Community Fundraising Events

Since the charity started in April 2004, many generous and enterprising individuals have supported us by organising their own fundraising events.

Here are some examples of what our fundraisers have achieved:

	June 2008	Cycle	London to Paris	£5,500
	June 2008	Glasgow 10k	Glasgow	TBC
	June 2008	BUPA Great Women's Run	Sunderland	£1,100
	June 2008	C2C Cycle	North of England	£1,400
	May 2008	Edinburgh Marathon	Edinburgh	£2,500
	May 2008	Great Manchester Run	Manchester	TBC
	May 2008	Great Edinburgh Run	Edinburgh	£6,340
	April 2008	Howards Way Walk	The Ridgeway	£70,000
	April 2008	Flora London Marathon	London	TBC
	February 2008	Chemistry Show	Seaford	£250
	Ongoing	Selling greetings cards	Lytham	£1,700
	November 2007	Skydive - Chris Fenton	Cockermouth	£250
	October 2007	Great South Run	Portsmouth	£2,000
	October 2007	12BC Charity Walk	Church Stretton	£470
	October 2007	Sponsored bike ride	Northampton	£117
	October 2007	Skydive - Pam Clarke	Cambridgeshire	£1,380
	Ongoing	Satellite 77		£70
	September 2007	Trek	Peru	£8,900
	September 2007	Bowls Tournament	Worthing	£1,500
	September 2007	In lieu of wedding gifts		£150
Instead of asking for wedding presents when they were getting married, Helen and Geoff Govey decided to ask friends to donate to charity instead. Helen wrote, explaining "I am getting married in September and I lost my grandfather Arthur Williams to pancreatic cancer in January. Geoff's brother Andy has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer as well. Instead of asking for presents, we would rather ask people to make donations to your organisation as we have been together for several years and have no need of a wedding list." Writing to us afterwards , Helen told us, "We got married on September 14th. We went to Las Vegas and were married by 'Elvis'. It was a wonderful day and such good fun. Sadly, though, Geoff's brother died on our wedding day, something that his family kept from us until we returned home."
	September 2007	In lieu of wedding gifts		£150
	September 2007	Women's Challenge 5k Run	London	£95
	September 2007	Charity Lunch	Finchley, London	£1,205
In the past, Lili Man and Yasmin Mithani, together with colleagues at the Finchley Memorial Hospital, London have taken over the canteen and organised an annual lunch of ethnic dishes for staff and visitors to raise funds for various charities. This year, the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund was chosen, as Lili's husband had been diagnosed with the disease. In addition to the huge array of mouth-watering dishes produced by the dedicated team of helpers, there were framed prints, hand-made bags, chutneys and donated gifts for sale. From these and a raffle, a grand total of £1,205 was raised. Lili confirmed afterwards that it was a record sum - "For us it was a very fruitful day. I am always amazed at the generosity of people".
	September 2007	Charity Lunch	Finchley, London	£1,205
	September 2007	Variety Concert	Peterborough	£865
	September 2007	Half Marathon	Bristol	£1,318
Simon Fell ran the Bristol Half Marathon one year after he had a knee operation, as a test of the surgeon's handiwork, the physio's advice - not mention his own resilience! It was also just over a year since his father-in-law, Dave Danbury, died of pancreatic cancer. We got a message from his wife Trudie after the race: "1 hour 49 minutes! Both knees intact, and overall he survived the 13.1 miles and is still able to walk round the house this evening".
	September 2007	Half Marathon	Bristol	£1,318
	August 2007	Cycle Trek	Atlantic-Med	£1,066
Bryn Jones's father, sister and close friend all died of pancreatic cancer. Bryn decided to use a planned 300mile cycling trip from Bordeaux to the Mediterranean with friend Phil to seek sponsorship, to help provide direct funds for pancreatic cancer research. Their departure from the Atlantic at Bordeaux was in a cloudburst. But eleven days and 315 miles later, under a scorching sun and cloudless sky, they successfully reached their destination of Gruissan to dip toes into the Mediterranean. The final total raised was £1066. Bryn commented "Not bad considering it was done in some haste. Several of the emailed appeals went out from internet cafes we managed to find when actually on the road!"
	August 2007	Cycle Trek	Atlantic-Med	£1,066
	August 2007	Cycle Trek	London-Bologna	£900
Kieran Smith and his father Kevin undertook a 1,000 mile cycling trek from London Bridge to Bologna. Kieran told us "I'm doing this for the hell of it and to raise some much needed cash for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. My mum died in November 2005 and we want to help fund research into beating this little known but devastating disease. We start pedalling from London Bridge toward the coast on 5th August. The route will take us through France, up and over the Alps, across Switzerland and finally to Bologna, Italy…all by 31st August. At this point, I fly home, leaving my dad to carry on down Italy, into Greece and then through Turkey!" "The weight of my fully packed bike means that even a gentle slope gets the thighs burning, so the Alps are going to be a real challenge."
	August 2007	Cycle Trek	London-Bologna	£900
	July 2007	Cycle Ride	Brittany-Bilbao	£4,750
	July 2007	Cycle Ride	London-Paris	£4,350
	July 2007	Charity Beauty Day	Southampton	£1,030
	July 2007	Americana Festival	Newark, Notts	£2,400
	July 2007	British 10k	London	£10,290
	July 2007	Cycle Ride	London-Southend	£3,000
	June 2007	Racing for Robert	Wigan	£15,584
	June 2007	Cycle Ride	London to Paris	£22,000
	June 2007	Property Triathlon	Eton	£7,500
	June 2007	Saxon Shore Relay	Kent	£2,810
	May 2007	Great Manchester Run	Manchester	£4,620
	May 2007	Great Edinburgh Run	Edinburgh	£630
	April 2007	Flora London Marathon	London	£6,800
	April 2007	Barn Dance	Cannock	£5,850
Denise Foster organised a Barn Dance and Buffet to raise funds for the charity in memory of her husband Steve. Aided by lots of helpers, the event was a great success, raising nearly £6,000. "I was delighted", said Denise. "The evening was well supported and everyone had a brilliant night. They really got into the barn dance spirit with their check shirts, denims, sheriff's holsters and so on."
	April 2007	Barn Dance	Cannock	£5,850
	April 2007	Pace Egging	Bury	£1,000
	March 2007	Half Marathon	Bath	£840
	March 2007	Half Marathon	Ironbridge	£4,270
Dave and Paul Candlin, Jon Harrison and Russell Lowe took part in the Ironbridge Half Marathon to raise money in memory of their long-standing friend Simon Edwards, who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 49. Russell wrote to tell us of their success - "Well, it's finally all over after 82 hard training days! The race went well for all of us...eventually!! Dave came in at 1:39:47. Paul bettered his time from last year with a time of 1:56:50, and I came in at 1:59:34, one minute better than last year. The hero of the day was Jon who, despite a sore ankle, completed his first Half Marathon in a very respectable 2:15:54."
	March 2007	Half Marathon	Ironbridge	£4,270
	February 2007	Trek	Mount Kilimanjaro	£1,400
	January 2007	Sponsored slim	GSK, Dartford	£1,350
	December 2006	Swim in the sea	Eastbourne	£150
	December 2006	Carol Singing	Rutland	£1,700
The Rutland Singers collected £1,700 from their carol singing performances, thanks to the generosity of guests at Hambleton Hall, Oakham and The George Hotel, Stamford. The quintet have formed as a carol singing group for the last 12 years, to raise money for a different charity each year. Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund was chosen this time by group member Paul Latchford, whose sister-in-law died of pancreatic cancer in 2004.
	December 2006	Carol Singing	Rutland	£1,700
	November 2006	Skydive - Mathew Robinson	Maidstone	£1,595
	October 2006	Table Top Sale	Lytham St. Annes	£1,517
	October 2006	Skydive - Pat Sanger	Hinton	£1,686
	October 2006	Great South Run	Portsmouth	£548
	October 2006	Tandem Bike Ride	Lake District	£420
	October 2006	Robin Wilkie Memorial Cycle	Glasgow-Edinburgh	£2,606
	September 2006	Skydive - Rosie Guthrie + dad	Maidstone	£972
Rosie Guthrie and her dad Steve Barfield decided they wanted to do something exciting and a bit different for Rosie's 18th birthday celebrations. Some kind of parachute jump was discussed. As well as providing a challenge, Steve and Rosie saw this as an opportunity to raise money for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund. PCRF was founded in memory of Alan Blanks, a former colleague and friend of Steve. As it was adventure they were aiming for, Rosie and Steve decided on an accelerated freefall jump, which involves a full day's ground training before skydiving solo from 10,000 feet. Their approach to sponsorship-seeking was equally bold. A vaguely addressed letter to Jimmy Savile resulted in a cheque for £100. Reporting on their experience afterwards, Steve wrote - "Rosie and I really enjoyed our day. You can read all about it at http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/barfblog/jumpStory.html. Turn the sound on for the freefall page and see if you can read it in the time it takes to fall one mile."
	September 2006	Skydive - Rosie Guthrie + dad	Maidstone	£972
	September 2006	Skydive - Derek Scobbie	Bicester	£235
	August 2006	Skydive - Peter Saunders	Salisbury	£805
	August 2006	Triathlon	London	£2,605
	August 2006	Skydive - Emma Knox	Salisbury	£600
	July 2006	Skydive - Kevin Wilkins + 5	Brackley	£3,020
	July 2006	Charity Beauty Day	Southampton	£603
	July 2006	British 10k	London	£6,605
	June 2006	Summer Garden Party	Middlesex	£2,500
	June 2006	Skydive - Emma Wright	Brigg	£705
	June 2006	Summer Garden Party	Audlem	£5,160
	June 2006	Exhibition Tennis Match	Weybridge	£450
	May 2006	Great Manchester Run	Manchester	£3,173
	May 2006	Charity Golf Day	Hadley Wood	£420
	May 2006	Skydive - Jo Thurston	Nottingham	£1,334
	April 2006	Disco Supper	Wigan	£4,425
	March 2006	Half Marathon	Liverpool	£1,169
Richard Jelfs decided to run for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund because his grandfather is terminally ill with the disease. He wrote to say, "I've always wanted to do a run for charity, but somehow never managed to get round to it. This seemed like the ideal opportunity to start." Completing his debut charity run in 1 hour 43 minutes and raising £1,169 seems to have given him the taste - "This was my first race but I think I'll do another one in the near future and maybe raise some more money for PCRF."
	March 2006	Half Marathon	Liverpool	£1,169
	March 2006	Frank Harmer 10k Race etc.	South London	£421
	November 2005	Coffee Morning	Saffron Walden	£1,294
	October 2005	Himalaya Challenge	Nepal	£793
	October 2005	Charity Bike Ride etc.	Glasgow-Edinburgh	£4,050
	October 2005	Marathon	Dublin	£1,243
Lorraine Perryman lost her father to pancreatic cancer, and was keen to support the charity's work. Having completed her local Plymouth Half Marathon successfully, she decided to take on a full marathon. Not only that, but she talked six of her friends into doing it with her. Lorraine and friends Diane Roy, Ian Hick, Dawn Mckay, Debbie Smith, Terry and Caroline Chegwyn - collectively known as Lainy's Loonies - all finished the Dublin Marathon and raised £1,243.
	October 2005	Marathon	Dublin	£1,243
	October 2005	Table top sales	Lytham St. Anne's	£1,376
Lizzie Willis put her considerable experience at organising table top sales in her local church to the benefit of PCRF and raised £1,376 in memory of her sister Marion Child, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2005. Marion's husband John was part of the stalwart band of helpers who made the event such a success.
	October 2005	Table top sales	Lytham St. Anne's	£1,376
	Sept 2005	Great North Run	Newcastle	£470
	Sept 2005	Children's Great North Run	Newcastle	£371
	August 2005	Triathlon	London	£2,434
	July 2005	British 10k London Run	London	£910
After a close family member was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Caroline and Michel Legros were keen to raise awareness of the disease, as well as raise money for the charity.They signed up for the British 10k London Run and raised £910 for the charity.
	July 2005	British 10k London Run	London	£910
	July 2005	Sponsored walk	Bretton	£324
Friends and family raised £324 from a sponsored walk around the Bretton area in Cambridgeshire, organised by Doreen Dare. Doreen was raising funds in memory of her husband Robin, who died of pancreatic cancer in July 2004.
	July 2005	Sponsored walk	Bretton	£324
	July 2005	Car Boot Sale	Market Overton	£540
	June 2005	Celebration of life party	London	£1,465
Sue Hastings raised £1,465 with friends and family from a celebration of life party in memory of her husband Derek, who died of pancreatic cancer who died in 2005.
	June 2005	Celebration of life party	London	£1,465
	May 2005	Who Wants To Be a Millionaire	Worthing	£1,300
	April 2005	In lieu of birthday presents	Edington	£140
For her 40th birthday, Caroline Hurley organised an ABBA theme party, complete with ABBA tribute band. Instead of presents, she asked friends to give a donation to PCRF in memory of her father, and raised £140.
	April 2005	In lieu of birthday presents	Edington	£140
	February 2005	Thames Meander	Reading-London	£10,000
On Christmas Day 2004, Camilla Fraser-Gausden braved the cold to do a sponsored swim in the sea at Eastbourne. She raised £130 for PCRF in memory of her Grandfather's wife, Julian. Julian's son, Peter Burrell, continued the family's support by undertaking the Thames Meander in February 2005. This is not the gentle stroll the event's name suggests, but a gruelling 54 mile cross-country run between Reading and London. Sponsorship of Peter raised £10,000.
	February 2005	Thames Meander	Reading-London	£10,000
	January 2005	Charity of the Month	Edington	£154
Sheila Andrew's husband Alan was a talented artist. He died of pancreatic cancer in February 2004. Sheila had a selection of his paintings made into cards, which she sold over Christmas, raising £25. In addition, the congregation of her local church, Edington Priory Church, made us their charity of the month in January 2005, raising £154.50.
	January 2005	Charity of the Month	Edington	£154
	Winter 2005	Bridge Playing Group	Audlem	£150
By contributing £1 per week each to their charity fund during the winter when they meet to play bridge, the Audlem Bridge Playing Group raised £150, in memory of Helen Latchford, who had been a member of the group.
	Winter 2005	Bridge Playing Group	Audlem	£150
	December 2004	Sponsored swim	Eastbourne	£130
On Christmas Day 2004, Camilla Fraser-Gausden braved the cold to do a sponsored swim in the sea at Eastbourne. She raised £130 for PCRF in memory of her Grandfather's wife, Julian. Julian's son, Peter Burrell, continued the family's support by undertaking the Thames Meander in February 2005. This is not the gentle stroll the event's name suggests, but a gruelling 54 mile cross-country run between Reading and London. Sponsorship of Peter raised £10,000.
	December 2004	Sponsored swim	Eastbourne	£130
	December 2004	Christmas cards	Edington	£25
Sheila Andrew's husband Alan was a talented artist. He died of pancreatic cancer in February 2004. Sheila had a selection of his paintings made into cards, which she sold over Christmas, raising £25. In addition, the congregation of her local church, Edington Priory Church, made us their charity of the month in January 2005, raising £154.50.
	December 2004	Christmas cards	Edington	£25
	December 2004	In lieu of Xmas cards	Wirral	£43
We also benefited from the Christmas thoughtfulness of the LMS Team in the Education Department, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, who decided to make a donation to charity instead of sending each other Christmas cards. They raised £43.50.
	December 2004	In lieu of Xmas cards	Wirral	£43
	October 2004	10K run	Hyde Park	£8,930
	October 2004	Memorial Concert	Aberystwyth	£3,845
	September 2004	Bowlathon	Worthing	£1,800
	September 2004	Rotary Club	Shepherd's Bush	£1,000
	July 2004	Sponsored Walk	Hadrian's Wall	£250
	June 2004	Reunion Summer Lunch Party	Hertford	£1,300
	Summer 2004	Family Activity Day	Swansea	£1,000
	Summer 2004	Triathlon	Bournemouth	£6,400
Simon Bound, Robert Blaxland and Sean Capstick of Morgan Stanley, raised £3,200 in memory of their former colleague, Cynthia Sparrow, by successfully completing the Bournemouth Triathlon in Summer 2004. Morgan Stanley's Matching programme meant that the final donation to the charity was £6,400.
	Summer 2004	Triathlon	Bournemouth	£6,400
	Summer 2004	Half Marathon	Plymouth	£85
Lorraine Perryman raised £85 for running the Plymouth Half Marathon in Summer 2004, in memory of her father. In her letter to the charity, she wrote "You can be sure that if I am mad enough to enter a full marathon in the future, any sponsorship that I am able to raise will come your way." Mad or not, Lorraine has just got in touch again to tell us that she has indeed entered for the Dublin Marathon in October 2005, and will be running the 2005 Plymouth Half Marathon as part of her training! Not only that, but she has talked six of her friends into running with her! If you would like to sponsor Lorraine and her team, please get in touch with us at PCRF.
	Summer 2004	Half Marathon	Plymouth	£85
		Golf Day		£100
Norman Bennett and Ian Alexander used their annual Golf Day with old friends and colleagues to raise £100 for PCRF.
		Golf Day		£100
		Dress Down Fridays	RBS, Southend	£750
Pauline Campton nominated the charity to her company, The Royal Bank of Scotland in Southend, for inclusion in the weekly dress down day collections made by the staff. Their generosity resulted in donations of £750.
		Dress Down Fridays	RBS, Southend	£750
		Cake Stand	Edinburgh	£100
Rosie Blair raised £100 for the charity in memory of her father by organising a cake stall at Edinburgh Art College where she is studying.
		Cake Stand	Edinburgh	£100
		Table top sales		£2,007
Marion and John Child organised a number of table top sales at Marion's local church. Along with donations from friends, relatives and the congregation, Marion - herself diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2003 - raised £2007.
		Table top sales		£2,007