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Ten brave men bear all for Balls to Cancer

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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…

 

Do You Have The Balls to Skydive for us???

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Take On the challenge of a lifetime from 10,000ft !!

Enjoy the exhilaration and unforgettable feeling of a Skydive – Flying through the clouds from over 10,000ft at up to 120 mph.

We are looking for thrill seeking fundraisers to take on this once in a lifetime challenge and if you raise enough sponsorship you can jump for free!!

You will be strapped to your British Parachute Association tandem instructor who does all the hard work for you, leaving you to enjoy the invigorating feeling of free fall before gliding to the ground.

More experienced? Try static line where you will complete a solo jump from 3,000ft, with your parachute pulled automatically as you leave the aircraft, or the accelerated free fall, with the thrill of skydiving solo from up to 12,000ft !

You can jump from one of over 20 BPA airfields across the UK and no experience is necessary as training will be given before you jump.

The incredible challenge will give you the biggest adrenaline rush you could ever imagine as you soar through the air knowing you have helped raise invaluable funds for Balls to Cancer.

So what are you waiting for ?? Book HERE now!

Balls To Cancer Christmas Ball 2019

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On Friday the 29th of November we celebrated our 8th annual Christmas ball where the New Life Rockeries will attend after all the help they have done with so many patients. We enjoyed great food and brilliant entertainment with hundreds of guests including many of the cancer fighters we have supported throughout the year and some amazing celebrity guests who gave their time to join us.

Our celebrity guests included, Matt Hoy, Annette Badland, Steve Clamp, The Malone family, Ryan Antony, Dee Kelly, Luke Jerdy and Daisy Wood-Davis

We are very grateful to everyone who came along to dance the night away with us!

We are already planning our 2020 ball (27th November) tickets are now on sale on our store here

Fancy a Bungee???

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Ever fancied doing a Bungee Jump? Well make 2019 the year you do it and raise money to help us with our fight against cancer.

We have several locations across the country….

TAMWORTH

160ft jump (minimum sponsorship £100)

Dates 2nd  or 3rd March, 8th & 9th June, 31st August, 1st September, 16th & 17th November

MIDDLESBROUGH

160ft Jump Over Water – (Minimum sponsorship £150)

Dates 10th March, 14th April, 5th May, 9th June, 14th July, 11th August, 15th September, 13th October & 1st December

MAIDENHEAD

160ft Jump Over Water – (Minimum sponsorship £150)

Dates 16th & 17th February, 1st & 2nd June, 14th September & 7th December

300ft Jump Over Water – (Minimum sponsorship £200)

Dates 20th & 21st April, 15th & 16th June, 5th & 6th October

BELFAST

160ft Jump (Minimum sponsorship £100)

Dates 3rd & 4th August

CLIFF, WARWICKSHIRE

160ft Jump (minimum sponsorship £!00)

Dates 2nd & 3rd March, 8th & 9th June, 31st August, 1st September, 16th & 17th November

BRIGHTON

160ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £100)

Dates 11th & 12th May, 7th & 8th September

BRISTOL

160ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £100)

Dates 18th & 19th May, 19th & 20th October

BEDFORD

160ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £100)

Dates 18th & 19th May, 28th & 29th September

LONDON

160ft Jump (Minimum sponsorship £150)

Dates 23rd & 24th February, 23rd & 24th March, 4th, 5th & 6th May, 25th & 26th May, 22nd & 23rd June, 20th & 21st July, 31st August, 1st September, 21st & 22nd September, 26th & 27th October, 23rd & 24th November 14th & 15th December

SALFORD

160ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £100)

Dates 2nd February, 6th & 7th April, 29th & 30th June, 17th & 18th August, 26th & 27th October, 7th December

KNUTSFORD

300ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £150)

Dates 11th & 12th May, 27th & 28th July, 28th & 29th September

GLASGOW

160ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £100)

Dates 1st & 2nd June, 5th & 6th October

CHEPSTOW

400ft Jump (Minimum Sponsorship £200)

24th, 25th & 26th August

Special Activities…..

Awesome foursome- Zipwire, Abseil, Powerfan & Bungee (Minimum Sponsorship £150)

Triple Whammy- Zipwire, Abseil & Powerfan (minimum Sponsorship £100)

Indoor Bungee (minimum sponsorship £100)

ROTHERHAM ONLY

Dates 9th February, 9th March, 13th April, 4th May, 8th June, 13th July, 10th August, 14th September, 12th October, 2nd November, 30th November

 

Balls to Cancer team up with the brilliant Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

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To mark Male Health Awareness month, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched a campaign to tackle testicular cancer, which is growing, with diagnoses doubling over the last 30 years. The brand has partnered with the Balls to Cancer charity to urge drivers to check themselves regularly – just like they would with a van service.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has created a TV advert with London-based production company Outside, directed by Jim Gilchrist, that uses its Working With You promise to remind men of the importance of getting themselves checked regularly. To view the video please visit https://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/balls-to-cancer.

To make this promise real, the manufacturer has also kitted out a Crafter as a mobile clinic to tour Van Centres; information about instahard will be available on site, and a Balls to Cancer representative and healthcare practitioner will offer advice on self-examination – or answer any other awkward questions on the subject.

According to askhealthnews the UK records around 2,500 cases of testicular cancer every year* – equivalent to more than six a day – yet 98 per cent of cases can be cured if caught early enough. Despite this, research shows men have their hair cut more often than they check their balls.

Sarah Cox, Head of Marketing at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, said: “Our customers’ vans are critical to their livelihoods, both professionally and personally. If there was something wrong with their van it could result in loss of work. It’s no wonder then that our customers are quick to get their van checked even at the smallest sign of an issue.

“But they don’t always apply that same urgency if they find a lump on their testicles. By partnering with Balls to Cancer we’d like men everywhere to take their own health as seriously as they take their vans. A problem with your van could result in the loss of work; testicular cancer could result in the loss of life. You get your van checked, so why not yourself?”

Mark Bates, Balls To Cancer co-founder, said: “We’re delighted to receive the support of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles during Male Health Awareness month. Traditionally men find it hard to talk about things like this but we’re proud to speak out and spread this life-saving message.”

The tour began at Volkswagen Group UK’s Head Office, Milton Keynes on 1 November, and is set to visit a number of Van Centres across England throughout Male Health Awareness Month. Locations include Birmingham Volkswagen Van Centre (5 November), Vindis Van Centre, Northampton (12 November), Cordwallis Van Service Centre, Maidenhead(19 November) and Volkswagen Van Centre, Manchester (26 November). Members of the public can visit any participating Van Centre on the specified date**. To find out more keep an eye on www.facebook.com/VolkswagenCommercialVehiclesUK/ or visit https://ballstocancer.co.uk.

For more details on Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ award-winning range of products and services, or to find your nearest Van Centre, please visit www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk