Alice, Sara and Chris at YHEC (York Health Economics Consortium) are supporting Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) by taking on a 10-film movie marathon. One of our colleagues received invaluable care from TCT on a number of fronts during his diagnosis - he’s now undergoing further treatment so we thought it a timely moment to show him our support by seeing what Disney+ has to throw at us! 

TCT staff and resources were brilliant and very supportive during his diagnosis. We are all wanting to help TCT reach more young people (aged 13-24) diagnosed with cancer and to help make their journeys more bearable. 

Matched funding 

As a company, YHEC has promised to match our fundraising efforts so for every £1 raised by this event, the company will give a further £1!

The Challenge

What does the challenge involve? We’re going to watch 10 films, all on Disney+ using the GroupWatch function so we can do it together, as well as keeping in touch on Zoom - so you can join us in the Zoom chat live during the marathon, if you like! (The link will be shared later).

When will it happen? From 7am on Friday 30th April, until well into the early hours of Saturday 1at May.

Which films will we watch? You can vote for the films we watch from a selection - see the list at the bottom of this page or on the poll.

UP-TO-DATE VOTES GRAPH: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRlsx4unv0U2U10hgH8Hn69rsZGvReMGIMOX53Ys4I4iA7zN6TVSv7HaAWoGbwTCPQaAzcvGArxLO0H/pubhtml?gid=629992665&single=true&urp=gmail_link&gxids=7628

(you'll need to copy and paste this URL into your web browser - apologies!)

For each £1 that you donate you get 1 vote. So for £5 you get 5 votes, for £10 you get 10 votes and so on. You don’t HAVE to vote, you can just donate if you like. You can spread your votes about if you want.

At the end of voting, we will watch the top 10 films! The only stipulation is that at least 3 of the slots are taken by kid-friendly films (to enable Chris and Sara’s kids to join for some of it), so at least the top 3 kid-friendly films will make the cut.

We will also make 1 of the 10 slots a space for a film NOT on the list (but it still must be on Disney+) so get your votes in for that '10th slot' film! Anything on Disney+ goes, e.g. Pixar, classic Disney, Marvel 

How can you sponsor us? On this Justgiving page

How can you vote? Once you have sponsored, please go to this webpage to vote for the films: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB6WpOT6GxmXILDP78d1T6Qpg-cNR_CD5C3ElpyVJpfPrZqQ/viewform

(you'll need to copy and paste this URL into your web browser - apologies!)

Please only vote once for each £1 you contribute - you can share your votes around multiple films.

The cut off time for voting is 4pm on Thursday 29th April.

You are welcome to join us on the day of the event by following us on social media or by logging into the Zoom video, either to chat or just to spy on us!

The Challengers

Name: ALICE SANDERSON
Favourite movies: Moana, Labyrinth, Ice Age, How to Train your Dragon!
What movie genres do you like?: I mostly like children’s films, but also like comedy and quite like superhero movies too :) 
Please vote for: Moana, it’s my fave and a Disney plus marathon wouldn’t be complete without it for me!
Please DON’T vote for: Horror films :’(

Name: CHRIS BARTLETT
Favourite movies: The Blues Brothers, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
What movie genres do you like?: Anything apart from horror
Please vote for: ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’ - I just love that movie, it’s nuts! Disney’s most insane animation. “Squeaker squeaken”
Please DON’T vote for: ‘Pinocchio' or 'The Fly' - both really scary (in their own way)!

Name: SARA GRAZIADIO
Favourite movies: Cloud Atlas, Jesus Christ Superstar
What movie genres do you like?: Historical 
Please vote for: Anything that will make me laugh (so I will keep myself awake!)
Please DON’T vote for: Pollyanna! Memories from childhood...why did they make us watch those types of movies?!

The choice of films to vote for

Vote here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB6WpOT6GxmXILDP78d1T6Qpg-cNR_CD5C3ElpyVJpfPrZqQ/viewform

(you'll need to copy and paste this URL into your web browser - apologies!)

9 of the 10 films will come from this list and a 10th slot will be reserved for any other film not on this list (but which must still be on Disney+). We will prioritise the top 3 scoring kid-friendly films, in order to accommodate our kids, but if more than 3 kid friendly films make the top 9, we will also include them.

Kid-friendly films:

• Moana
• Wrek-It Ralph
• Big Hero 6
• Pete's Dragon (2016)
• Onward
• Pinocchio
• The Emperor's New Groove
• The Book of Life
• High School Musical
• The Call of the Wild
• Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
• Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
• Ice Age 5: Collision Course
• The Simpsons Movie
• The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
  
• The Three Musketeers (1993)
• Meet the Robinsons

For adults only: