundraising department has seen some changes too, Mel has had a few years here at LC and has decided that the new year was a great time to do what she'd always dreamed of: She's gone travelling in Australia! We got a postcard from her yesterday and it sounds like she's having a great time. So all you runners and fundraisers who knew her will hopefully wish her well. Then our fundraising queen Alice also decided that 3 years at Leukaemia CARE was enough and she also needed a new challenge so a few weeks ago off she toddled too!
I'm working alongside Eve and Claire and when Nicky is recuperated from an operation she will be back in too - some of you may be familliar with Nicky as she's been at LC for several years now.
It's all go here but we're glad to hear that our fundraisers have been busy too!
Soon you'll be hearing about Sarah Woods from Nuneaton who is turning 40 this year and to celebrate is organising 40 fundraisers all themed around 40. She's going to be having some crazy times in '09! On Saturday the Old Coventrians organised a dinner and auction and thanks to 13 year old Ryan (who survived leukaemia) and his mum and all their family they managed to raise an outstanding £2000 - and raise awareness of the CARE Line (0800 1696680).
Gemma
Fundraising for Leukaemia CARE
For help information or support with a leukaemia, lymphoma or a myeloma call 0800 169 6680 or visit www.leukaemiacare.org.uk
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