Thank you

We'd like to say thank you to everyone who has trekked up mountains, through jungles and down glaciers, or held golf days, dinner dances, pub quizzes, tea parties and football matches. Thank you to those who spent their nights in haunted pubs or days running marathons. We're in awe of the cyclists who pedalled from London to Paris, and the daredevils who did skydives and bungee jumps. And we won't forget all the cake sales, coffee mornings, raffles, and sponsored slims and swims.

Here are just a few of the most recent fundraising efforts from our supporters. If you'd like your event to be included, please send a short write-up (with photos if possible) to campaign@royalmarsden.org.

What our supporters have been doing

Splash for cash
Beachfield Swimming Squad raised £3,000 at their sponsored swim on 6 September 2008. There was a raffle, individual swimmers were sponsored and local businesses sponsored swimming lanes.

Golfers chip in
Chipstead golfers raised nearly £3,000 at their annual charity day. Find out more.

Young girl's feat
12-year-old Emma Terry recently completed a 20-mile cycle ride followed by a 1-mile swim. Amanda Heaton of The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign said, “Emma showed incredible initiative. This was a fantastic and creative way for her to show her support.” Accompanied by a good friend, she finished the physical challenge in half a day and raised £150.93.

On your hike
The Rotary Club of Upper Eden yomped their way around Cumbria, raising £1,000 for us in the process. What's a yomp? They can explain all. 

Wacky Rally
Mark and Sarah Porter raced from Lille to Barcelona in a customised cow car. Find out more.

Tickets please
Mr Cook-Abbott raised for £760 for our new Children's and Teenage Cancer Centre by organising a raffle.

Feeling blue
St Jude's Church of England School in Englefield Green, Surrey, raised the fantastic sum of £570.25 from a Blue Day in which pupils came to school looking all dressed in blue.

Backs against the wall
Jez, Mark, Natasha and Lucy have raised about £7,000 (and counting!) by trekking along the Great Wall of China. Their Justgiving pages are still open here and here. Take a look at their photos on Facebook.

In memory
Tony Griffiths raised £2,000 for us when he organised a Big C Walk in memory of his wife. More than 50 people took part in the walk at Beachy Head car park.

Twisting the night away
Marlborough House School in Cranbrook, Kent, raised a staggering £12,508.91 from a dance-a-thon in support of a patient at our Children's Unit.

Skipping school
Laleham Lea School raised £372.74 from a skip-a-thon in September 2008. Every pupil was sponsored to skip in this day-long event. The money raised will go toward our new Children's and Teenage Cancer Centre.