Posts Tagged ‘berwick cancer cars’
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…
Read MoreJulie ‘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…
Read MoreWorking 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…
Read MoreRocco’s Brave Head Shave Fundraiser for our Cars
Our young supporters always amaze us with their kindness and thoughtfulness. 12 year old Rocco Smith messaged us to say he was doing a head shave fundraiser for our Cars and in support of his amazing mum, Julie Neil, whilst she underwent her cancer treatments. Rocco received masses of support and raised a HUGE £1102.98…
Read MoreLaura’s Easter Raffle Raises £1000!
A heartfelt thank you to our very good friend and supporter Laura Brown who has raised a massive £1000 from her Easter Raffle. Laura started off her fundraiser with just four fantastically chocolatey ‘Cadbury Easter bouquets’, but thanks to the incredible generosity of family and friends the final number of prizes was twenty-four. Amazing!! Our…
Read MoreCaitlin Anne’s £350 Bingo Fundraiser!
One of our amazing young supporters Caitlin Anne has been a brilliant advocate of Berwick Cancer Cars, raising over £1600 last year when she organised a hugely successful coffee morning fundraiser at the Tweedmouth Bowling Club. With Covid restrictions in mind Caitlin put her thinking cap on to come up with an event in aid…
Read MoreRobbie’s Prize Winning Donation
Big thank you to Robbie Skelly who chose our Cars to be the recipient of a £500 Charity Donation Prize from Aspire Competitions, his main prize being a VW T6 Campervan. We’re absolutely delighted that Robbie thought of us and the donation will greatly help us continue running our free hospital transport services for cancer…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreCurrys PC World, Berwick donation to support our Cars
To celebrate Currys PC World, Berwick branch being awarded the prestigious “Chairman’s Shield” award, Customer Experience & Operations Manager, Keiran contacted us to let us know he and his team had very kindly chosen Berwick’s Cancer Cars to be the recipient of £150 from their “Team Bank” fund. Saying of the donation “Myself and my…
Read MoreMartins The Printers Supporting Berwick Cancer Cars
Many thanks to Martins The Printers Factory Manager, Andrew Hardie and team members Galina, Karen, Shirley, Dean, Alastair, Dan, Brian, Gary, Michael, Claire and Graham who kindly nominated The Berwick & District Cancer Support Group as their chosen charity to receive a £220 donation.
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