We would please like you to join us with our #ThumbsUp campaign and tweet or Facebook us a picture with your thumbs up in support of the 1/4 million new cancer fighters in the UK every year!

Lets show those friends and family of ours that they are not alone in this fight, we at Balls to cancer and our #Teamnuts supporters are there to help and support them in anyway we can.

Stronger Together!

Anytime…. Every time!

Please join our fabulous celebrity supporters & ambassadors

Austin Armacost, Alfie Boe, Dave Berry, Louis Emerick, Matt Hoy, Paul Chuckle & Steve Clamp!

Send us your picture and we’ll add them here !

Many of our friends and family have either beaten cancer or are currently fighting cancer or have sadly been killed by that vile disease.

We aim to celebrate them all by listing them here on our BTC Hero wall! so if you have a cancer hero. Tweet us or Facebook us their names with the hashtag #BTCHero and we will add them to our list below, there they will remain for eternity!

We’ll start it off with some of our own heroes

#BTCHeroes 

Geoff Bates

Peter Knight

Doris Philips

Norman Darby

Dan Kelly

Caroline Glover

Paul Raymond

Nigel Smith

Anthony Hall

As we step in to 2018 we look forward to another year of supporting and helping families with cancer. Every year we are called upon to help more and more families.

. We are here to lend a friendly ear to anyone with cancer worries or who themselves or family members are fighting cancer.

. We are here to offer helping hand to families struggling to cope with the stresses, strains and financial burdens cancer brings.

. We are here to give free making memories holidays to cancer fighting families in our 3 bed luxury holiday home in Burnham On Sea to enable them to create essential memories to keep forever.

. We can arrange wonderful dream days out for those terminally ill. Anything from meeting a hero to dancing with the stars, if you want it we will arrange it.

Don’t forget we can also supply you with hardcopy and digital versions of our posters to help you get our message to your workplace, school, college or university.

So please pass on our details to anyone you think we can help and please talk to your friends and work colleges, you never know who you will help.

Finally to keep doing what we do, we need you to help us with raising funds and donating to us. Anything you can afford would be gratefully received.

A few pictures from last weeks Christmas Ball! They’re great!

We are so pleased to announce that Quadrophenia star the legend that is Phil Daniels has kindly agreed to join us as Patron.

We are hoping Phil will help us reach a wider audience helping get to more of the people that need our help.

Phil is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as Londoners such as the lead role of Jimmy Cooper in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Danny in Breaking Glass, Mark in Meantime, Billy the Kid in Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Grandad Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel Rock & Chips. He is also known for featuring on Blur’s 1994 hit single “Parklife”.

Our Christmas ball 2017 will be on Friday the 17th November, we are very pleased to announce we are having the ball at the beautiful Ramada Park Hall Hotel in Wolverhampton.

The night will begin at 7pm with our fantastic Christmas themed three course turkey dinner (with a vegetarian alternative if requested) followed by Tea, coffee and Mince pies while the evenings entertainment begins.

Co- Founder Susan Bates will welcome our guests and VIP’s

Our host for the evening Scott Lyons will take over and introducing the first of our three acts for the evening Conor McKenna a fantastic vocalist who was recently on the BBC’s Pitch Battle.

Following Conor will be the wonderful Casey & Dave “Bonded by Blood” singing in memory of our wonderful friend Caroline Glover who sadly we lost to cancer earlier this year.

The final act is the brilliant Benidorm Stylistics to start you dancing the night away.

Scott will then finish the night with a superb disco until the early hours!

There is NO auction and NO raffle, we ask you to buy a ticket and just come along and enjoy yourself.

Get your tickets HERE.

Our VIP guests currently include…….

Chelsea Singh – Big Brother, Posh Pawn, How Did You get so Rich

Dee Kelly – Benefit St, Big Brother

Jamie Reed & Jade Lewis –  The Only Way is Essex

Jamie O’Hara – Footballer (Spurs/Wolves) / Big Brother

Paul Chuckle – The Chuckle Brothers

Heavy D – Big Brother

Tommy Cannon – Cannon & Ball

Sandra Martin – Gogglebox

Mel Eves – Wolves Legend

Steve Clamp – Central News

 McColl’s today announces that on 14^th October 2017 it will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration to relaunch its Belbroughton store, which has undergone a major refurbishment.

The store will open, as normal from 6am on Saturday 14^th October 2017, and an official ribbon-cutting ceremony will commence from 10.00am with the store team and members of the local community in attendance to complete the honours.

The refreshed convenience store will offer an improved range of products, predominantly across McColl’s’ chilled, fresh and bakery offerings. The look of the store has been transformed by new refrigeration facilities, flooring, shelving and imagery to give customers a more modern and comfortable shopping experience.

Dave Thomas, Chief Operating Officer, McColl’s, said:

“Having traded in Belbroughton for a number of years, we felt it was time to give our store a new look and to improve the product range for local customers. We look forward to providing the Belbroughton community with a full range of amenities and neighbourhood services at a competitive price.”

 As part of the relaunch celebrations on 14^th October 2017, there will be goodie bag giveaways for the first 100 customers from 10.00am and there will be activities laid on for children, with a face-painter (or Balloon Modeller) at the store from 10.00am until 1.00pm.

Underlining McColl’s’ ongoing commitment to give back to the local communities which it serves, the Belbroughton store will be raising money for Balls to Cancer as part of its charity fundraising programme, Making a Difference Locally.

 McColl’s is a leading neighbourhood retailer in the independent managed sector running 1,601-convenience and newsagent stores. There are 1283 McColl’s branded UK convenience stores as well as 318 newsagents branded Martin’s, except in Scotland where we operate under our heritage brand, RS McColl. In addition, we are also the largest operator of Post Offices in the UK.

Now that the summer is drawing to a close its time to look ahead to the most wonderful time of the year! On Sunday 3rd December, 4,000 Santas will be running 5 or 10km around Victoria Park to raise money for their favourite charity and there’s still time to get your supporters involved!

This is the perfect event for all the family with our mini 200m Santa run for children under 8 years old and children aged 8-17 can take part in the main run for a discounted registration fee. You don’t have to be super-fit to take part, your supporters can choose to run or walk and the route is pushchair and wheelchair friendly so it’s open to everyone – they can even bring the dog along!

There will be fun and festive activities throughout the day including a costume competition for those who are really getting into the Christmas spirit and all runners (including the mini ones) will receive a free Santa costume to run in and a medal to remind them of this magical day!

Email; Contact@ballstocancer.com to sign up (£50) no minimum sponsorship charge, just raise as much as you can.

We are pleased to announce the complete Balls to Cancer Ladies FC team along with a list of their sponsors.

We do have sponsorship opportunities available from as little as £20 per season. Get in touch if you would like to get involved.

Email us at BTCLFC@ballstocancer.com for more information.

Our main team sponsors are……

Home kit and Home ground sponsor Alwin Ltd 

Away kit sponsor Matt Hoy 

Training Kit Sponsor NJT First Aid Training & Qualifications

Our Team…….

1 – Amy Pooler sponsored by  The Wheatsheaf Public House

2 – Nicole Hill Sponsored by GJ Butler Cleaning Services

3 – Kellie Hill sponsored by  HeadSetGo 

4 – Nicola Evans Sponsored by Simmons Barbers 

5 – Shelby Lees Sponsored by Simmons Barbers

6 – Alex Bates sponsored by  Krystal PR 

8 –  Sophie Nuttall sponsored by  Navigate Councilling 

9 – Ami-Louise Postin sponsored by  M. Evans Transport Services Ltd

10 – Leah George sponsored by  Navigate Coaching

11 – Abbey Willingdale sponsored by East Midlands Owls 

12 – Cath Postin Sponsored by Tass from TT Travel

14 – Nikki Tranter sponsored by  Hills Florest

15 – Sian Pilkington Sponsored by Simmons Barbers 

19 – Rachel Smith Sponsored in Memory of Peter Knight

20 – Lauren Hickman Sponsored by Simmons Barbers 

21- Ann-Marie Abbotts

22- Stacey Russell Sponsored by Strikeurbestpose.co.uk

24 – Charlotte Pardoe Sponsored by Hair Chic Boutique 

25 – Lucy Spurrier

26 – Dhaine Rose-Laing

27 – Amy Higginson Sponsored by AA Helicopters

Manager – Mark Bates Sponsored by Stuart Rowlingson 

Thank you for your support