Amber Ball 2010
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and also photos now available for purchase:
Pellier Events Photography
Tel: 02476 541066
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"Read all about it"
We've been busy appearing in the press lately! Full House magazine interviews Wendy Fulcher, Founder and Trustee of BTRC and tells the story of how BTRC came about:
Click image above to read full press release details
What it feels like...
... to be awake during
an operation
Alexandra Drummond tells Victoria Lambert how surgery to save her life meant she had to chat through the six-hour procedure - featured in Style magazine
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Dan Wiggins and friends multi-fundraising efforts for BTRC
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Mission accomplished!
John O'Groats to Land's End Cycle Ride
14th
April - 2nd May 2010:
Dan's cycle ride from John O'Groats began on April 14th, and he and his support team, together with some 50 cyclists who joined him along the way, raised over £23,000 before they even begun and even more since for BTRC! |
Read the pre-ride Press Release> click here
Please take a look at his website and see the route he took. Mission accomplished, 905 miles, 12 punctures, 8 fall offs or collisions, 60 cyclists and a staggering amount of money raised.
A big congratulations and thank you from BTRC to all who participated and to those who gave. http://www.justgiving.com/Danwiggins-BTRC
See full story and Dan's blog> www.mindovermiles.org
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Charing Cross Hospital to Richmond Park Cycle Ride
Sunday, 28th March, 2010
Anyone can join in. There is an expectation that each cyclist raises £50 in sponsorship for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign who are based at Charing Cross Hospital.
Route
Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Road
Lower Richmond Road
Queens Ride
Roehampton Lane
Clarence Lane
Roehampton Gate – Richmond Park
Anti-clockwise around the perimeter road:
Richmond Gate, Ham Gate, Kingston Gate, Roehampton Gate
Return to Charing Cross Hospital.
Start between 10:30 – 11:00
(Front entrance to the Reynolds building)
Finish line closes 14:00
All cyclists enter and ride at their own risk
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Contact:
Dan Wiggins - 07901 971 974
Brendan Harris - 07980 242 225
(Radiotherapy Dept.)
Sponsorship forms: www.mindovermiles.org
Christmas 2009 activities:
Junior Handbell Festival Winners!
Already his childhood community has sprung into action – in the tiny Devon village where Dan grew up, the Lamerton Handbell Ringing Team nominated BTRC as their designated charity over the Christmas period – they had already raised £160 at their annual Handbell Festival, where the junior ringers won an award for Best Junior Performance
All the Lamerton Handbell Members
Lamerton Hunt Christmas Carol Service raises £150 for BTRC
Lamerton Hunt Carol Service in Lamerton Church. Below is a photo of Rosalind receiving the cheque from Helen Credicott, Chairman of the Hunt Supporters.
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Herbert's Hole 10km Cross Country Challenge
November 2009
Ian Gauntlett raised £200 by running in the Chiltern Harriers "Herbert's Hole 10km Cross Country Challenge" in November - http://www.justgiving.com/Ian-Gauntlett
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International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
& 2009 IBTA Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours
November 2009
The 3rd International Brain Tumour Awareness Week was held in November 2009 to increase awareness about brain tumours, the particular challenges of a brain tumour and the need for a special response and an increased research effort.
The Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours has again been a success with dozens of walks and events being held in different countries. They are still waiting for some reports but have already exceeded their World Walk target of 200,000 kms (five times around the world at the Equator) with a total to date of 224,862 kms, involving 37,537 people, who raised the equivalent of at least $3.4m USD for their local brain tumour research and support organisations (no funds go to the IBTA).
See their December newsletter for more details on their tremendous success!
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Yash Trust Dinner
& the Datchet Morris Dancers
October 2009 onwards
In October, our good friends at The Yash Trust held a very successful dinner at the Dorney Lake Eton Rowing Centre, when they very kindly donated a cheque for £5,000.
They have announced that further funds are being raised on their behalf by the Datchet Morris Dancers, who will be holding various fundraising events over the coming 12 months – we look forward to hearing more about them!
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Moor Park 10km Fun Run
September 2009
In September, Kate Pickard and her running team-mates took part in the Moor Park 10k Fun Run and raised over £1,000 – Kate’s husband George is suffering from a brain tumour and currently undergoing treatment – we wish him well and are hugely grateful for the Pickard family and friends’ support at such a difficult time. http://www.justgiving.com/kate-pickard
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Big Wight Matter
September 2009
On a glorious weekend in late September, a stalwart group of walkers took part in the inaugural Big Wight Matter event on the Isle of Wight. All supporting Brain Tumour Research, several member charities were represented, and adults, children and four-legged friends took part in a 15-mile walk - or shorter distances for shorter (or weaker) legs. Each walker raised funds for their own charity, but a big thank-you must be given to Helen Bulbeck at Brainstrust for putting a huge amount of work into the organisation. As well as raising lots of money through sponsorship and a raffle on the night, large quantities of beer and wine were consumed in the tent where entertainment and food were provided, endless laughter was to be heard all weekend – and a total of 642 miles were donated to the International Brain Tumour Alliance’s “Walk the World for Brain Tumours” (www.theibta.org)
Start planning now and join us next year – the event will be even bigger and better! Save the Date:
24th-26th September 2010
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The John Fulcher Molecular Neuro-Oncology Laboratory
OFFICIAL LAUNCH - July 2009
Members of the management team from Imperial College, researchers, patients and major donors to BTRC gathered together at Charing Cross Hospital on Friday July 3rd, 2009 to celebrate the launch of the John Fulcher Molecular Neuro-oncology Laboratory, which is dedicated to brain tumour research and has been entirely funded by donations from BTRC. Head of Neurosciences & Mental Health, Professor Lefkos Middleton, and Head of Research for Imperial College and ICHT, Professor Jonathan Weber, both registered their appreciation for the contribution from private donations and recognised the need for partnership between the public and private sector – the BTRC research team outlined the work they have undertaken already, since the lab opened late last year and their plans for the future, and Mr Kevin O’Neill explained the goals to translate the laboratory work into targeted and personalised treatment plans for brain tumour patients.
The event was held in conjunction with a report issued by the group Brain Tumour Research, of which BTRC is a founding member and which Wendy Fulcher chairs, in response to a study on Inequality in Cancer funding that is being conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer
see Brain Tumour Research Report >>
see Sky News press release >>
see Imperial Health Care news >>
see The Press Association news >>
see BBC news >>
see The Independent news >>
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Brain Tumour Research Charities Join Forces
April 2009
On April 28th, 14 brain tumour charities announced the official launch of Brain Tumour Research, of which BTRC is a founding member and Wendy Fulcher is Chairman. The launch event was held at the House of Commons, and was hosted by John Bercow MP, Chair of the Brain Tumour All Party Parliamentary Group. The newly-formed charity is a recognition that 14 voices in unison can speak more forcefully and loudly than individually, to raise awareness and increase funding for vital research.
See press release >>
BTR website >>
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Paris Marathon
April 2009
What a success for James Deal and his brothers Marc and William!!!! "We have done it. My two brothers and I finally finished a hugely painful Paris Marathon!!!! It was gorgeous, long, splendid and after more or less 6 hours we crossed the 26 miles line.
When you don't know what a marathon is, you can't expect to know how difficult it is!! It was a fantastic adventure with fantastic help from all our friends, anonymous persons and relatives who supported us and helped us raise money for our favourite charity. Thanks to you all, thank you."
PS: Marc finished first, and William and James crossed the line together!!!
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Amber Ball 2009
A TRULY GLITTERING AFFAIR!
Park Lane’s iconic Dorchester Hotel was the venue for this year’s Amber Ball on March 27th, where 300 guests gathered in their finery to enjoy a spectacular evening of entertainment, fundraising activities and fine food and wine. It was a truly glittering affair!
Auctioneer “par excellence” Jeffrey Archer presided over the live auction with veritable aplomb and raised a staggering £38,000 single-handedly – additionally, silent auctions co-ordinated by Broad Gallery and Superstars; a star raffle prize of a trip to Bali and Hong Kong, donated by British Airways, Como Hotels and Mandarin Oriental Hotels; and other prizes donated by sponsors too numerous to list here – all helped us to raise a
record amount of £62,000.00!
As ever, we couldn’t achieve it without the generous sponsorship of so many supporters – and a room full of very generous guests! Our heartfelt thanks go out to them all.
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General Hospital actress Emma Samms |
Holby City actor Robert Powell |
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Actress Sally Ann Field |
Dempsey (Michael Brandon) and Makepeace (Glynis Barber) |
It will be a tough act to follow next year, but please watch this space!
PS A special thank you to our friends at EC Travel whom we inadvertently omitted from the programme as sponsors.
see photos >>
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Melissa's treatment has been completed
Earlier this year Melissa Huggins underwent vital proton beam treatment in Boston and she is awaiting the results of her tests - we all have our fingers tightly crossed for her
If you want to find out more about her, please go to her website:
www.melissasfightingfund.co.uk
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International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
October 2008
The week of October 27 was designated as International Brain Tumour Awareness week by brain tumour-related charities and organisations around the world, with the purpose of gaining "greater collaboration, greater knowledge and greater hope"
Once again, as part of this, the International Brain Tumour Alliance (IBTA - www.the ibta.org) orchestrated a Walk Around the World to raise awareness: the World Walk went on all through 2008 and by the end of the Awareness Week over 100 walks took place. People undertook a sponsored walk and donated the mileage to the World Walk target which is three times the distance around the Earth at the Equator or 120,000 kms . IBTA asked the walkers to donate the funds raised to a local brain tumour research or support organisation including BTRC.
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London Parks Half Marathon
October 2008
Jenny Watts raised over £500 to run the London Parks Half marathon on 12th October in memory of her friend Katie Ashbridge - support her on
http://www.justgiving.com/jennywatts81
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Balerno Ladies Triathlon
October 2008
Rhona Gilmour ran the Balerno Ladies Triathlon on 11th October in 1.3 hours - well done! She raised over £480.00. Support her on
http://www.justgiving.com/rhonagilmour
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Land's End to John O'Groats Cycle Ride
September 2008
Esther Nicholls, together with fellow cyclists Chunk Starkings and Dan Britten cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats in September - a distance of 1000 miles over a 12 day period! They were ably supported by their fourth team member and support driver Alice Hawkes. So far they have raised over £1400 - support them on http://www.justgiving.com/esthernicholls
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Tandem Parachute Jump
August 2008
Anna Lampard did a tandem parachute jump at Redlands Airfield in Wiltshire on behalf of Brain Tumour UK and The Brain Tumour Research Campaign - to help people like her mother, who was diagnosed as having 8 brain tumours in 1998. Thanks to some very skilled doctors, she has made a very good recovery. Anna is very grateful that she is still here and wants to help charities like ours to raise public awareness.
Anna raised a total of £385 for BTRC
See Anna Lampard's skyjump photos here
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Ramsey 1940's weekend
August 2008
Every year for one weekend in August, at the Old Air Park RAF Upwood, Ramsey takes a trip back in time as it returns to the 1940s to remember the sights and sounds of this historic era. 2008 was no different and on the 16th and 17th of August, Ramsey celebrated all things Forties and has kindly promised to support BTRC as one of their charities again.
www.ramsey1940sweekend.info
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Sponsored Skydive at Headcorn Airfield
June 2008
My name is Miranda Murphy I am 26 years old and I recently lost my mum to a Glioblastoma Multiforme brain tumour. Like many of us I'd never heard of such cancer and I certainly didn't think it would happen to someone so close to me. You often listen to other people's stories and feel deeply sorry for them but deep down you are relieved as you never think anything like that would ever happen to you.. but it does and that is why I want to raise awareness for Brain Tumour Research Campaign as not enough people are aware just how common brain tumours are. When my mum passed away I thought my world had ended because she was my world and best friend, then I realised how selfish I was being, I remembered how strong my mum was throughout the year she was fighting cancer and here I was moping around, that's when I knew I had to and wanted to do something about it. As much as I wanted to scream from the roof tops to raise awareness about brain tumours I didn't think the police would appreciate it so I decided to do a sky dive for charity instead.
Miranda jumped from a height of 10-13000 feet on Saturday 28th June and raised £2450
If you want to help Miranda and sponsor her, please send a cheque (made out to BTRC) to her at
Addison Corporate Marketing,
2 Cathedral Street, London, SE1 9DE
(or directly to BTRC stating that it is for Miranda)
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Exeter Green Circle Walk
June 2008
Tamara, Alistair and Molly did a 12-mile sponsored walk in aid of the Brain Tumour Research Campaign around Exeter Green Circle, a network of country lanes that mark the city’s boundaries.
BTRC received a staggering £6000 raised by this walk towards funding a PhD research project into gliomas, the particular type of brain tumour suffered by Alistair.
See more details at: www.justgiving.com/alistairshiell
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Paul Carter's Charity Day
June 2008
In June, Paul Carter's company, Albany Assistance, based in Peterlee, held a company charity day in support of BTRC, and raised over £1200 with some creative activities such as Guess the Number competition, How Many Chocolate Footballs in the Jar?, Pool and Wii tournaments, Egg & Spoon, Sack & Bean Bag relay races; Trolley Dollies serves tea and cakes and a chocolate fountain was a popular feature in reception - it sounds like everyone had a great day at work - except, that is, for the guys who had their legs waxed!
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Sheffield Marathon
April 2008
Matthew Martindale and Niko ran the Sheffield half marathon on 27 April and raised £1370 for BTRC.
Matthew and Niko raised more than expected on behalf of Matthew's close friend Ivo. Ivo was diagnosed with a brain tumour in September 2007 and following an immediate major operation he has received radio and chemotherapy. His treatment has been very successful and he is continuing to fight against the illness.
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Goodwood Ball
April 2008
Held in memory of a lost loved one ...
£22,000 raised!
A big thank you to all who helped.
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Sponsored Slim
April 2008
Catherine Cocking bravely raised £100 sponsorship with a sponsored slim during Lent, in memory of her Mum who died from a brain tumour 2 years ago.
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Paris Marathon
April 2008
Stephen Combes lost a friend suddenly to brain cancer just less than a month ago. Stephen ran in the Paris Marathon in memory of Nick, the father of his friend Danny and raised £1000 for BTRC to help with brain tumour research.
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Amber Ball
March 2008
Another great success!
Photographs of the evening:
www.mppimagecreation.com click online ordering.
Event name: Amber Ball, Banqueting House
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Wildwood Golf Club's Ladies Captain raised funds for BTRC
2007 - 2008
Jackie Copas is Ladies Captain at Wildwood Golf Club, in the heart of the Surrey countryside, and chose BTRC as her charity of the year. She has already donated £290 from a clothes sale and raffle held in August, 2007 and raised more funds during her year of captaincy. More details and photos to follow soon ...
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Santa's Sack
November 2007
Despite the rain and other local events all being held on 24th November, friends and families had a good rummage in Santa's sack and all contributors won a present! Thank you for your support!
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Walk around the World
October 2007
Brain Tumour organisations around the world joined forces in late October to celebrate International Brain Tumour Awareness Week, led by IBTA (International Brain Tumour Alliance). One of their goals to raise awareness, was to invite people to "donate" their miles from any sponsored walk to a global target of the 25,000 mile circumference of the earth. We are delighted to report that they more than doubled their target, with over 56,500 miles contributed. Our own Veronica O'Connor and Elaine Johnston participated in the activity earlier in the year (see our Past Events page). See www.theibta.org for more details
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Out of Africa!
July 2007
Mother and daughter Elaine and Kim Johnston have travelled 5,919 miles from Abroath to Tanzania to follow in the footsteps of the Maasai trek. They walked in the rift valley of the Ngorongoro Conservation area and around the Ngorongoro crater rim.
Elaine Johnston decided to do the sponsored trek in memory of her husband Mark, who died from a brain tumour two and a half years ago. They surpassed their original aim to raise £1 a mile, and raised a staggering £11,000 for BTRC. “The staff at Halliburton in Arbroath and Aberdeen, where my husband used to work, were very generous, as were the British Legion Pipe Band, and people at the Chapelpark Primary School in Forfar who have given me money throughout the year.”
Read more in their local newspaper, The Courier (Tayside & Fife)
Elaine and Kim have also contributed their miles to the"Walk Around the World" project organised by IBTA.
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Walk around the World contribution
from Veronica
July 2007
Veronica has contributed her miles to the "Walk Around the World" project that is being organised by IBTA.
I walked from Fatima in Portugal to Lourdes in France via Santiago Compostela in Spain. It was a tough pilgrimage because of the very bad weather but any walk in support of BTRC is worth every minute. The walk took me through the villages and historical towns of Spain with their their wonderful churches, rural villages and stunning countryside. It was both a cultural and spiritual pilgrimage. I also knew John Fulcher for many years and was deeply saddened by his death from brain cancer. He was the most kindest of men and a true friend. I am very happy to support BTRC at all times as research into this type of cancer is a major priority to improve and save lives.
In addition, The IBTA is organising the first International Brain Tumo(u)r Awareness Week during 21-27 October 2007.
For further details on both events click here
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Melbourne Centre Footie
June 2007
Students at The Melbourne Centre in Southampton raised £135 for BTRC at a football fun/charity day at Eastleigh Football club, organised by their PE teacher Stuart Lee. They participated in various football related tasks like beating the keeper, penalty shoot-out and a collective ballspeed test. The finale was a staff and pupils football match which was narrowly won by the pupils 16 - 15.
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Southgate May Day Fair
2007
BTRC's annual participation in the Christ Church May Day Fair with our ever popular bottle tombola, was a great success (despite the rain!) raising a record amount of £520. Thank you to everyone who supported us!
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Amber Ball 2007
Amber Ball in detail
Over 300 guests at our annual fun-packed evening, hosted by the brand spanking new InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, this year raised over £30,000 with the encouragement of MC Mike McClean (GMTV) and auctioneer, Harvey Cammell from Bonhams. Champagne, fantastic food, auction, raffles, casino tables, fortune telling, live music and dancing all added up to a night to remember
see photo collection and order your prints
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Parliamentary Lobby
March 2007
BTRC supporters joined about 40 members of the UBTC (United Brain Tumour Campaign) in a parliamentary lobby on 28th March 2007. The purpose was to draw MPs' attention to the inequalities in funding for brain tumour research as opposed to other cancers and to urge the government to provide sufficient funding for the early implementation of the new NICE guidelines for provision of cancer services. After the lobby, a packed meeting of the All Party Group on Brain Tumours was chaired by John Bercow, MP for Buckingham.
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