Best Night Out of the Year – Berties, Elland

Saturday 30th January 2010

A fantastic post-Christmas event is being planned by the friends of Liz Orant.  They are organising a fantastic evening out at Berties in Elland.  The event includes a three course dinner, mystery raffle plus a fun packed evening of entertainment, all for £35.00! 

The great thing is that you will be supporting brain tumour patients and research in Yorkshire AND have a brilliant night out too, and you can pick up a new outfit in the sales too!

Please contact Carol for more details and to book your place or table.

Research Update!

I am delighted to tell you that we are making much progress with the appointment of a senior scientist to lead the brain tumour research lab, which will be based at the internationally renowned Leeds Institute for Molecular Medicine.

Andrea’s Gift and Candlelighters (Leeds based children’s cancer charity) have agreed to jointly fund the lab for a minimum of five years. 

As many Andrea’s Gift supporters know, we have been working since 2003 to raise sufficient funds to support the project and the news that work  is likely to commence in 2010 is just fantastic.

In addition to this commitment, there is an event planned for June 2010 called Meek’s Three Peaks which aims to raise an additional £100,000 to fund an additional PhD student to work in the lab.  If you want to support the Brain Tumour Research lab or make a donation to support the Meek’s Three Peaks campaign, follow the appropriate links.

Working together to fight Brain Tumours.

Big Christmas Party – Weetwood Hall

Wednesday 9th December 2009 from 3.00pm onwards

Patients, carers and supporters are invited to join in the fun at the Andrea’s Gift Christmas Party!  There will be face painting, card making, our friend Stingwray and the usual fab things to do, including a very special guest who might bring some presents!

If you and your family would like to join us, please let Carol know as soon as possible!

Guiseley Marks & Spencer, Bag Pack

Saturday 5th December 2009

Supporting the Meek’s Three Peeks campaign to raise £100,000 to provide funding for a PhD student to work within the brain tumour research lab in Leeds, Carol Robertson has organised a bag pack at Guiseley M&S.

If you can help – from 0900 onwards, please let Carol know and she will organise a rota.

Quiz Night – Meek’s Three Peaks!

Thursday 28th January 2010

Please come along and support Ian Meek’s Big Quiz Night!

Join us at Sherburn White Rose Football Club at 7.30pm.

Each team will be made up of 4 members costing £20 a team, including a pie and pea supper and a cash bar. 

There will also be a prize for the winners.

Spaces are limited to 25 teams and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

To secure your place, please contact Carol and she will ensure your place is reserved.

Address is Sherburn White Rose Football Club, The Recreation Ground, Finkle Hill, Sherburn in Elmet, LS25 6EL

The Hare & Hounds, Menston – Charity Christmas Night!

Thursday 26th November 2009 from 7pm to 9pm

The  team at the Hare & Hounds are hosting an evening full of entertainment to support Andrea’s Gift and we would love for you to join us and offer your support.

There will be a huge raffle with the main prize being a hamper worth £85 and a second prize hamper worth £50, with many other prizes.

Table bookings are being taken for the evening from 7pm onwards.  The cost is £9.99 per person for the whole evening and includes a fabulous three course Christmas menu!  

Entertainment, including Carol Singers and a band whilst you dine, will get everyone in the festive spirit and will run throughout the evening concluding in the raffle being drawn at approximately 9pm.  Raffle tickets will be sold at just £1 and the team are hoping for a sell out evening.

At 8.30pm there wil be a Christmas quiz, with a prize given after the raffle for the best table and the worst!  

Bookings are being taken now – to reserve a table please call 01943  873998 and you can pay by card over the phone.

Meek’s Three Peaks – Target to raise £100,000 to support Brain Tumour Research in Yorkshire!

June 19th 2010 will see a group of 60 people attempt to complete the National Three Peaks in 24 hours.  The group will climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon in a bid to raise £100,000 for brain tumour research in Yorkshire. 

The group will be led by Ian Meek who is brain tumour survivor and all round inspirational guy. 

More details will follow together with suggestions on how you might be able to help us reach our target!

Lord Mayor of Leeds Raises £54,646 for Andrea’s Gift!

I am delighted to tell you that the Lord Mayor of Leeds charity fundraisers collected a staggering £54,646 raised for brain tumour research and patients in Yorkshire through 2008 and 2009.

We are so grateful to Councillor Frank Robinson and his wife Sheila for choosing Andrea’s Gift as their charity of the year, to the great fundraisers in Leeds City Council who supported the charity, in particular Rob Kelly and the guys in ICT Services, John Draper and Christine Mabbett who all organised some fantastic fundraising events. Also, thanks to Stephen McHugh and the Office of Lord Mayor together with the Lord Mayor’s Charity Committee who work so hard to raise funds for the Lord Mayor’s charity. Their help and support was fantastic and without their dedication we would not have received the essential funds that were raised.

This is an amazing amount and helps the charity to progress plans to develop Yorkshire’s first brain tumour research lab, and I hope to bring you more exciting news on that very soon!

Thank you to the 60+ walkers who took part in the Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours event last Sunday – we were blessed with fine weather (for the most part!) and had a lovely day.

 We still have a few tickets for the Wine Tasting at Cookridge Hall on Wednesday 21st October, £10.00 pp. Please let Carol  know if you can support this event. 

We have now raised almost £870,000 – heading fast for the £1m by 2010!

Thank you to everyone who has made this possible.

Big Bike Ride – Update

Total raised so far £22,500!

We had another wonderful event on Saturday 16th May when 240 cyclists set off on the 65 mile or 100km journey from Wetherby to Scarborough.

Organiser Carol Robertson said “the first time we did the bike ride in 2004 there were just 11 of us, today there are 240 registered riders which is fantastic!”

 There were real concerns that the weather would make the event a washout, but after a brief shower at 9am, the clouds lifted and a lovely day emerged, with the added benefit of a slight tail wind to the finish.

 The Big Bike Ride is always an emotional event as participants ride in memory of special people lost to brain tumours, some ride in support of others living with the condition and some simply ride and have a great day.  Whatever the reason for taking part the organisers want to thank all the riders for making a difference to the lives of brain tumour patients in Yorkshire.

Congratulations went to our three young riders who completed the course in fine style – Sam Lund age 15, Daniel Coulton age 13 and 12 year old Lorna Willey.

There was also the regular fancy dress contingent – a group of riders from Darlington riding in memory of Andrew Clemence, who managed the course dressed as a Buddhist monk, the incredible hulk, Dennis the Menace and a super hero supported by a bus full of naughty nuns! 

It was an amazing day and the organisers’ hope a good deal of money raised for Andrea’s Gift and brain tumour patients and research in Yorkshire.

Darlington Dynamos, riding in memory of Andrew Clemence

 

 

 

 

 

Band of Brothers, riding in memory of Pete Lambert

 

 

 

Team ACT at the finish - the team with the 3 youngest riders in the field!

GDF Suez Leeds Half Marathon

Total raised so far – £11,500!

We had a fantastic day at the GDF Leeds Half Marathon on Sunday 10th May 2009!  Lots of runners for Andrea’s Gift were present, thank you to everyone who participated in this great event.

Particular thanks to Calendar’s Vicky Locklin who ran her first marathon in 2hours for Andrea’s Gift!

Thanks also to GDF Suez and to Lynne Preston and Paul Mosely from Leeds Sports Development for their help and support.