cancer fundraising
This photo was taken at my parents grave this week. It’s a place that I always draw comfort from going to, and although it’s their resting place I always enjoy seeing the bulbs breaking through at this time of the year – a sign of new life and Spring not being too far away. It’s
Chapter 5 in The Record saw me meet Paralympian Anne Usher (nee Dickens) who won gold in Rio 2016 in the KL3 200m Paracanoeing. She was training at Dorney Lake on a beautiful, crisp, and very cold January morning in 2017. This was the first time that I had ever been to the scene of so many memorable events during London 2012.
The brand new video for Sunrise by my new musical project Fields of Dawn is now live on YouTube. With three weeks to go until the digital download single is released it’s time to begin ramping up the promotion. The track will be available from all online digital download stores including iTunes, Amazon, Google Music, Apple, Spotify and Napster.
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.
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.
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.
