|
The Ducks & Drakes Charity Clay Shoot raised an amazing £4,144.07!!!!
This was not only due to the great turn out (over 150 guns) but the generosity of sponsors, which gave £1,125 and the fact that the Top Man, Top Lady & Top Team all donated their prize money back to the Trust. We also raised £210 on the BBQ and £354.50 on the tombola and sale of merchandise. Thank you to everyone who supported the day and to our wonderful sponsors: Buckland Newton Hire C smart Aggr Serv LTD The Halsey Arms, Pulham The Piddle Inn Friars Moor Veterinary Clinic Pearce Seeds LLP Churchills Dairy & Parlour Services Limited WB Vincent Contractors Greenfield Gunmakers CJ Cox Ltd Frizzle Farm Contracting Ltd Nigel Churchill Bernard Cox Ltd A&R Fraser Contracting
0 Comments
 Many thanks to everyone who came to our Clay shoot at Plush yesterday & made it yet again such a successful day.
A special thank you to John Spademan and his team who come down each year from Northampton with all the traps & worked tirelessly all weekend to make the shoot work. Over 150 guns young and old - prize winners:
A sincere thank you to all our sponsors for the day who either donated money or lent much needed equipment, especially Greenfield Gunmakers for their trap stands. A BIG thank you to all our helpers on the day who helped run everything smoothly to make the event a great success. Last but not least Mr Peter Hiscock - we cannot thank him enough not only for the use of such a brilliant site for the day but most importantly for all the time and effort he puts in to ensure everything is organised and all goes well on the day. Hopefully the shoot will be taking place again next year- same place and times on SUNDAY 5TH JULY 2020 - will be confirmed but please put in diaries.  From 7 June, the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) will replace the current guaiac faecal occult blood test (gFOBt) in the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP). The new test (FIT) will be offered in the same way.
Although FIT testing is currently being introduced across England for some patients with symptoms that could indicate bowel cancer, please note that the screening and symptomatic pathways should not be confused. The main benefits of FIT are:
More information can be found here.  Thank you and congratulations to Richard Cosby.
"Aided by senior radiologist Mandy, I was given full accompaniment by the rest of today's team. The £50 coming from Ducks and Drakes will be going to Marie Curie. I have just handed over the Chairmanship of the Dorchester Fundraising Group after the 4 years since it was established. Like you, we are only a small group, but have raised about £120,000 in those 4 years. All the money that we raise goes to pay for the work of the nurses in Dorset. Best wishes to you all, and congratulations for being so successful." Richard Crosby  We are very pleased to announce that Co-operative Funeral Care in Sturminster Newton has chosen to support Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust for 2019.
We look forward to partnering with the company throughout the year. THANK YOU! Visit their web page here "My connection with Ducks & Drakes goes back to my childhood and on into my adult life. I grew up knowing Andrew (Drakey) and his family. Drakey's courage and determination is matched only by that of his family and friends who run and support this amazing Trust. This fight is a huge challenge for me, the training alone is tough enough! the thought of stepping into the ring in front of 700 people is quite terrifying. the fight takes place on 11th April 2019, tickets will be available from 11th Feb. Standby for updates with more info." Please Sponsor Martyn >> here   A BIG thank you to Symonds and Sampson for supporting Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust throughout 2018, raising £3,817.54!  Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust is pleased to have financially supported the Dorset County Hospital Cancer Appeal by raising and donating £75,000. The Trust would like to thank its supporters for their generous donations and tireless fundraising. The Trust was founded to boost awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer, particularly in young people, along with financially supporting young bowel cancer patients and their families and local cancer services such as the Dorset County Hospital Cancer Appeal. The total amount of £1.75m raised locally funded the Cancer & Haematology Outpatients Department, which was built on top of the new Radiotherapy Unit. The Robert White Centre was officially opened by Martin Clunes OBE in December 2013 and was attended by Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust representatives, Annette Drake (co-founder) and Jane Weeden (Trustee). Annette Drake says “We are very proud to be part of this incredible new state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre and are especially proud that our charity name is represented by a plaque on the door of Consulting Room 4, in memory of my son and co-founder, Andrew Drake, who died aged 30, from bowel cancer. Andrew always found a way to create hope and positivity out of sadness and this is a fabulous legacy for his never wilting courage and determination he showed throughout his 6 year illness.” Simon Pearson, Head of Fundraising said, “Ducks and Drakes have supported us from the beginning of the Cancer Appeal and we are very grateful to them for their very significant donation of £75,000. The money they raised has helped us to reach our Appeal target and will allow us to continue to provide the best possible care for all our patients at the new Robert White Centre in Dorchester.” The £9 million centre is an extension of the Poole Hospital-based Dorset Cancer Centre. The Dorchester unit is equipped with the latest linear accelerator (LINAC) which enables patients to receive the best-possible radiotherapy treatment. This means that cancer patients in the north, south and west of the county can receive this care in their local hospital, instead of having to travel to Poole for treatment. The facility also includes a £1.75 million Cancer and Haematology Outpatients Department funded by the Cancer Appeal run by Dorset County Hospital Charity. This was supported by hundreds of donations from individuals, community groups as well as Trusts and Foundations, such as Ducks and Drakes Cancer Trust.
 Please help fund Ben's cancer treatment for Dorothy House and for his wife and step daughter's future.
Find out more about Ben and how you can help here https://www.gofundme.com/the-bowel-movement "Ben is 33. A young, fit 33 year old, who likes to hit the gym, often twice a day, eats well, and enjoys a good time with friends and family. A caring family man, with a heart of gold, a strong career and an appetite for life. This year however, things began to change. Slowly at first, with no obvious signs, nothing that you could pinpoint exactly. Working long hours, we're bound to feel tired, right? You begin to feel the stress and strain of everyday life, but it's okay not to be okay, right? At what point does it become more than just 'mental health' ? At what point does that stress and fatigue become chronic and begin to close down your world?...and at what point do doctors begin to investigate the underlying physical factors causing this problem?? The answer is …. sadly in Benj's case, all too late…Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, and if diagnosed early is highly treatable and curable but in August this year, Benj was diagnosed with stage four terminal Bowel Cancer. Just like that at 33, his life, his world has completely changed in the blink of an eye. Now hospital appointments, medication, treatment plans and fear have barged their way in and cruelly taken the place of future hopes and dreams. How do you even begin to comprehend that? How do you stay positive and create a 'new normal' when everything is spiralling out of control? How do you begin to tell him just how much you love him and reassure him that everything will be okay?" Find out more about Ben and how you can help here https://www.gofundme.com/the-bowel-movement |
AuthorNews from Ducks & Drakes Cancer Trust Archives
November 2024
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed
