Primrose Hospice Appeals For Cyclist For Charity Fund-raiser In Scotland

Interested in taking part in an exhilirating 50-mile charity night ride through the streets of Edinburgh to raise funds for the Primrose Hospice ?

Those who get in the saddle from September 7 to 8 will be able to take in a number of stunning sights lit by the city lights and the moon, including the Royal Mile, the castle, the Scott Monument, Arthur’s Seat and the Scottish Parliament building.

Anyone wanting to register for the event needs to log onto www.globaladventurechallenges.com/booking/ and pay £39 to secure their place.

There is also a £360 minimum sponsorship fee to raise for the Primrose Hospice.

For more, call 01527 889796 or visit www.primrosehospice.org.

 

Emma Morgan Is Fundrunning for Air Ambulance

On the 29th September 2013 Emma Morgan will be running 10k through Sheffield at The Bupa Great Yorkshire Run in aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance.

East Anglian Air Ambulance are a 365 day-a-year lifesaving service across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Since the Charity’s launch in 2000, the dedicated, highly skilled medical crews on their specially equipped helicopters have helped to save the lives of hundreds of people unfortunate enough to be involved in accidents or medical emergencies in this region.

But to continue this critical work they need to raise £6million every year. If everyone in the region gave us just £2 they’d reach that total.

Away from their operational missions fundraising is the single most important area of their work. They receive no direct Government funding nor anything from the National Lottery.

Fundraising to support an amazing service that provides a chance, one that could make the difference… And if sadly it doesn’t … Peace of mind the very best opportunity was at hand. For more information on The East Anglian Air Ambulance Visit http://www.eaaa.org.uk

CLICK to donate and help Emma reach her target of £2,000.00.

 

 

The Muckleburgh Military Display Weekend

The Fire Fighters Charity

The Fire Fighters Charity was born as bombs rained down across the country during the dark days of WWII, when brave members of the Auxiliary and National Fire Service fought daily to save lives, businesses and homes. Unfortunately, many paid the ultimate price, leaving behind widows and orphans with no means of support.

Since the charity’s early days, it has continuously evolved to meet the changing needs of the UK Fire and Rescue services. Today, The Fire Fighters Charity is a modern, dynamic, award-winning charity which provides assistance to serving and retired personnel, their widow/ers and young dependants through the provision of sheltered accommodation, recuperative facilities, rehabilitation and therapy, in addition to financial support for those who need it. The charity has three UK centres which provide these range of support services, in addition to an HQ facility in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

The charity now assists approximately 11,000 beneficiaries every single year, and has recently introduced new initiatives such as Child and Family Therapy programmes, which aim to enhance the quality of life for fire service personnel families who have a child with an illness or disability. The charity’s services cost upwards of £9m per annum to maintain, and these services are financed almost exclusively by the fundraising efforts of the charity.

Providing the services that enhance quality of life for serving and retired fire service personnel and their families. Visit the website.

Doctor Runs 69 Races In 69 Cities In 69 Weeks To Raise Money For Prosthetic Limbs

A doctor is tackling 69 long-distance runs in every UK city over 69 weeks to help raise £69,000 for a four-year-old boy who lost his legs.

General practitioner Dee Clark, 48, was a novice runner before she decided to tackle the mammoth challenge.
And while she says she “isn’t the quickest” it’s all for a good cause – helping to raise money for little Luca Williams.
The youngster has already won the support of the likes of Formula One three-time world champion Sebastian Vettel and football legend Maradona who are among a host of celebrities to have ‘raised a hand for Luca’.

Luca was struck down with meningococcal septicaemia when he was just three and in January 2012 had his legs amputated, also losing huge amounts of tissue, muscle and skin. His parents, Mo Syed and Sian Williams, are now fundraising for the cost of prosthetics – many of which aren’t available on the NHS.

And doctor Dee decided to get involved after reading about his story on Facebook.

The 48-year-old, from Stow Hill in Newport, said: “I saw some of my friends had raised hands for Luca on his Facebook page.”

Dee then decided to try something she had never tried before to raise money.

“I thought ‘I can’t run’ so I will run in every major city in the UK, there can’t be many of them – and then the Queen added three more,” she said.

“I have never run before so had to start from scratch, doing one minute on and one minute off and it took on a life of its own.”

After starting in September last year, Dee has done 37 of her scheduled 69 runs in different spots all over the UK so far. The runs have to be at least 10km.
This weekend Dee has made the 16-hour round trip to Aberdeen for run number 38 and later this year she will be taking on the Cardiff half marathon. All being well, she will eventually complete her challenge on December 15.

She said: “A lot of them are organised runs but lots of them are on the same day in a different city. That was a problem.”

Dee has mostly funded her challenge herself although she has had a helping hand from her mum, sister and brother-in-law who have driven her to some of her runs when she has been too tired.
Part of Dee’s training as a doctor saw her spend time in a referral centre for meningitis cases and she has worked with a disabled wheelchair basketball team.

“What I have seen is people achieving amazing things despite spinal cord injuries and loss of limbs and wanted Luca to be able to do the same thing,” she said.

Her gesture hasn’t gone unappreciated – and has met Luca and his family.
She added Luca had the uncanny knack of being able to inspire people.

You can help Dee reach her fundraising target by visiting her Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/DeeClark

You can also read Dee’s blog of her challenge at http://thetenktourfortwolegsforluca.wordpress.com

“He’s an entirely normal young child,” Dee said.

“You read such a lot about him but he’s a normal toddler. He’s quite shy at first and then warms to you over time. He’s beautiful, positive and amazing.”

The quickest 10K she has done so far is 62 minutes and her aim by the end of the challenge is to run under an hour.
But despite running dozens of races, Dee admits she’s still not the most willing runner.
She said: “To be honest I really can’t make myself really like it.”

RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary – Proms In The Park

Members of the public are invited to attend this outdoor evening event which will include a variety of live musical performances from an Orchestra, Soul band, local Military Wives Choir and an Electric Violinist.

In addition to the musical performances there will be a Spitfire display from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, a parachute display from the RAF Falcons, with a spectacular fireworks finale to conclude the event.

Bring your own picnic and refreshments to a fun filled evening of music and entertainment taking place outside in the Museum grounds under the wings of the Hercules.RAF Falcons

Tickets for the Prom cost £20.00 each. Children under the age of 16 are free of charge when accompanied by an adult.

Tickets for this event are on sale now and can be purchased …. HERE

The Prom will be raising money for the RAF Benevolent Fund and RAF Museum charities.

Arnold Peters, Archers Actor, Has Died Aged 87

Princess Margaret rehearsing for her guest role in the BBC radio serial The Archers, with cast members Arnold Peters and Sara Coward

Arnold Peters, best known for his performance as Jack Woolley in The Archers has died at the age of 87. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Peters played Jack Woolley, a retired businessman who was once a pillar of the Borchester community, for over 30 years.

His Alzheimer’s diagnosis followed shortly after the start of an Archers storyline saw Jack develop the condition. However, Peters continued to appear on his show despite the progression of his dementia until 2011, when Jack became a silent character, who would regularly be visited by his wife, Peggy, played by June Spencer.

The two actors had worked together before appearing on the Radio 4 serial and Spencer commented that Peters “loved acting” upon hearing the news of his death. Spencer’s husband in real life also had Alzheimer’s.

Dying Matters Awareness Week 13-19th May

Talking about death doesn’t bring death closer. It’s about planning for life. Without communication and understanding, death and terminal illness can be a lonely and stressful experience, both for the person who is dying and for their friends and family.

In 2009, the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) set up the Dying Matters Coalition to promote public awareness of dying, death and bereavement. It is chaired by Professor Mayur Lakhani, who is a practising GP. The work of the Coalition is supported by Professor Sir Mike Richards, National Director for Cancer and End of Life Care, and by the NCPC’s Board of Trustees.

Our members include organisations from across the NHS, voluntary and independent health and care sectors (including hospices, care homes, charities supporting old people, children and bereavement); social care and housing sectors;  a wide range of faith organisations; community organisations; schools and colleges; academic bodies; trade unions; the legal profession and the funeral sector.

The Coalition’s Mission is “to support changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards death, dying and bereavement, and through this to make ‘living and dying well’ the norm”. This will involve a fundamental change in society in which dying, death and bereavement will be seen and accepted as the natural part of everybody’s life cycle. Changes in the way society views dying and death have impacted on the experience of people who are dying and bereaved. Our lack of openness has affected the quality and range of support and care services available to patients and families. It has also affected our ability to die where or how we would wish.

The Dying Matters Coalition is working to address this by encouraging people to talk about their wishes towards the end of their lives, including where they want to die and their funeral plans with friends, family and loved ones.

Dying Matters Website

It goes against every instinct that we have to start planning for our death: in fact, only one in three of us has talked to anyone about how or where we’d like to die. But every adult, of whatever age, needs to look ahead and ask ‘What if?’

Solihull Police 2 Paris Cycle Ride 2013 In Memory of Harry Moseley

From 9th – 12th May 2013, a group of Police Officers and Staff from Solihull Police Station will be taking on a 400 + mile bike ride from Solihull to Paris. Every rider has their own individual reason for doing this challenge whether to get fit, push themselves physically and mentally, or just raise money and awareness for charity.

The common purpose they do have is to promote and spread the incredible work carried out by a young local boy, Harry Moseley. For those who don’t know Harrys story, it is truly inspirational to read about. Please click on www.hhho.org.uk for full details.

Harry Moseley was an inspirational young man who sadly lost his battle against brain cancer in 2011.  Harry was from Sheldon, Birmingham and through his selfless compassion and love, he has helped to raise millions of pounds and awareness around the world.   We are all inspired by Harry’s story and would like to help to carry forward the hard work that he committed to when he was alive.

Harry has made a difference to so many peoples lives already and we are privileged to be given this opportunity to continue his good work and his ethic of “Helping Harry Help Others“. 

The below caption was written by Harry himself;

‘Hi my name is Harry , I am 11 years old and I have an inoperable brain tumour. When a very close friend of mine became very ill in 2009 because of his brain tumour I set up ‘helpharryhelpothers’. I started my campaign by making beaded bracelets to sell in shops and businesses in the hope that people would support me and donate enough money for brain cancer research so that in return I could help get my special friend better. Robert was my inspiration and although he sadly died just after I started my campaign, I am determined to continue in his memory to help find a cure for this horrible illness so that no one has to go through what I have.”

The group said:

We are privileged to be given the opportunity to ride for such an amazing charity and would ask that you donate anything you can towards this worthy cause.

CLICK TO MAKE A DONATION

Charity Bike Riders

Leicester to Skegness Charity Bike Ride

The cycle ride has been taking place for over 10 years, and now has over 150 cyclists taking part.  All abilities saddle up, from club cyclists to those who only go on a bike just for this event!

The aim this year is to raise at least £35,000, of which £15,000 will go towards funding a nurse at LOROS, with the balance being shared amongst eleven other charities plus Coping with Cancer:

• Child Victims of Crime in Leicestershire
• Vista (support for blind people)
• Adapt (support for parents with poorly babies)
• Jasmine House (support for rape victims)
• Parkinson’s UK Leicester
• Clash (local branch of arthritis charity)
• Prostaid (Local prostate cancer charity)
• Fidds (swimming for the handicapped)
• The Clinical Haematology Dept at the LRI
• Leicester Diabetes Centre at The General Hospital
• Age Concern Oadby & Wigston

The guideline for sponsorship is around £200 per person, so the organisers can reach their fundraising target, but there is no compulsory minimum amount to raise.

On the day:

It’s an early start from the Leicester Clock Tower (6am!), but refreshments will be available a various points and there is a re-grouping point at the Roman Café, three miles past Grantham, at roughly the half way point.  Support vehicles are there to carry bags and can assist with minor technical problems (but not first aid).  Getting back to Leicester there are various options, including organised transport on both Saturday and Sunday OR the chance to cycle back if you are feeling up to it!

Interested?

Please email fundraising@c-w-c.org.uk for further details.

Or download a copy of the registration form here and official sponsorship form

Alternatively contact the organiser, Martin Isaac on 0116 271 9847 or email him at: martinjisaac2003@yahoo.co.uk