Our fundraising heroes This is just a small selection of the activities our amazing fundraisers have been up to...
When Amy’s husband to be, Gary, was diagnosed with a brain tumour two years ago, she was determined to incorporate a fundraising event into her hen weekend. So eight women of varying ages and levels of fitness decided to take on the snow and ice in Snowdonia National Park. They had never before set themselves a tough physical challenge but completed a gruelling walk and climb in March and raised over £3,780. Diagnosed with a brain tumour last year, Martin Bacon set himself a series of challenges including the Swavesey five mile road race in Cambridge. He has already raised £5,775. Nigel Botterill gave a business talk and used the popular music quiz, Hit or Miss, to raise £7,000. Hazel Cook organised a coffee morning at her office at Scottish Natural Heritage in memory of a colleague and raised £437. Jo Osborn raised £440 from a vintage tea party she held in her local village hall.
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Gill Ward and Stacey Holmes organised the successful BiGMAN Festival and raised £1,900 in memory of Christopher Ward, Gill’s son and Stacey’s boyfriend.
Charlotte Knowles held a charity quiz at Milton Regis Conservative Club and raised £648 as part of Brain Tumour Awareness Month. They plan to make this an annual event. Blue Rubicon took part in a skydive and have raised over £10,000 so far towards oligodendroglioma research. David Cross swam a distance equivalent to the English Channel and back in Chesham open air swimming pool and has raised over £2,000 so far in memory of his friend Frances.
A group of 14 raised £8,107 by taking on a skydive over Salisbury. The team included The Brain Tumour Charity staff members, Lizzie, Kat and Lucy.
Jack Monaghan recently held a boxing match in memory of Aoife O’Connor and raised £500. The Grey Matters. Issue 3