Thanks to you we have made a difference to so many people
Supporter Review 2013/2014
tenovus.org.uk
Our thanks to you Dear Supporter,
Welcome to our second Supporter Review. If you’re reading this, it’s because you have kindly volunteered or supported us. So firstly, we’d like to say a very big thank you. What a spectacular twelve months it has been! We celebrated our 70th birthday in style, expanded our services into even more communities and were able to help more people than ever before. We couldn’t have done any of it without your support. The breadth of our research increased, with projects across eleven institutions, looking at improving the ways cancer is diagnosed and treated, as well as how we can support people living with cancer today.
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Thanks to your hard work, commitment and generosity, last year we raised over £9 million to help support cancer patients and their families. We wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without you. Each and every bake sale, abseil, lottery ticket, donation or Christmas card has helped us make a real difference. We simply couldn’t have done it without you.
Thank you
Claudia McVie, Chief Executive
Supporter Review 2013/2014
Richard Sims,
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Thanks to you,
we’ve been able to change people’s lives Meet Louise from Cardiff who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 when she was just 37.
When you have five kids, family life is busy and going through chemo meant I had to slow down and take it easy. I found this really hard, especially when so many people rely on me.
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I was really lucky to have all of my treatment on Tenovus’ Mobile Cancer Support Unit. Parking was a dream compared to the hospital and the atmosphere on board was so friendly. It was lovely to see the same staff and you get to know each other so you really feel like they’ve been on the journey with you. Having so few patients at a time, meant that I never had to wait long. Whether it was advice, a cup of tea or just a chat, I knew they were there if I was worried about anything and it all helped make my treatment much more bearable. Nothing can make cancer and chemotherapy easy to cope with, but Tenovus helped make life miles better for me and my family.
Thank you so much Supporter Review 2013/2014
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Thanks to you,
we fund research that gives hope for the future Every year we spend around £1 million funding the researchers of tomorrow who are looking for a cure, as well as those who are trying to find the best ways we can care for and support people affected by cancer today. This year we celebrated our history of cancer research and the thousands of people it has meant we can treat, help and support. We now fund 25 PhD students across Wales who are looking at cancer prevention as well as how cancer is diagnosed and treated. Their projects focus on a range of cancers including breast, prostate, bowel and liver.
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Meet Tim, one of our PhD students. Tim’s project looks at how prostate cancer can be better diagnosed and understood, as well as preventing recurrence. Tim lost his mum to breast cancer when he was a child, which has helped drive him to want to understand cancer better and improve how it’s treated.
Thanks
to your generosity, we can fund this vital research, which helps people living with cancer today and gives hope for the future.
Supporter Review 2013/2014
Thanks to you,
we’re here 365 days a year for anyone worried about cancer Our Freephone Cancer Support Line is open 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week, so by 8am I’m in the office, at my desk with a cuppa, ready to take calls. Many of the people I speak to are worried about their diagnosis, the side effects of their treatment or want to know what their treatment will include. It’s surprising how a short conversation can make someone feel much better.
Meet Jane, one of our Cancer Support Nurses.
We also take a lot of calls from people who are concerned about a family member or friend with cancer and want to know more about it, what to expect, as well as how Tenovus can help them.
Quite often when someone is worried about a loved one, they completely forget about themselves. After we chat and work through their questions, I make sure I ask how they’re doing. I remind them that at Tenovus, we’re here for anyone affected by cancer. If someone wants to talk about their feelings with someone outside their family and friends, we’re here. At 5pm I hand the Support Line over to a colleague who’ll be there to answer calls until 8pm. You’d be surprised how many people phone outside normal office hours. Luckily, thanks to you, we’re open 365 days a year, ready to listen.
Worried about cancer? Call us free 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week
0808 808 1010
Supporter Review 2013/2014
Thanks to you... Our Freephone Cancer Support Line handled nearly
9,000 calls
We spent around
ÂŁ1 million pounds
on vital cancer research
We now fund 25 PhD students who are looking for a cure, as well as trying to find the best ways to care for and support people affected by cancer today Supporter Review 2013/2014
look at what we’ve been able to achieve Our Cancer Support Advisors helped our clients access over £1.6 million in benefits and other entitlements Our counsellors listened for
1,302 hours
Our Mobile Cancer Support Units saved our clients 45,000 miles of travelling to and from hospital
Supporter Review 2013/2014
This year really was fantastic, but we still need your support!
Please go to
tenovus.org.uk
to make a donation
Thanks to you,
and all our amazing supporters! We’re so grateful to you and all our supporters for your amazing efforts this year. From raffle tickets, to running; bucket collections to bike rides. We help Tenovus because of our need to support those living with cancer. For hope given by research and innovative ways to deliver treatment. For the joy people get from wonderful support groups like the choirs and for the pleasure gained in the community from our fundraising events. Need, hope, joy and pleasure; all good reasons to be part of Tenovus.
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Betty Fitzgerald Secretary of Radyr Friends of Tenovus group
I was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2000 and Tenovus were there for me then. They’re so much more than a cancer charity though; they are a wonderful group of people doing a wonderful job. Thankfully fourteen years later I still benefit from being involved and now fundraise for Tenovus. It gives me a great amount of satisfaction to be able to give something back. It’s wonderful to know my fundraising means that Tenovus can be there to help someone else going through a frightening time, just as I did, fourteen years ago.
Mike Evans, Tenovus fundraiser, Bridgend Supporter Review 2013/2014
Could you leave us
a gift for the future?
We all worry about what will happen to our loved ones after we’re gone, and writing a Will is one of the best ways to look after them. But did you know, leaving a gift in your Will is also one of the most powerful ways you can support Tenovus? A gift to Tenovus in your Will means you’re not only taking care of your loved ones, but helping to improve and even save the lives of millions of cancer patients, for many years to come. By choosing to leave a gift to Tenovus and supporting our ongoing work, you could fund vital research into better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. You could also help us improve cancer services in your own community, so that everyone has access to the advice, support and care they need. We are hugely grateful to anyone who supports us, however they choose to do so; but gifts left in Wills mean we can continue our vital work as well as helping us plan for the future. As a thank you to our supporters, we’ll be running a number of ‘Free Wills’ campaigns over the next few months, offering those who are over 50 a free ‘simple’ Will, through local participating solicitors. Whilst there’s no obligation to leave a gift to Tenovus, we sincerely hope that you will be able to. If you’d like to find out more about our Free Wills Campaign please call our Legacy Officer for a confidential chat on 029 2076 8859.
Supporter Review 2013/2014
Thanks to you,
we’ve been able to change people’s lives.
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Meet Marcia, a volunteer in our Maesteg shop. In early 2013, Marcia’s mother-in-law was diagnosed with terminal cancer which came as a huge shock to the whole family. Marcia was helping to care for her when a nurse at the local hospital suggested she call our Freephone Cancer Support Line. When a member of your family is diagnosed with cancer you feel lost and helpless. That’s when you’re glad Tenovus are there for you, at the end of the phone. It was such a difficult time and after my mother-in-law passed away, I decided that I wanted to give something back to the charity. I started to volunteer with Tenovus in June 2013 and I haven’t looked back.
Thank you so much Supporter Review 2013/2014
Thanks to you,
for everything you’ve done! But we still need your help.
Thank you so much for your support over the last twelve
months. We really couldn’t have achieved it all without you. We need to keep funding our vital research, keep our Mobile Units on the road and keep our Freephone Cancer Support Line open seven days a week. There’s lots of fun and easy ways you can support Tenovus, throughout the year.
Send Tenovus Christmas cards
Our fantastic new range of cards is available now. With a choice of designs and prices, you can wish your loved ones a Merry Christmas, knowing that you’re supporting a great cause. Order online, pop in to your local Tenovus shop or call us on 029 2076 8850 for a catalogue.
Volunteer
Set up by ten volunteers in 1943, Tenovus now involves nearly 2,000 volunteers who offer their support, day in day out. There are loads of ways to get involved from working in our shops, to helping at events or on our Freephone Cancer Support Line. Volunteering is rewarding, fun and you get to make a real difference.
Sign up for an event
Whether it’s a pink day in the office for Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the challenge of a marathon; signing up to an event is one of the most rewarding and fun ways to make a difference!
For more information visit tenovus.org.uk
With your help,
look at what we could do
£10
could help keep our Freephone Cancer Support Line open 7 days a week. We’re there to listen when someone is worried about cancer, ready to support them and their loved ones.
£40
could help pay for counselling sessions so someone with cancer always has someone to talk to. We can provide this face to face, by phone or by Skype.
£100
could help keep our Mobile Cancer Support Units on the road so we can bring treatment closer to people’s homes, saving them stressful and costly journeys to and from hospital.
£150
could help fund a PhD student so we can continue our research into the best ways to diagnose and treat cancer, as well as making it more bearable for patients and the people who love them.
In 2013/14 we saved cancer patients
45,267
of travelling to hospital.. nearly twice the circumference of the Earth
To do this journey would cost nearly
£20,000
Last year, our Cancer Support Team handled nearly 9,000 calls
Thank you
this is how your money helped 5 %
0.3 %
8 %
43 %
12.7 %
13 %
18 % Where we fund research...
Patient support PhD Studentships Support groups Mobile Units Scientific advice Innovation Other research
43% 18% 13% 12.7% 8% 5% 0.3%
Save the date and get inspired!
Whether you want to walk, run, cycle, bake or sing; there’s something to get invol next twelve months as well as other ways you can support us. Head to October 2014
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February 2015 It’s Free Wills Month and we’re offering our supporters the opportunity to make a Will, free of charge through participating local solicitors. April 2015 Join Team Tenovus at the London Marathon or the Tenovus 10k in Carmarthen.
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May 2015 Light up the night with our 5 or 10 mile Goodnight Walk, taking to the streets of Cardiff to celebrate, support and remember. September 2015 Kids grown out of their old school uniforms? Donate your old shirts, jumpers and skirts and send them back to school too!
Worried about cancer? Call us free 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week
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Thanks to you!