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Fundraising History

In 2006 we held our first Strawberry Ball at Brackenhurst College (which is now known as Nottingham Trent University) and since then a group of friends have continued to fundraise to buy new equipment for The Nottingham Breast Institute.

Through cycling numerous long-distance routes and continuing to hold The Strawberry Ball, our group has raised approximately £300,000 which has enabled the hospital to purchase a mobile breast screening unit (which is still in situ today in Newark Hospital’s Car Park), and a new state of the art mammographic scanner. Some of the money raised has also been shared with the Breast Cancer Now charity, which concentrates on research into this cruel disease.

In 2011 we lost a founder member of our group Katy Taylor, at the age of 37 years. Since then, we have lost too many other friends and family members, and currently have friends battling their own battles. This only fuels our drive to keep fighting the fight.

This year in July our challenge is to cycle 220miles from Wales to Wellow. It will be the first time we are cycling home, back into Nottinghamshire.

As you can appreciate, fundraising has been challenging over this past 12-18 months to say the least. However, we are all very creative with our fundraising and we are hopeful, along with holding our 4th Strawberry Ball in March 2022, that we can achieve our goal to purchase another valued item for the Nottingham Breast Institute.

We would very much appreciate any help that your company may be able to offer in order to make this mission happen.

Thank you

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