cancer fundraising
I have been very fortunate to have met some amazing people whilst putting together my bowel cancer fundraising books, and they don’t come much better than Billy Ocean. I was delighted when he agreed to be part of The Record.
Since I began fundraising back in 2012 one of the biggest supporters of what I do has been The Alarm. I’ve met the band members past and present, and made many new wonderful friendships with fellow fans along the way, who have continued to buy my fundraising items in large numbers including The Record.
Over the last seven years or so I have met many amazing people, and one of my favourite meetings was with Siân Lloyd. We met at the stunning Dartmouth House in Mayfair, and I arrived expecting to have perhaps 20 minuets to chat and take some photos, but we ended up speaking for a couple of hours, and Siân was absolutely lovely, has a wonderful sense of humour, and she made feel at ease making the whole experience really enjoyable.
Today is World Book Day 2020, and if there is one book you might consider buying then please take a look at The Record my fundraising book supporting Bowel Cancer UK. All profits raised are donated to the charity.
Chapter 19 in The Record features my meeting with Greg Gilbert and Stacey Heale who I travelled to meet in Southampton at the end of 2018. They are two hugely inspirational people, and we talked about Greg’s stage 4 bowel cancer and his career as a musician with his band Delays, and as a wonderfully talented artist and poet. We also talked about Stacey’s life as, not just Greg’s carer, but as a former university lecturer turned newspaper columnist who helps raise awareness about bowel cancer, and gives talks about Greg’s bowel cancer and the effect it has had on her and the family.
Chapter 18 of The Record features Olivia Rowlands who I chatted with at the beginning of 2019. Liv lives in St. Andrews with her husband Sam, but sadly events conspired against us, and I wasn’t able to make the trip to Scotland to meet her in person.
I met Dafydd Wyn Farr-Jones at the start of 2019 for Chapter 17 of The Record, my fundraising book for Bowel Cancer UK. I’ve known Daf for some years on social media, and had first met him and his partner Russell about 18 months ago in London, so it was great to catch up with them again.
Lauren Backler’s mum died of bowel cancer in 2015 aged 56. If the bowel cancer screening age had been 50 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to match Scotland instead of being 60, her mum would have been scanned, and Lauren believes would still be alive today.
The Record has gone past £900, and has now raised £925 for Bowel Cancer UK. The sudden surge in sales was down to my wonderful friends and fellow fans of The Alarm, who continue to support all my fundraising endeavours. I spent the weekend at The Gathering, the annual two day event when fans from
Chapter 13 in The Record features Steve Clark, who I spent a fascinating hour and a half with for the chapter in the book back in 2017. We both live in Reading, so arranging a meeting was easy, and Steve suggested The Herb Farm at Sonning Common. This was the first time I had been
