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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
$29,381.76 raised of $22,763.28 target
424 donations
My Target:
$22,763.28
$29,381.76 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
Good Luck girls!! xxxx
Donation by alyson bird on 09/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck Kim, Lynsey and all the girls. Hope its not a windy day and your bottoms aren't too sore at the end of it.
Donation by Abby Cunningham on 08/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Clare and all the ladies! I hope the weather is kind to you xx
Donation by Kelly Baillie on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Go girls , stick to the inside and take the short route round ! Have fun and good luck
Donation by Stephen Bulloch on 08/03/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
All the best to Jill and rest of the team for Sunday's cycle. I hope you have a great day, you are doing a great thing for a tremendous cause. X
Donation by Gillian Bain on 08/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good Luck Karen, You'll do great:-) Barbara x
Donation by Barbara McManus on 08/03/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Fiona Rennison on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck Clare and Zoe. I hope the weather is kind to you. Don't overdo the wine on Saturday night, when celebrating a successful cycle. xx
Donation by Derek Wilson on 08/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck to all of you!xx
Donation by Anonymous on 08/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck Linda!!
Donation by Krisha Ferguson on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Have a great cycle Linda!
Donation by Laura Bolan on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck Nicola! Hope you have a great day :-)
Donation by Nicola Stitch on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Go Siobhan! Hope the sun smiles on you despite the forecast!
Donation by Louis Reddick on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Padded shorts to the fore
Donation by Medical Staffing on 08/03/12
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
On behalf of Dennis Mullen - Michelle's father in law. Thanks Dennis!
Donation by Nicola McBrearty on 08/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Best of luck to Pauline and all the girls for Saturday - look out Millport!xx
Donation by Tracy McCarroll on 08/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Claire Gray on 08/03/12
£10.00
Good luck Lindsay and all your gang! Fabulous cause. Hope you have a great day. Will be thinking of you x
Donation by Kirsty Mcharg on 07/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Shona and everyone else! Hope the weather is good for uz xxx
Donation by Ashley Cherrie on 07/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good Luck Kim, from Carol Milne x
Donation by Kim Agnew on 07/03/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Hope it doesn't rain too much Louise! Great cause.
Donation by David, Gillian & Matthew on 07/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck, Louise!
Donation by Elaine Hill on 07/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Pam. xxx
Donation by Adrian, Karrie, Lewis & Robbie. on 07/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Babs, Claire and everyone else who is participating on Saturday.
Donation by lorraine nelson on 07/03/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Go on Claire and Babs - you can do it! I hope there is a nice bottle of cold rosie waiting for you both at the finish line!
Donation by Marlene Fraser on 07/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations$27,921.88
- Offline donations$1,459.89
- Text donations$0.00
- Total raised$29,381.76
- Gift Aid$5,889.75
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