Michael Cox Joins Our Client Coordinators
A very warm welcome to Michael Cox who joins Nicola Warren and Shona McClymont as the newest addition to our brilliant team of Berwick Cancer Cars Client & Driver Coordinators. Michael Cox will be recognised as one of our Drivers, and will continue in his role as a Cancer Cars Driver, Michael brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge from being ‘out on the road’.
Our free Cancer Car hospital transportation service is available to cancer patients living in the Berwick & District area to reach their hospital appointments in comfort and safety, and without worry to them or their loved ones. If you need assistance please contact our wonderful Client & Driver Coordinators on our Transport Booking Line 07780 795244.
Michael was also our ‘last Driver in’ on New Year’s Eve 2021, returning from his client run to Newcastle at 7pm to get Cancer Car ‘Russell’ parked back safely. Well done Michael from all your fellow volunteers!
Some of our other news
‘Updated to £3000!’ 2021 Christmas Raffle Raises £2961.49
In the absence of our Christmas Fayre this year it was left to the seasonal raffle to raise some pennies for our cars. Your support has been amazing and you have helped us match our previous efforts with the raffle alone, an amazing £2961.49. Our fundraising team has worked so hard to achieve this huge…
Fond Farewell to Mutiny, Warm Welcome Roddy!
Saturday 4th December, 2021. Today we said a very fond farewell to ‘Mutiny’, one of our fantastic team of hard-working cars. Mutiny, named after our very special friends Plundering Pirates of the North East for their amazingly generous support, has driven over 85,500 miles, safely carrying cancer patients to hospitals all over our region and…
Fantastic Support Of Local Charities by the Berwick Charities Cup
Our most grateful and heartfelt thanks to Les Chappel and the Charities Cup Committee for their wonderful donation of £1800 to Berwick Cancer Cars at tonight’s Presentation Evening at Berwick Bowling Club, 10th November 2021. Raising £3500 in only a few short weeks, the support shown by the Stanks Committee to Berwick’s charities is nothing…
Christmas Draw
Fantastic Prizes to be Won in our 2021 Berwick Cancer Cars Christmas Draw Tickets available via Joy Cowan – one of our amazing fundraising team !! Tickets also available at Derrants of Berwick-upon-Tweed and The Post House B&B Belford who have both so generously donated £100 Prize Vouchers for our lucky 2nd and 3rd place…
Berwick Cancer Cars ‘GNR40’ Team Fundraisers Make The News
With over 50 runners ‘Team Cancer Cars’ were out in force at the Great North Run 40th Anniversary Half Marathon and raised a record-breaking £32,000. Read our story on the Berwick Advertiser Facebook page Visit our Great North Run website page !!
Flodden Battlefield Guided Walk Fundraiser
We are excited to announce that on Sunday 19th September local historian and author, Clive Hallam-Baker, is leading a guided walk in aid of Berwick Cancer Cars. It promises to be an absolutely fascinating and informative event and we hope that as many of our supporters, family and friends as possible are there to join…
Celebrating ‘Our’ Salmon Queen, Freya
Tweedmouth Salmon Queen 2019 and 2020 – Freya Weatherley-Ryan was crowned Tweedmouth Salmon Queen in 2019, retaining her reign the following year due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic which didn’t allow the 2020 ceremony to take place. We were so honoured when Freya nominated The Berwick & District Cancer Support Group as her…
Julie ‘Rings The Bell’ at Freeman!
RINGING THE BELL At the end of treatment it has become a milestone to ‘ring the bell’. As you can imagine it is quite an emotional moment. One of our clients, Julie Neil has given us permission to share her ‘ringing of the bell’ at Freeman Hospital earlier today.Thank you for sharing this with us…
Working Alongside Our Local Community, Capturing Treasured Memories For Our Future Generations
A Berwick Cancer Cars Committee initiative to provide our local schools and community care organisations with Time Capsules. Lead by Sandi Henderson, our team of Committee Members, Freya, Joy, Shona and Tom, visited the first of 12 schools and community organisations to collect their Time Capsules. Many thanks to all the headteachers, staff and pupils…
New Car ‘Russell’ Named
When it comes to naming our cars, we take great pride in being able to choose a name fitting to honour, appreciate and sometimes to remember our fantastic supporters and fundraisers. On Saturday we took delivery of our latest fleet member ‘Russell’. Named in memory of Russell Toward who sadly, recently passed away. Russell was…
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