cancer fundraising
Helen Johnson was probably one of the first people I met on social media when I began my bowel cancer fundraising after my mum’s bowel operation back in 2012. Helen has supported everything that I have done, and she herself has had bowel cancer. Although we have yet to meet to meet in person, that
Last week Barry #bowelbear began his journey, and his first stop is with Kelly Smith. Today they both went to The Christie Hospital in Manchester where Kelly is having chemotherapy. Kelly has stage 4 bowel cancer, and she is another of those amazing and inspirational people I have come across and struck up friendships with
Coming soon to the shop are these stylish Check Your Poo fashion t-shirts. The idea is to promote awareness about bowel cancer and the importance of checking your poo when you go to the loo. Signs of blood in your stools can be a sign of bowel cancer. I’ll be launching the t-shirts pretty soon, and
This morning I bid farewell to the stop bowel cancer bear. We were in the beautiful village of Hambleden at its post office to send the bear on its way. Hambleden is popular with television and film companies for the filming of period dramas such as Midsomer Murders. For those that don’t know me I
More exciting news today with a date set to meet Kim Wilde for the forthcoming bowel cancer fundraising book, The Record, which will be published next year. 2018 has been a very busy year for Kim with the long awaited release of a new album, Here Come The Aliens, and she has been back out on the
Today sees the launch of the gorgeous Stop Bowel Cancer Teddy Bears, which are helping to raise awareness about bowel cancer. The bears cost £10.99 including P&P, and all proceeds raised from sales will be donated to Bowel Cancer UK. The idea is for everyone to take the bear to all of your favourite places, and then take
I was recently introduced to the music of The Headboys by Ed Bazalgette of The Vapors, who told me that he was a fan of the band in the late 1970s. I had a look on Youtube and found there single The Shape Of Things To Come which is a cracking song that was their only
I have been fortunate enough to have attended some fantastic gigs this year, and the Shed Seven concert in Northampton was as good as it gets. I went to meet Rick Witter, the band’s lead singer, for my forthcoming bowel cancer charity book before the sold out gig at The Roadmender. I’d made contact with
The Lives & Times bowel cancer charity book can be bought in three different formats. Here is the breakdown on how you can order your copy. Hardback Edition Rivers 2 Cross.com. This is the website I have set up. The book costs £27.99 including P&P of which the £5.00 approx that I receive will be donated to
It seems incredible that it is now over four years ago back in 2014 that I met Matthew Wright for the Lives & Times bowel cancer fundraising book. The Talk Radio presenter has been a tremendous support ever since we first made contact. Anyone who has bought Lives & Times will have read the lovely foreword that
