cancer fundraising
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.
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.
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.
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.
