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Ladies 30 Mile Millport Cycle - Saturday 10th March 2012
Event: Neuroblastoma Alliance - Vanessa Riddle Appeal on 31/12/2015
Team Members: Sus, Zoe, P, Nic, Nic, Juls, J-Marie, Jill, Li, Karen, Iss, Kim, Lynn, Sharon, Linds, Adele, Kirs, Clare, Laura, Shona, Traci, Karen, Claire, Babs, Laur, Vic, Lou, Rhona, Coll, Mags, Linda, Karen, Lis, Lorr, Gill, Em, K8, Jacq, Mags, Suse
£19,361.29 raised of £15,000.00 target
424 donations
My Target:
£15,000.00
£19,361.29 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Siobhan-Currie
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Siobhan Currie's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text RGBC84 £10
to 70070
My story
The photo above is of the beautiful Vanessa Riddle and my daughter Katie sharing a happy moment during their treatment in 2009. Vanessa and her sister Olivia were a huge support to Katie and Libby, and Vanessa was a real role model as she fought this horrible disease with unbelievable courage. Her Parents Connie and Chris were a great support to Neil and I, and through a horrendous situation we became great friends.
Unfortnuately just before Christmas the family were given the devastating news that Vanessa has relapsed and will now need to travel privately to the US for life saving treatment.
Myself and a group friends have decided to challenge ourselves with a 30 mile cycle around Millport on Saturday 10th March 2012, which is the equivelant of 3 laps. Please Please Please sponsor us and help contribute to this very important appeal. Vanessa needs your help.
Please see the below message from Vanessa's Mum and Dad
In Feb 2009 our then 8 year old daughter Vanessa, was diagnosed with Stage 4 (High-Risk) Neuroblastoma, a very rare, aggressive and difficult to treat form of childhood cancer. Fewer than 100 children in the UK are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year, most of which are below the age of 5 and generally have a better prognosis as the older the child is the worse the prognosis is.
Since Feb 09, Vanessa has undergone many different treatments at Yorkhill Hospital in Glasgow, these include; 12 rounds of High Dose Chemotherapy, two 7 hour surgical operations, the removal of one of her kidneys, a stem cell transplant, Radiotherapy, Retinoic Acid treatment and Immunotherapy treatment……all of which was agonising to watch as parents never mind to have to endure as a child!
Having undergone all this difficult and often very painful treatment the fact remained that due to a high relapse rate the long term prognosis for Vanessa's survival remained very poor with less than a 40% survival rate. All the same, Vanessa finished her treatment at Yorkhill Hospital in Aug 2010 and was given the all clear.
In Dec 2011 after routine scans, Connie and I were given the devastating news that Vanessa had relapsed. She has many hotspots on the skull, neck, spine, leg & knees. The UK doctors have told us that this time round there is very little chance of survival; “much less than 10%” they said, as we do not have any relapse protocols in the UK. This is due to the Government not investing any money into relapse treatments for this disease. This is a very different story to the United States where there are many relapse protocols and taking her there will dramatically increase her chances of long term survival.
We now find ourselves in the position of urgently having to take Vanessa to the United States for relapse therapy treatment which the NHS will not fund. The treatment Vanessa requires is likely to involve Antibody Therapy and cost in excess of £500,000. Vanessa’s latest scan results will be used to determine which therapy is best and this is likely to happen at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Please help us to raise the funds in order to save Vanessa’s life.
You can also donate by text message by texting VANY99 and your amount £1 - £10 to 70070.
Every single penny counts, no matter how little.
Thank you for reading and donating
Chris & Connie Riddle
My gallery 1
My charity
Neuroblastoma Children's Cancer Alliance
Charity Registration No. 1135601
We help children with neuroblastoma, a very aggressive childhood cancer, if they can't join UK trials or need a clinical treatment that is only available abroad. We help with treatment costs, support families and fund research.
Donations 424
HOPE THIS GOES SOMEWAY TO HELP VANESSA. ENJOY MILLPORT
Donation by JOHN CLEMENTS on 15/01/12
£5,000.00
+ £1,250.00 Gift Aid
Hope this helps a bit. :)
Donation by Anon. on 15/01/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Jayne Seawright on 15/01/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
May the wind be behind you ladies xx
Donation by louise fogarty on 14/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Wishing you good luck, sunshine and no punctures : )
Donation by Peter Mac on 14/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck! From David & Lauren x
Donation by David Campbell on 14/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Wish you all the best ladies. Pauline try to stay on the saddle please, don't think your teeth could take anymore :0/
Donation by Louise O'Donnell on 14/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck ladies!! x
Donation by Anne Boyle on 14/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck Ladies, have fun and raise loads of money xx
Donation by Carolyn Loughran on 14/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Well done girls. Good luck. Karen
Donation by Karen Smith on 13/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Well done Siobhan, you'v got our 100% support! Lets get the Target!
Donation by GRAEME MCAULAY on 13/01/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
You go girls! Such a great cause. Hope you've booked a couple of days off to recover.
Donation by pamela mckinnon on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
A great cause, well done girls and good luck. Lookin' good in Lycra...................
Donation by Gerry Foley on 13/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good work ladies. As Kev says - you're defo going to get sore arses.
Donation by Richie Hewitt on 13/01/12
Well done Claire & Zoe - hope it all goes well!
Donation by colin smith on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
make sure you have a padded saddle! :-)
Donation by Kevin McSharry on 13/01/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Siobhan!
Donation by Allan McAuslin on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck girls if anyone can do this you two can... Linda x
Donation by Linda Dewar on 13/01/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck & hope the fundraising goes well!
Donation by Stuart Mathieson on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck and enjoy! xx
Donation by Angela Simpson on 13/01/12
£20.00
Go for it girls - hope the weather is kind to you - great cause - good luck
Donation by Steven Macgregor on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Next time... 3 times round Islay! Good work and good luck!
Donation by Murray Stewart on 13/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck xxx
Donation by Suzi Cuthbert on 12/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck ladies!!!!!! Xxx
Donation by ANGELA DOCKRELL on 12/01/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£18,399.29
- Offline donations£962.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£19,361.29
- Gift Aid£3,881.09
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