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Fundraiser Feedback

 

A big thank you to all of our fantastic fundraisers!

We are always extremely grateful to our fundraisers who do some amazing things to raise money for our charity.

We have started our Fundraiser Feedback pages to acknowledge their hard work, to let a wider audience know what they have been doing on our behalf, and to encourage and inspire others in their activities. We would love to feature you here soon. Please send us your fundraising story together with some photographs and we will do the rest.  

 

When Chris and Kerry’s daughter, Ava was diagnosed with a Stage 3 Wilms tumour in 2012, they decided to set up ‘Ava’s Pink Quest’ to raise money for the charities who had helped Ava. Read more about their incredible fundraising efforts here.

 

 

 

Ken Evan’s took up cycling as a way to keep fit and very quickly realised he was hooked. Read here about the challenge he and his friends set themselves, to cycle from Cardiff to Paris in just three days!

 

 

 

Deb Butler set herself the target of completing her fifth marathon in record time. Read here about Deb’s Mad Hatter experience and her reasons behind running the London Marathon for the third time!

 

 

 

Emma Poulter has always wanted to do a parachute jump ever since she was at primary school. Read here about how her ambition became a reality.

 

 

 

Gary Morgan decided to run in the Silverstone Half Marathon for CCLG and despite gaining a few injuries along the way, there was no way he was going to back out. Read Gary's story here.

 

 

 

Rachael Oldham made a tandem skydive from 14,000 feet to raise over £1,000 for CCLG. You can read of her experience here, and the sad news which she received shortly before the jump, which spurred her on. Rachael has also included an inspiring video of her huge personal achievement. 


 


Martin and Liz Vernon began raising funds for CCLG following the death of their son David. You can read about their activities here.


 

 

Ruth Clarke Elsie French and Janet Thomson have been raising funds for CCLG since the death of Ruth's daughter Jenni. Read their story here. 

 

 

CCLG had a record 35 runners in the 2011 British 10k London  Run. This is Izzy's story.
 

 

 

 

 

In May 2011 Jerry Bailey, Nick Baker and Steve Bartlett raised almost £17,000 by making a 1,330 mile journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End on quad bikes. You can find their story here.

 

 

 

In April 2010 our Executive Director took part in the Virgin London Marathon. She has written about her experience here.

 

 

 

 

On September 26th, 2010 about 60 adults and children participated in the Scottish Benny Walk, organised by Siobhian Brown in memory of Benny Watters who had fought bravely against a brain tumour. You can learn more about him and the walk here.