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Weʼve raised £1,046 to help those using the facilities of Weston Park Cancer Charity and Rotherham Hospital & Community Charity.
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 18th January 2019
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Charlie & Leah's Challenge
Charlie and Leah's friendship started when they met at work in 2013. They quickly realised they had many things in common, as did their families.
Cancer is something that has affected many of their family members over the last few years. Both have close family members affected by breast, prostate, pancreatic and uterine cancer.
Statistics state that in spite of age or situation, that 1 in 3 people will suffer cancer at some point in their lives. 1 in 5 of those people will not survive the illness.
There is still much research to be done and NHS service sadly has to rely on charities and fundraising to help sustain and improve their services. This is very troubling.
Through Charlie and Leah's combined experience of the NHS, charities and hospitals who've supported them and their families through the hardest of times, they have decided that they want to give back to the organisations that have provided them and so many others with brilliant support, so that they can continue to give crucial medical care to those at their most vulnerable.
Weston Park Hospital is a specialist centre providing care for people requiring chemotherapy and radiotherapy for both in-patients and outpatients. It has a Cancer Research Centre and a specific Teenage Cancer Unit. Patients come from across the country as well as from around South Yorkshire to access its state of the art facilities.
The Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity has particular significance for Leah, and it has been helping the South Yorkshire community for 21 years. Donations go towards improving patient care, providing specialist training, facilities and state of the art equipment. It also has two specific projects; 'Purple Butterfly Appeal' for end of life care and 'Dr Ted' for specialist care of children.
Please join us in supporting two charities close to our hearts; the proceeds will be split equally between the two charities with our first goal being to raise £500.
UPDATE: Following so many kind donations that took us up to 28% of our total, we amazingly received one very large donation on 24/11/17 from one of the people who inspired us both to fundraise in the first place. This took us up to £500 in just under 2 months since starting our challenge. A massive thank you to Josie and everyone who's donated so far. Our target has now gone up to £1000!
Our aims are to raise money by:
- A charity music concert
- A sponsored challenge
- A bake sale/ raffle
- Any other donations kindly accepted online
Thank you for your help and support.
Updates
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- 5 years ago
Charlie Barker
5 years agoCharlie and Thomas' Snowdon Climb got coverage in the Rotherham Record paper last week, the day that Rotherham Hospital Community Charity were presented with their half of the money!
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- 5 years ago
Charlie Barker
5 years agoWe're so pleased to announce that we've raised a grand total of £1232 to be split between Weston Park Cancer Charity and Rotherham Hospital Community Charity. You've given so much help to our families and loved ones, we just wanted to give something back to you so you can continue giving the right help to people in their time of need. Big thanks to everyone who donated money. Thanks to those who donated time and helped us on our way. We're at the stage now where we are arranging to present the money to the charities. More updates shortly!
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- 6 years ago
Charlie Barker
6 years agoAs our fundraising year draws to an end, we're doing one last event to round up our achievements (and hopefully add a bit more money into the charity pot). Charlie is launching her new 80s music show 'Electric Dreams' at The Phoenix, Ridgeway in Sheffield on 17th November, at 8pm. Support from upcoming vocalist and musician, Anya. It is free entry, but there will be a raffle and an 80s music quiz along with a presentation to round up our fundraising journey. Check out: www.facebook.com/events/2171429653140248/permalink/2171792293103984/
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Music City
Jul 10, 2018
Well done you guys!!! 😃
£20.00
Katy Marshall
Jul 10, 2018
Well done x
£20.00
Daniel & Helen
Jul 10, 2018
This should take you over your £1,000Goal! Well done guys!
£20.00
Leah & Josie
Jul 4, 2018
For Charlie & Thomas' Snowdon Climb.
£20.00
Music-City.UK
Jun 29, 2018
For Charlie & Thomas’ Snowden Climb: From the staff and customers of Music-City.UK, Handsworth, Sheffield.
£35.15
H.L. Brown Staff
Jun 13, 2018
Snowdon sponsor money from: Theresa, Lynda, Claire, Georgi, Emma, Janette, Hattie and Angela at H.L. Brown.
£61.00
Mark & Jenny Reaney
Jun 4, 2018
For Thomas climbing Snowdon.
£20.00
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Charlie Barker
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Charlie and Leah are two work friends, brought together by similar personal circumstances and decided to team up together to raise money for two charities who've provided brilliant care for their relatives, in the hope that they may continue to help many others.