We continue to be very grateful to Ian Harvey, of Let's Go Recycle, who organises collections for us in Liverpool and raises valuable funds for us. Ian has recently sponsored a local football team and has included our logo. We wish Ian and the team well.
Visit of Rishi Sunak
We were delighted to recently meet Rishi Sunak, the MP for Richmond and Northallerton, at Archers Removals of Northallerton. Archers donate hundreds of books, which they collect from house clearances etc, to Wendy’s Wish and we are able to sell these to raise valuable funds. Mr Sunak became the chief box-packer during his visit and expressed a keen interest in the work that we do. He also thanked Archers, to whom we are enormously grateful, for the work they do in supporting Wendy’s Wish.
Visits to Liverpool
In the space of 6 months, we have been privileged to visit Liverpool twice to see how some of our funds are being used.
The first visit, in November 2023, was to meet James, the PhD student we are funding, and to renew acquaintance with other members of the LOORG staff. We were given another tour of the research labs and James explained to us in detail the work that he is carrying out.
Our second visit, yesterday, was the the St Paul’s Eye Unit, in the new Royal Liverpool University Hospital, where for the first time we saw the new ultrasound machine which Wendy’s Wish purchased. We were delighted to hear this machine described as a ‘game changer’ and to know that it is doing exactly what Wendy wanted and making a difference in diagnosing the various forms of eye cancer.
Huge thanks to all our supporters, who continue to give generously to our charity.
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RESEARCH INTO UVEAL MELANOMA.
We are delighted that Wendy's Wish is able to fund one of these PhD students at LOORG (Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group), as they continue the vital research into uveal melanoma (eye cancer). Huge thanks to everyone who continues to donate so generously to our charity.
Bag 2 Charity Collections
CLOTHING COLLECTIONS. If you wish to help us raise more money for the charity by donating your unwanted clothes, please visit www.bag2charity.co.uk to book a free collection.
Telephone number: 01609 780452.
Huge thanks to everyone who continues to support us.
Let's Go Recycle in Liverpool
HUGE thanks to Let's Go Recycle who are now organising collections on our behalf in Liverpool and the surrounding area. We're also very grateful to the staff at LOORG (Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group) for donating such a fantastic amount of clothing. Here is Ian from Let's Go Recycle collecting the donations from the staff at LOORG. Wendy would be so pleased that we have this connection with Liverpool, given how much of her treatment took place there.
Meeting Prof Sarah Coupland from LOORG
We were delighted to recently meet Prof Sarah Coupland from the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Research Group (LOORG) when she came to visit us at home. This gave us the opportunity to hand over the cheque for the latest £35,000 and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has helped us to raise this money to support their vital research.
Clothing Collections
We are hugely grateful to the three clothing companies (Smart Recycling Ltd; Eurotex Ltd and Anglo Doorstep Collections) who continue to make regular collections in various areas of the country (North Yorkshire and surrounding area; West Yorkshire and the South of England) because the money they raise enables us to carry on supporting cancer patients and their families, as well as making donations to further the work of eye tumour research.
These are booked collections and they are advertised on community facebook pages, where all details are given about how to book a collection.
Many thanks to everyone who has already donated clothes etc and thank you in advance to those who plan to donate in the future. We really appreciate your invauable support.
Happy Christmas
We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and to say the biggest thank you for the amazing support you have given to Wendy's Wish this year. It has been a year like no other but, thanks to your generosity, we have raised in excess of £27,000, in spite of having to cancel our planned ball. We are hugely grateful to Smart Recycling Ltd, Anglo Recycling Company Ltd and Eurotex Ltd for continuing to organise clothes collections and for raising the vast majority of this year's money. Take care everyone and stay safe.
LIVERPOOL OCULAR ONCOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
We are delighted to be able to help these wonderful people with their continuing research into all forms of ocular melanoma (eye cancer) and their mission to improve patient care and survival. We would like to say another HUGE thank everyone who has supported us so generously, thus enabling us to make this donation of £10,000. Disappointingly, at the moment, we are unable to visit the LOORG team in Liverpool but hope to be able to sometime next year.
