cancer fundraising
The King Pooie Orangutans have turned out to be a huge hit. It’s never easy to predict how well any of the fundraising items will do and this was no different.
Today marks the start of bowel cancer awareness month. 30 day to raise awareness about this awful disease. I will be doing my bit during April and hopefully raising a few pennies at the same time. This year I will hopefully keep a good balance. So, whilst not ignoring loss and the devastation and pain this disease can cause, I will also focus on some of amazing people that I have become friends with and their inspirational stories. Remember, know your own body and if symptoms persist go and checked by your GP x
In a time when the world feels like a pretty dark place to be living in, it’s important to remember that there is still so much goodness out there and so many wonderfully selfless people. This beautiful photo was sent to me a few months ago by Kingsley Wood and was the culmination of a wonderful act of kindness by Mike Starner.
Shining Star is a three track EP with the lead track written about wonderful Laura x It is available on Clear Vinyl, CD and Download. I hope as many people as possible will, support this release and help me raise as much money as possible. Even if the music isn’t your bag buy a copy as every single sale will make a difference to the fundraising x
The first day of release saw Destination Unknown and Fields of Dawn set a record that can never be surpassed! No matter what the future holds or how Fields of Dawn are remembered nothing can take this record away
The loss of Laura Hopkinson to bowel cancer was devastating. She had become a wonderful friend over the last few years. A beautiful soul on the inside and out, and a wonderful Mum to Ivy and George.
It may seem a little odd to talk about the end of Fields of Dawn with the forthcoming album being released on New Years Day. However, there are some reasons behind my reasons for calling time on this particular musical venture. Fields of Dawn has been going for almost 4 years and raised around £3000
April sees a brand new music release dedicated to the memory of Laura Hopkinson with 100% of the profits raised by every sale donated to MacMillan and St Oswald’s Hospice. These two charitable organisations, chosen by Laura’s family, provided her with great help and support.
Another young life lost to bowel cancer. Jen McEntee sadly died on October 27th aged just 35 years old. I knew Jen on social media following her @irish_bowel_cancer_journey account on Instagram. She was doing an amazing amount of raising awareness about bowel cancer documenting her own journey. Her bowel cancer story is all too familiar being a young person whose symptoms were ignored for way too long.
The debut fundraising album from my music project Fields of Dawn was released last September and so far has raised over £1300. A New Dawn is available on vinyl, CD and digital download. Two tracks were recorded with Steve Smiley Barnard of The Alarm at the helm and the other other 9 songs all self-produced. The songs were written by myself and have a punky, alternative, melodic perhaps power pop sound to them. The one track that is the exception to this is No Man’s Land, which is a piano ballad about that legendary football match during World War 1, which also featured on the Reflections EP that came out last Christmas.
