cancer fundraising
The first week of Decembeard has been completed. The lack of growth has been quite comical, and I wouldn’t be surprised if people thought I was still shaving! The last 24 hours has at last seen some signs of growth, and I fear that whatever grows is going to have quite a lot of grey
I met television presenter Matt Allwright today for The Record, my forthcoming charity book supporting Bowel Cancer UK, which will be published during 2019. It was really nice talking to him about his career on television, and his passion for music. The first record that he bought is a cracker. We actually went to the same
It’s been a quite brilliant year for The Alarm. Last night they played their 93rd gig of the year at SUB89 in my hometown of Reading. Apart from their busy touring schedule the band have released the brilliant Equals album as well as the superb remastered editions of their 1984 debut LP Declaration, and the Eponymous album
Last night I collected an award for my fundraising efforts for Bowel Cancer UK. The award, given by The Aldworth Lodge, was for £500 to be donated to the charity of my given choice, so the cheque is going to Bowel Cancer UK. It is a rare opportunity for me to blow my own trumpet,
In an ideal world I would have met Nicole Cooper in Melbourne, Australia, where she currently lives and works. Sadly that wasn’t possible as I am stuck in a rather wet and miserable UK, but the wonders of modern technology enabled us to have a video chat this morning. I am delighted to reveal that
It wasn’t until I published the first book, Beating Bowel Cancer, in 2012 that I realised just how important it is to help raise awareness about bowel cancer. Initially I thought the job of the book was to raise funds for the Beating Bowel Cancer charity. After a few weeks when the sales started to drop off
This is a departure from my normal fundraising for Bowel Cancer UK. Everyone who knows me, will know all about my obsession for my favourite band The Alarm. Lead singer Mike Peters has been living with leukemia for over 20 years, and is a co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, whose purpose is to raise
There have been a couple of major changes during 2018, which have led me to updating the festive video for the Lives & Times video. Firstly Beating Bowel Cancer joined with Bowel Cancer UK to become Bowel Cancer UK (Beating Bowel Cancer Together). Secondly I had to set up a new website with a new provider, so
Here is the 2018 Christmas fundraising video, and not surprisingly this year #bowelbear takes centre stage. Please can you share this video to as many people as possible across all forms of social media. These cute teddy bears would make an ideal Christmas gift for anyone of any age. #bowelbear is helping to raise awareness
A little bit of luck got #bowelbear Charlie into Headingley cricket ground the home of Yorkshire County Cricket and of course every so often to England too. I’ve spent the weekend visiting my brother’s new home in Leeds, which is located only a few minutes from the ground. We went there with the expectation of
