Branch Report September 2015
It’s remarkable to think that this time last year we were celebrating reaching the £50,000 milestone to have now raised just under £75,000!! September is a big month for us as it brings a big change. After two years of careful consideration, from September 2015 we’ll be changing our name from Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research to Bloodwise. It’ll help us do even more for people with blood cancer. So while our name will change, you can rest assured that what we do will stay the same.
This is national change, and we will remain as the Winterton and District Branch, but under the name of Bloodwise. To find out more about why we're taking this big step there’s lots of information on the national website www.bloodwise.org.uk and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. We look forward to becoming Bloodwise with you.
In July we officially launched our Skydive to Beat Blood Cancer partnership with Skydive Hibaldstow. We had eight inspirational jumpers skydive from 15,000 raising over £2,500 – we even had a special celebrity guest when Emmerdale’s Chris Chittell (Eric Pollard) came along to support our jumpers. We are now taking bookings for other brave thrillseekers wanting to skydive. We offer discounted jump prices of £200 which we’ll reimburse if £400 is raised in sponsorship. Please get in touch if you’re interested in giving it a go!
We’ve also been busy getting out in the community over the summer months, with stand at the Winterton 2022 Street Party in May when we raised just under £600, a rainy Appleby Fayre in June when we raised £130, and an enjoyable Winterton Show weekend in July when we raised over £400. We also received a very generous donation in August from the Phillips 66 Limited, Humber Refinery who donated £3,000 to help us beat blood cancer.
The Big Copper Count-Up also had a busy end to the school year, having left John Leggott College at the end of May raising £180, it then swiftly headed to Burton Primary school for the last few weeks of term raising just under £400. The 4ft tower is now at Winterton Co-op who are also selling books to raise further funds. If you have any unwanted books you’d like to donate please take them into the store.
We appropriately introduce our new name to the community this September throughout blood cancer awareness month and the national Small Change BIG Impact campaign. We will be holding supermarket collections during the month to show the impact that small change can have so please look out for us if you’re out shopping!
To find out more about our work and keep up to date with our events please visit our website www.beatbloodcancers.wix.com/winterton and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We’d like to give our thanks to all those in the community that continue to support our work. You can get in touch with the branch by emailing bloodwisewinterton@yahoo.co.uk