cancer fundraising
The stop bowel cancer bears have gone to some amazing locations all over the world, and some of the photos I’ve been sent have been absolutely brilliant.
I found out recently that I have been nominated in the Fundraiser of the Year category in the 2019 Pride of Reading Awards.
I have been fortunate enough to meet a number of Olympic champions on my fundraising travels over the last few years, but the only time I actually got to touch an Olympic gold medal was when I met Jeanette Chippington, who won gold in Rio in 2016 in the KL1 200m Paracanoeing.
I met television and radio presenter Colin Murray for my new book The Record at the Sister Ray record shop in Soho. We had a lot of fun, and I can reveal that a very bizarre conversation involving customers, the manager, and first records has been included in the chapter on Colin.
During our chat Victoria wanted to know all about my book, and especially about Mum and her bowel cancer. Victoria still found it very emotional and difficult to talk about her own cancer experience
I was delighted when Justin Sullivan and New Model Army agreed to be in my new bowel cancer charity book, The Record.
For those that don’t know our family has a long standing association with Henley Royal Regatta of over 60 years going back to the mid 1950s when Dad rowed at the regatta for Maidenhead Rowing Club. Mum was born in Henley at The Sun Inn pub in Henley (now offices) in 1936, so there has
Having followed The Alarm for over 35 years I set my sights to trying to get Smiley, Jules and James from the band to be in The Record. It took me about two years for it to happen, but I managed to get them for the new bowel cancer charity book, which is out now dedicated to the memory of my mum who died of this awful disease in 2016.
