cancer fundraising
In December 2017 I met Nicola Bryant for my bowel cancer charity book The Record. She is perhaps best remembered for playing “Peri Brown” in Doctor Who during the 1980s.
A year ago I travelled into London to meet with the BBC political presenter and journalist Nick Robinson. He currently presents The Today Programme on Radio 4, which means him getting up at 3.30am!
Whilst we freeze in the UK and face months of winter, on the other side of the world Sue and Rebecca have been having an absolute riot in Sydney with the cuddly toys they have so kindly bought from the rivers2cross shop.
On this day two years Prince was diagnosed with seven slipped discs. He was given a life expectancy of two months to two years. So today he smashes past that and has proven what an amazing dog he is.
Gina Irlam took Sergio, her #14 Love Hope Strength Reindeer, to the Mike Peters Hurricane Of Change concert in Darwen, Lancashire. She managed to get a photo with Mike, which now makes three of these fundraising reindeer to be photographed with Mike, the lead singer with The Alarm, who also co-founded Love Hope Strength, and someone who has lived with cancer for over 20 years.
I can’t remember exactly when this was, but perhaps a year or two before she died. She decided to sell off some on the family silverware when she found out they filming Dickinson’s Real Deal just down the road. I think would probably have put the money towards her annual Greek Island hopping holiday she went on with her friend Anne.
The online store at rivers2cross.com has a variety of items including books, bears, reindeer, art, t-shirts and wristbands with 100% of the profits donated to Bowel Cancer UK and Love Hope Strength. These items would make ideal Christmas gifts for adults and children.
I tend to do a lot of posts about the people who feature in my books. These incredible people take centre stage, but let’s ease them to one side for a moment, and talk about another very important group of people who are the friends that I’ve made as a result of my fundraising.
The reason why Bill and everyone in the book is taking part is to help raise funds for Bowel Cancer UK, and to help raise awareness about this awful disease. My Mum died of bowel cancer in August 2016, having been first been diagnosed with cancer back in 2012. Bowel cancer claims 16,000 lives each year, making it the second highest cancer killer in the UK. Yet if detected early it can be successfully treated in over 90% of cases.
The chapter in The Record on Jeremy Cunningham and The Levellers was done in two parts.
