cancer fundraising
Chapter 3 in The Record features Olympic gold medal legend Christine Ohuruogu. We met back in 2018 at the Mile End Stadium in East London. This turned to be without doubt the coldest day for any of the book meetings, so do not be deceived by my appearance in a t-shirt.
The Record opens with a chapter on the former Everton footballer, Kevin Sheedy, who is a bowel cancer survivor. We met at Everton’s training ground in February 2017, as at that time Kevin was still working at the club in charge of the Under-18 side. Going to the state-of-the-art training facilities was a fascinating and
I had originally planned to spend a weekend in Edinburgh doing a couple of photos for The Record, one of which included Gillian Wood. Sadly this was scuppered, so we had a long chat on the phone, during which I found out all about her bowel cancer, and the road to recovery including her stoma reversal.
The Record has raised over £870 since its publication, and is available as a hardback, paperback and an eBook. I wrote the book in memory of my mum who died of bowel cancer in 2016. The book took over two and half years to complete, and it contains 65 chapters and 80,000 words. It is the best thing I’ve ever done and what I am most proud of. All profits raised from sales are being donated to Bowel Cancer UK.
This amazing pendant was designed and created for me by DeAnna Cochran. She set up her business DeAnna Cochran Jewelry designing amazing family heirlooms in her Georgia studio following the tragic death of her first born son Jackson aged less than a month old after being born 4 months prematurely in 2004. She has turned
2019 has been has been an amazing year. The fundraising total for the year stands at around £2000. This means that since I began fundraising in 2012 after mum had surgery for bowel cancer around £10,000 has been raised for Bowel Cancer UK (inc Beating Bowel Cancer) and over £450 has now been raised for the Love Hope Strength Foundation.
I thought I would share with you this wonderful post from the Love Hope Strength Facebook page. Getting such support from one of the charities I am supporting is greatly appreciated, and hopefully might give my fundraising some wider exposure. The fundraising for LHS is now heading towards £500, and I can’t thank everyone enough for the fantastic support.
Last December I travelled to Brighton to meet Steve Norman and Sabrina Winter for the The Record, my recently published book that I have written in memory of my mum who died of bowel cancer in 2016.
December 2018 saw me meet Skinny Lister before their sold out gig at The Garage in Highbury for my new bowel cancer charity book, The Record, which is out now.
I spent a really enjoyable couple of hours at the Bowel Cancer UK Meet Together in London this afternoon. It was held at the Horniman at Hays at London Bridge. It was a great opportunity to meet up with friends that I’ve met on social media, and make new friendships too. It’s a wonderful community who have been very supportive to me over the years.
