Clare has set herself the challenge of tackling the 50km Thames path challenge. The ultra-challenge is described as ‘scenic but tough’ and will take walkers between 10-16 hours to walk. The route starts in Bishops Park, over Putney Bridge, past Hampton Court and meanders along the river to Runnymede Pleasure Ground, Egham.
Good luck Clare and thank you for choosing to fundraising in aid of our work.
Support Clare via her Justgiving page.
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From Gina:
Myself and Nick are going to walk the West Highland Way in July to raise money for liver cancer and problems associated with it, such as uncontrollable bleeding during/after surgery. The walk is 96 miles in total and we will be doing it over 7 days.
Day 1 Milngavie ~ Balmaha (16 miles)
Day 2 Balmaha ~ Inverarnan (25 miles)
Day 3 Inverarnan ~ Tyndrum (12 miles)
Day 4 Tyndrum ~ Kingshouse (19 miles)
Day 5 Rest Day
Day 6 Kingshouse ~ Kinlochleven (9 miles)
Day 7 Kinlochleven ~ Fort William (15 miles)
I lost my lovely dad back in 2000 at the young age of 43. I am now the same age that he was when he first got symptoms so I thought it was a poignant year to complete a challenge and raise lots of money in his memory. He went through so much and so a few blisters and aches won’t do me any harm!
The money will go to our chosen charity, Pelican Cancer Foundation, the funds will be transferred once the walk is complete and I will update my page once this is done. Our money is going towards the COALS project which is directed at secondary liver cancer and the complications with this.
Thank you so much for donating, it means a lot ♡ – https://gofund.me/35b1c640
Gina and Nick x
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Richard works for Pelican as our Finance & Office Manager. If you phone or email our office, Richard picks it up. If you’ve been to one of our courses or meetings, Richard’s the smiling face that greets you (& the person swiftly disappearing to fix inevitable tech issues!). Richard makes things happen & keeps Pelican pushing forward.
Richard not only undertook Ride London-Essex 100, he doubled the difficulty & signed up to 2 events -13 days apart! After getting off the bike in London – 102.3 miles later! – he headed to Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, to complete a huge triathlon – a 1.2 mile reservoir swim, a 56 mile cycle and 13.1 mile run. You can read about his challenge and sponsor him on his page – www.justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-moore87
Results
Congratulations, all the training paid off. We are so proud!
“I am taking part in Ride London-Essex 100 and Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation. I have worked for Pelican since November 2015 and the charity means so much to me! I would be so grateful for any and all support.
Ride London-Essex 100 is a 100 mile bike ride starting in central London heading out to Essex before heading back to London to finish on Tower bridge. Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire is a triathlon comprising of a 1.2 mile swim, a 56 mile cycle and 13.1 mile run. These two events will push me to my absolute limits. I have been training since the start of the year and it had been so hard to keep motivated, but I am determined to achieve my goal of finishing both events in one piece!
Being part of the Pelican team, I have been able to see the massive impact this small charity has and it’s mind blowing! It’s ability to support medical policy change, through seed funding ground-breaking research and organising national education programmes is fantastic. Being part of the positive changes made to diagnosis and treatment for cancer patients is a privilege.
I am so proud to work for such a small but mighty charity and want to do a everything to help secure its future after such a difficult two year!”
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Jonathan took one of our charity places and rode in the 2022, RideLondon-Essex 100 event. The route was 102.3 miles starting on Victoria Embankment, touring through the Essex countryside and then returning to London for a finish at Tower Bridge.
Jonathan completed the ride in a fantastic time of 07:41:58. Thank you for being part of Team Pelican and fundraising to support our work.
Over three days of the 2022 Jubilee Weekend, 3, 4 and 5th June 2022, a team of seven intrepid members from Redco and Red Dragon took on the Three Peaks Challenge, scaling Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.
Louise, a member of the administration team at Redco (and Business Manager David’s wife) is currently living with incurable PMP. In 2014 and 2020 Louise underwent major surgeries and chemotherapy at Basingstoke Hospital to treat her condition and continues to be under the care of its amazing team. There are currently only two centres in the UK able to treat the disease, with Basingstoke leading the way thanks to its pioneering and life-saving work with Pelican.
Visit their JustGiving page and read about their training and why they are supporting Pelican.
Watch a video of how they got on – youtube.
Pictured above: Mr Brendan Moran, Louise & David.
Pictured below in various photographs: David, Carl, Sam, Chris, Luke, James, Ross & Louise.
Chris has kindly held charity art exhibitions in aid of his two chosen charities Pelican Cancer Foundation and My Cancer My Choices. Chris has a Facebook page and regularly updates it with his latest watercolour and acrylic paintings – www.facebook.com/PaintingsbyCB. He also has an Etsy page – www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ArtbyChrisBoulton.
“I have never formally trained as an artist but have been painting watercolours all of my adult life. I enjoy doing this “on the go” but having lived a busy and active life I seldom had the time to paint, even on holidays we were always engaged in various sporting activities. The last time I added to my “collection” was after heart surgery in the late 90’s. Recently, with a grown-up family, the dubious benefits of the Covid lockdown and enforced rest due to cancer treatment I have had lots more time, always carrying my watercolour kit with me and trying to capture images when I can. If not, I simply take a photo and paint it later. As you may imagine, I have lots of photos taken over the years I haven’t painted yet!
After a diagnosis of bowel cancer in November 2020, the outlook wasn’t great but thanks to the support of an excellent medical team and being a lucky one, after two periods of treatment this has improved considerably.
The net proceeds [from the sale of my artwork] will go to Pelican Cancer Foundation and My Cancer My Choices.”
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PREVIOUS ART EXHIBITIONS
18-19/12/2021 – “I have well over 200 images painted over the last couple of years and some from before. Over 120 are featured in my December 2021 exhibition. The images in this catalogue are very small (there were so many to fit in!) and don’t really do the paintings justice, they also look so much better mounted. Do come along to meet me and see them at The Base at Greenham Business Park if you can. All the originals are for sale and prints too. The net proceeds will go to Pelican Cancer Foundation and My Cancer My Choices.
“I have my own style and know this won’t be to everyone’s liking. I hope you will enjoy looking even if not buying but please do buy if you can, to support two charities that do so much to help with the fight against cancer. Originals are a minimum of £30 and prints a fixed price of £15, both mounted but feel free to pay more if you wish!” – Charity Art Exhibition Catalogue Dec 2021
21-22/05/2022 –“I am delighted and proud to say that as I am now an accredited artist this is part of Open Studios West Berkshire and North Hampshire. For this exhibition I have had a primary focus on producing several very large images painted in acrylics on canvas, all of mountains or views from the mountains – I have really enjoyed doing these and I have to say are best seen in person. The images here simply don’t do them justice! All of the paintings are on canvas and available as originals only. I am supporting two charities again – Pelican Cancer Foundation and My Cancer My Choices.
I hope you enjoy my paintings and will be interested in buying in aid of my chosen charities but of course I am more than happy for you to just take a look. Those that are already sold are noted in this catalogue and will be clearly marked during the exhibition. For all the paintings there is a “reserve” price I have in mind but I hope buyers will be generous. I really won’t be offended by any offer, so if you are interested contact me or talk to me at the exhibition. I will also be painting another large mountain image over the weekend of the exhibition so please come along and see the creation of a new picture in real-time…” – Charity Art Exhibition Catalogue May 2022
The Boys at Tonbridge organise various charitable fundraising events throughout the year, for various charities. We were delighted to be picked by the school prefects who organised a darts tournament named “Darts with the Praes”. They raised a brilliant £365.04. Thank you for choosing Pelican and supporting our work.
Nikki and Phoebe set the challenge to walk 10,000 steps a day throughout March –10,000 steps was no walk in the park, much, much longer in fact as both spent much of their day sat behind a desk. Their challenge was in support of their friend Chloe, was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer in 2020, and received treatment at Basingstoke and North Hampshire hospital.
Despite being dogged by Covid they have managed to hit their daily target of 10,000 steps a day, which is tremendous. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nikki-allen7. Phoebe also wrote a poem about their challenge.
Thank you for supporting Pelican Cancer Foundation – keep marching!
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Kristen set herself the personal challenge of running 30 miles in the month of January, in support of her friend Chloe, who was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in March 2020.
Kristen set up a JustGiving page and steadily ticked off the miles (despite of the rather cold and wet, wintery weather we experienced!). Kristen raised a magnificent £1,040.00 + £195.00 Gift Aid via her fundraising page.
Thank you.
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For the last three years Nikki has baked mince pies for Peaberry Coffee in December. They were available in return for a donation in the Pelican pot. However, this year due to the pandemic, she switched to bagging up her festive treats and set up a JustGiving page for any donations – www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nikki-mincepies. She collected a superb £120 and we are very grateful for her continuing support.
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Jackie and Anna took part in the Lyme Regis Plunge on New Year’s Day. They braved the cold and choppy sea for an exhilarating dip, all in aid of Pelican.
The pair raised £230 and we are in awe of their cold fundraising challenge.
Thank you ever so much.
Two friends, Dan and Martin, cycled 133 miles from Lichfield to Lightwater to raise money in honour of a dear friend, Jemily, who sadly died from a rare cancer. Pelican was chosen as one of the charities to benefit from their amazing achievement. (www.facebook.com/Lich2light/)
The duo completed the cycle in 11 hours, with 9 hours spent on the saddle, and raised more than £8,000. An amazing achievement and effort.
Thank you so much to Laura for completing The Nationwide Building Society New Swindon Half Marathon in September, in just under 2 hours 22 minutes for Pelican! A tremendous achievement.
A-Plan Insurance: A-Plan Basingstoke Commercial Team selected us as their charity of the year in 2019 and have been very busy with an array of fundraising activities for Pelican Cancer Foundation.
Three members of staff held a sponsored golf day which involved 4 rounds of golf, one after the other, and an incredible 18.4 miles of walking over 14 hour time period. For this event, they raised over £550.00. They also held a sponsored gaming event that lasted 12 hours and raised £100.
In addition – the Commercial Team at A-Plan completed the Supernova 5k – Bournemouth Marathon Festival on 5th October, which has so far raised over £400 for us.
We’re really enjoyed working with A Plan and thank them for all their hard work!
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Adam and Laura Alderson decided to fundraise for Pelican with an incredible Monkey Bike Challenge. Adam is a pseudomyxoma and multiple organ transplant survivor.
The couple rode two 50cc mini motorcycles over 2000 miles across the Pyrenees, through the roads of Europe through the mountains and villages and rough terrain. This has been an incredibly tough challenge – huge congratulations and thanks to Adam and Laura for completing it! Thank you.
Yorkshire Yaks Monkey Run ?
This year Laura and I will be riding two 50cc mini motorcycles called “Monkey Bikes” 2000 miles across the #Pyrenees, we will be taking the goat tracks and small roads through the mountains and small villages. Laura has never ridden a motorbike in her life ? we’ll carry all our “ stuff “ in a tank bag and panniers with no support. It will be hot, long days riding and fairly uncomfortable. This year we will be supporting Pelican Cancer Foundation these guys play a huge part into the research and development of #pseudomyxoma treatment and below the belt cancers, Brendan Moran was the man who put me forward for transplant and saved my life now let’s help them help others like me.
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Lydia took part in the Wales Ironman in Tenby, Pembrokeshire for us on 15th September 2019 and raised over £1,080.
An Ironman is a 70.3mile event split into three disciplines: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile cycle and 13.1 mile run. The Pembrokeshire course is an ocean swim, hilly bike and hilly run.
Completing an Ironman is an outstanding achievement, congratulations and thank you for fundraising for Pelican.
Stephen took part in Ride London and fundraised £970 for Pelican. A brilliant achievement and fundraising total, thank you.
Amy has completed an incredible 6 ultramarathons through her ‘Running for Hannah’ Challenge – for her friend Hannah, who is battling bowel cancer.
In April 2017, Hannah was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer which metastasized to her ovaries and peritoneum. She underwent surgery and chemotherapy at North Hampshire Hospital and The Royal Marsden Hospital. All the treatment worked, and scan results were clear. But in March 2019, it returned, and Hannah is now starting some new treatment, immunotherapy, to manage the disease.
Inspired by Hannah to never stop hoping, Amy wanted to do something positive and show her support, and she did this by completing her challenge – 6 ultramarathons spelling out the name of her friend.
Well done Amy – for smashing your fundraising target for Pelican Cancer Foundation and The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity!
In February, Basi bravely stepped into the ring for a White Collar Fighter fundraising boxing event in aid of his chosen charities. So far he has raised nearly £140.00 for Pelican Cancer Foundation.
Thank you for all your hard work in training for this fight Basi, and well done!
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Shelia also kindly made and brought in a Pelican Christmas cake to the office. |
Huge thanks to Linda and Lea for organising another fantastic night rocking to Elvis classics – with Scott Elvis in support of Pelican. A great evening for all those who attended!
’12/10/2018 – Put on your ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ and ‘Jail House Rock to this fantastic night of Classic Elvis. Enjoy a ‘With a little less conversation‘.. and a delicious three-course meal and then dance along to all the classics! 7.30pm arrival for 8pm dinner. In support of Pelican Cancer Foundation & Breast Cancer Care’.
Thank you for your unwavering support.
Richard, Mark, Caroline, Joel decided to run the Great South. The run, in Portsmouth, is a 10 mile road running race. Unfortunately Richard was unable to run due to injury, but made a wonderful photographer. The quartet fundraised £993.84, plus £240 gift aid for Pelican.
Thank you!
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Pelican is an incredible charity and we are so excited to be running in support of them! The whole charity is geared up to improve the lives of bowel cancer patients and they work with doctors throughout the UK and internationally to support them to give the very best care, with the latest research findings. The charity runs workshops and conferences around the country for medical teams and funds research to enhance the care patients are receiving.
Pelican is also close to our hearts. The horrible cancers that the charity works to improve the treatment of have affected members of our family and some of our dearest friends. Without their work the treatment that they will have received would have been very different.
Please give all that you can, as every little will make a huge difference to this small but efficient charity. Pelican receives no NHS funding and everything that they are able to achieve is thanks to people like us who support them, please help ‘Pelican Pacers’ to smash our target and help more people with below the belt cancers to have the very best knowledge influencing their treatment.
PS. Even if you can’t sponsor us, please share our page to help us hit our target. You can find out more about Pelican on their website or on Facebook – please like, share and follow them to help us show more people what a great charity they are!
Phillips Basingstoke Half Marathon took place on Sunday 7th October. A team of 60 runners took part as members of Team Phillips with the aim of raising money for Pelican Cancer Foundation. Among the runners were Pelican trustees Howard Gardener, whose firm Phillips Solicitors, were the headline sponsors of the event; and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Mr Brendan Moran. This was the fifth time that Howard and Brendan have taken part in the popular, if gruelling event together!
In 2018 Phillips has chosen Pelican Cancer Foundation as their charity of the year.
The amazing Jemily Brown headed up Team Ninja as she fights Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP). Jemily (aka Jem) – was diagnosed with PMP late September 2017 and had cytoreduction and surgery at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital in October 2017. Jem left Hospital on 16th November, and 7 months later she came back to Basingstoke with her family and friends (Team Ninja) to raise money for our charity. The team completed our 2018 Summer Fun Run for Pelican and raised an outstanding £3730.00.
Thank you Team Ninja!
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Sima decided to take on the challenge of marathon training in the winter to run the London Marathon. Running in memory of her father-in law, Eddie Lowery, who fought bowel cancer with great courage and dignity 5 years ago, Sima also ran the marathon for her family in the North East, Yorkshire, UK, Iran, Dubai, and USA. Sima’s Dad has also embarked on his own journey to fight bowel cancer.
Sima smashed her target and raised a total of £1,694.13 for Pelican. Thank you Sima for this amazing achievement!
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Jonathan took his trainers out of retirement to run the 2018 London Marathon for Pelican Cancer Foundation. His colleague Tony, has been fighting bowel cancer for almost two years and so Jonathan decided to fundraise to help the charity continue their work in helping Tony and others like him battle this awful disease.
Jonathan has raised a fantastic total of £1,738.75 for Pelican and we are incredibly grateful to him for all his hard work in completing the marathon.
Tim and Catherine from our team had a great day fundraising for Pelican in the Zone Marketing table football competition and £500 was raised! Check out the highlights video from Zone Marketing Global Ltd.
A massive THANK YOU to Melanie, who took part in the Great Edinburgh Run and raised £550 in sponsorship!! We are incredibly grateful!
Intermusica’s 2017 Charity Concert held in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation raised an incredible £2,458.60!
From the Renaissance strains of Monteverdi to the luscious sonorities of Elgar, this concert showcased the unique talents of the Intermusica staff team, along with guest appearances from esteemed artists.
Highlights included a piece composed by Intermusica’s Head of International Touring, Peter Ansell, as well as a performance of the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ unforgettable Farewell to Stromness by Intermusica Managing Director, Stephen Lumsden. The evening culminated in Brahms’ stunning Geistliches Lied, originally written for choir and organ, and heard in a special arrangement for string orchestra and choir by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Intermusica were joined by a number of representatives, including Pelican CEO Sarah Crane and Head of Community Fundraising, Tim Lockwood.
View photographs from the evening on Flickr.
Thank you so much to Intermusica for a wonderful year of fundraising events in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation!
