The brilliant Tony Smith and his wonderful wife Kay took on an amazing adventure in 2019 to raise funds for us.
They took part in the Pompeii or bust rally. 150 cars, 1535 miles in just 5 days!
Tony and Kay have been supporters of the charity for some years and have been raising funds and awareness
They have raised a magnificent £3,500 to date
You can follow their future fundraising on Twitter and Instagram @RallyBTC
In 2016 Liz Gurney very sadly lost her dad Derek to cancer, in his memory she wanted to do something to help families of other cancer sufferers and raise awareness. So she set herself a challenge to raise £10,000 before she turns 40 for us.
So far Lizzie has been set a number of increasingly loony challenges to persuade you good people to part with your cash. So far she has walked the length of the Shropshire Union Canal, lots of runs and walks, has spent the entire of November 2017 dressed as a unicorn amongst lots of other fun events.
The plans for 2018 included Hobby Horse eventing, 9K Open Water swim, 3 peaks challenge and many more.
Liz spent much of 2019 doing more crazy events to raise funds leading up to a wonderful Magical Balls Ball with Mermaids, Unicorns and Dragons!
To date Liz has raised a massive £11,206 and aims to raise more! So if you would like to donate to Lizzies Looney Challenge please do so here
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
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
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!
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…..
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.
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
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 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