Lydia is back with her round up of the last week of Gynae Cancer Awareness Month... Day 22 of My Gynae Month. Cancer ain't all bad, WHAT!?!? What, you can't say that! Well it's true, it gave me a new state of mind which can be summed up beautifully by two very simple words: fuck it.
Great news! GRACE has been accepted on to the AVIVA Community Fund. We have applied for a grant of £1,000 towards a TrenGuard Patient Restraint System. This equipment comfortably keeps patients in a precise position during gynae surgery, when they are in a Trendelenburg position i.e feet are elevated higher than the head. More details
A photo Sophie took whilst running across Tower Bridge Huge congratulations to Sophie who ran the London Marathon last week on behalf of GRACE! Here she describes her experience: "Marathon day came round very quickly but my training had gone well and I had comfortably got up to 20 miles a few weeks
Pandy Dean and a group of around 30 friends and family took part in the GRACE Surrey Three Peaks walk on Saturday. It was a stunning day for a magnificent walk through the glorious Surrey Countryside, conquering Holmbury Hill, Leith Hill and Box Hill in the process. The walkers set off at a cracking pace,
Jen Prince organised an amateur music concert at Finchampstead Village Hall on 29 September and raised an amazing £2,541. Jen says: ‘Wow, what a fantastic evening we had. I’d decided to organise a charity music concert raising funds and awareness to support the great work GRACE deliver and give back something to show my appreciation
Bearwood Rd, Sindlesham, Wokingham RG41 5BG Claire Tyler, Head of Dance at Reddam House in Berkshire, is hosting a Charity Fundraising Event to support Epilepsy and GRACE. Claire has been diagnosed as Epileptic for 26 years and as a teacher wanted to raise awareness of this condition amongst pupils and colleagues as it had not
The Church of St Mary, Send, held a coffee morning on Monday 17th September and all the proceeds were donated to GRACE. The coffee morning raised an amazing £197.40. Many thanks to The Church of St Mary and all those who generously supported the coffee morning.
Thank you Waitrose Kingston for supporting us through your Community Matters scheme. And thank you all for supporting GRACE by posting your green tokens in Waitrose Kingston in August and helping us raise £428 for GRACE. This is an amazing amount! Please help us by nominating GRACE in your local Waitrose. Just pick up a
Sophie Butler-Mauel, daughter of GRACE founder Simon Butler-Manuel, will be running her first ever half marathon on behalf of GRACE this autumn. Here she explains why: "My name is Sophie and I am running my first ever half marathon for my father's charity, GRACE. This charity has always been very close to my heart, as
Thank you Waitrose Dorking for supporting us through your Community Matters scheme. And thank you all for supporting GRACE by posting your green tokens in Waitrose Dorking in June and helping us raise an amazing £440 for GRACE. This is an amazing amount! To nominate GRACE in your local Waitrose just pick up a leaflet
