Great North Run places….

We have two places left for the Great North Run 2020 on the 13th September

The race is 13.1 miles long and is run around Newcastle upon Tyne.

This is a very special year as it is the 40th year the race has been run, so this year it will be a bigger celebration than normal.

The spectators along the route are second to none and will will you along every step of the way.

So if you think this would be something you would like to do email us today at contact@ballstocancer.com to register. Remember there are only two slots left so be quick.

Current runners are ……

Duncan Foster

Garrison Quarmby

Thomas Ward

Tickets for Our Christmas Ball 2020 are on sale now!

We have already started to plan our 2020 Christmas Ball, which this year will be heald on Friday the 27th November again in our fantastic Ramada Park Hall Hotel in Wolverhampton.

The event kicks off at 6.30pm giving you plenty of time to grab a drink from the bar and be seated for 7pm.

Our Co-Founder Susan Bates will deliver a welcome speech and introduce our very special VIP celebrity guests.

We have a fantastic Christmas themed three course dinner which will be served at 7.30pm (vegetarian option available), the best music and decoration, including some great banquet tablecloths so evertything look great this day.

Our entertainment (To be confirmed) will then lead us into a night time of fun.

Our ambassadors Scott Lyons and producer Dave will host the evening and DJ the Late night disco.

Our current celebrity guests are Packy Lee from Peaky Blinders, Lucrezia Millarini ITV news presenter, Matt Hoy Solo Artist & Tim Hogarth from Dickinsons Real deal. Many more to be added.

Currently tickets are available at our early bird discounted price so get yours now. These will be available for a limited time before they become full price. Get yours here

Tinker Wax Melts coming up roses.

The brilliant Kerry at Tinker Wax Melts has created a Balls to Cancer fragrance for her Wax melts and room sprays.

For every £2 snap bar of £4 room spray she will donate 50p, she also sells the burners and other great scents..

So get in touch with them today and get yours!

What we do….

There are many people who ask us if we are “just as testicular cancer awareness charity” The answer is no! we offer so much more…..

Our Chemotherapy Support Packs

Last year we saw that there was an urgent need to help cancer fighters going through Chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

After consulting with many of those affected we came up with our support pack.

The pack contains various items we were told would be useful and offer some degree of help against the side effects of the treatment.

We supply these packs free of charge.

The pack contains

Cooling Gel pillow

Inflatable neck support pillow

Thermometer

Anti-sickness wristbands

Disabled toilet key

Woolly Hat

Thick warm socks

Sugar free sweets

Lip Balm

Ginger biscuits

as well as a Balls to cancer #BTCHero

We constantly update the contents as we get new ideas from our fighters

If you would like a bag FOC please just email contact@ballstocancer.com and we will send one out to you.

Ten brave men bear all for Balls to Cancer

On the 15th of August 2020 at the Brierley Hill Civic Hall ten amazing men will be hosting a brilliant evening of fun.

As well as the top of the bill Full Monty from the self proclaimed “Doggie Style Boys” (because of Garys Dog grooming business PoshKutz) they have arranged a whole night of entertainment including the fabulous Facebook sensations “The Musings Of a Blackcountry Wench, The Shambolics, The Jewels Acadamy, The Vegas Showgirls, The Miss Annie Show, a live Brass band and DJ Dean!!

This whole night will cost you JUST £15 for what can only be described as the best night out in the Black Country !!

You can get your tickets from the Brierley Hill Civic box office now right here !!

The brave lads taking part are ……

Nick Gregory

Gary Farmer

Mark Robinson

Zaheer Iqbal

Will Arnold

Jason Dickens

Brian Mitton

Dave Mundon

Martin Newall

Darrell Pritchard

White Collar Boxers to raise funds for BTC

The brilliant Love of the Glove are holding a fantastic night of white collar boxing to raise funds and awareness of our charity.

The night is to be held at the Samsons Banqueting suite in Oldbury on Friday the 6th March.

There are limited tickets still available get yours now here

Doors open at 6pm and the fist bout is at 7pm

Prostate cancer now most common cancer diagnosis, new figures show

Prostate cancer has become the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England, provisional official figures show.

There were 49,029 diagnoses of prostate cancer in 2018 – 7,828 more than in the previous year, according to cancer incidence data from Public Health England (PHE).

It means the disease has overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed a decade earlier than experts had predicted.

The data also shows that there were more cancers diagnosed in 2018 in males than females – 165,228 versus 151,452. This means an average of 868 invasive cancers were diagnosed each day. 

Just over half (54.0%) of all registrations were either breast, prostate, lung or bowel cancer.

PHE said the increase in registrations of invasive cancers in males was mainly down to the “Fry and Turnbull effect” in prostate cancer. Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull went public with their diagnoses in early 2018, raising awareness in the process.

NHS clinical director for cancer Professor Peter Johnson said: “As people live longer, we’re likely to see prostate cancer diagnosed more often, and with well-known figures like Rod Stewart, Stephen Fry and Bill Turnbull all talking openly about their diagnosis, more people will be aware of the risk.

The NHS Long Term Plan is ramping up action to catch tens of thousands more cancers at early stages, and more people coming forward for checks and care means the disease increasingly is detected at an early stage, when treatment is most successful and survival chances are highest.

Source: The Independent

T. Clarke raise funds to help cancer fighters

Last year the brilliant T. Clarke Services Limited raised funds for us at their staff Christmas party with a raffle.

We are very pleased to announce that they raised a massive £3000 which will go along way towards funding vital holidays for families fighting cancer.

We would like to thank the management and staff at T. Clarke for making a huge difference in the cancer fights of those we help.

Free Making Memories Holidays for Cancer fighting families.

We have purchased two luxury holiday homes at  Haven, Burnham on Sea holiday park for the use of cancer sufferers* and their families, completely free of charge.

It has been a huge success with the holiday home being fully booked every year!

The idea behind this is for the charity to provide holidays for people/families at an already difficult time.  We hope to give well deserved breaks to those that need it, allowing them to create some happy memories.

If you know of someone fighting cancer that deserves a break get in touch today and email contact@ballstocancer.com

The caravans are six birth (three bedroom) in a lovely location with all amenities with in walking distance (or a short drive with parking for those that need it)

Please get in touch by emailing contact@ballstocancer.com if you feel this would benefit you, your family or someone you know who’s lives have been affected by this horrific disease.

To help us to keep providing this service we need your donations. You can either donate via the donate page on this website or via text by simply texting Holiday to 70085 to donate £3

Thank you

*Proof of illness required 

* No Pets Allowed

We are looking for sponsors to help us fund it….

Sponsors will be given spot on our website where they can advertise their business and this will be shared throughout our social media network of over 100,000 UK Supporters.

Sponsors can fund anything from a week to a year or beyond (as below)

Sponsor a week for £350

Sponsor a Fortnight for £600

Sponsor a month for £1100

Sponsor a year for £10,000

As you can see the more you sponsor the less you pay…