Q
“ ” Q
S PSPRING/SUMMER R I N G 2 0 2 02021
A £
£
A Note from Nigel and the Trustees
?
Q&A with Rob Marsh
Q
A
Issue Issue 4 6
How and why I first got involved with Hope I first became involved in Hope after being Hello introduced at a social occasion which to alltoofNigel our wonderful Hope Through Business coincided with Marsh & Company as members! a business wishing to be more proactive in the community. The summer has been an exceptionally brilliant time This had been triggered possibly by the passing of my mother which, whilst she didn’t die from for both fundraising and research, as you’ll see during the cancer, was the first time that I had lost somebody close to me. Despite her living to a grand old course thislost newsletter. have age of 86, it made me realise that families whoofhave people at Some a muchastounding younger agebusinesses must pulled off some amazing feats - from Steamin’ Billy’s Bike Ride really feel the loss.
to PRP’s Tough Mudder run and everyone in-between.
As a business we have supported many charities but had no close relationship with any particular one. This was something I verymention much wanted and Hope Professor against Cancer ticked the boxes. An extrathat special must to gochange, to Hope-funded Martin Dyerall - whose research into chemotherapy-free cancer treatment is a genuine landmark in the fight against cancer. We hope that you all What have thinghealthy about Autumn, being and you don’t miss the Aresun there unexpected a best fantastic, tooany much. Thanks to opportunities every one of our Hope Q Asurprises Q A is the Q A A involved in Hope Through Business (HTB)? or arising from being involved? Through Business Club members - and we hope you enjoy our latest newsletter. HTB is how we became more closely involved by sponsoring the lunch event and we have sponsored every event since. The opportunity to meet key decision-makers really has proved tremendously successful and has grown in recent years to in excess of 200 people.
The first surprise was the honour of being asked to join the Board of Trustees several years ago. I was delighted to accept, and it has been very interesting being involved differently in the charity. We have also had a number of new client opportunities as a result of our involvement. ? ? ? ? Rather than more typical networking events where there is As you have noticed, if you’ve attended, we are ‘low key’ at pressure to make contacts, this is a more relaxed these events. I believe there are far more important people atmosphere and people who attend share the same goals to listen to and learn from than a general Insurance Broker! and interest in both the business community and raising At a recent lunch, one of our existing clients, who I don’t money for Hope. deal with directly, contacted me and introduced themselves. Seeing their Insurance Brokers involved with I am often approached inOur the community by people that Clinical Trials Facility older patients or those with other researcher Professor a charity gave them a warm feeling about the business. recognise the Company and myself from these events, Hope-funded is expanding. Help us to Martin Dyer has led a study into health issues. which would not have happened had we not been involved. make our on vision become chemotherapy-free treatment It has definitely had a positive impact the business. The pandemic has for affectedProfessor many events - director of the Martin, QLymphocytic A is theLeukaemia a reality. Chronic what best thing aboutErnest getting andback Helen Scott Haematol (CLL) at Facility, Q AourtoClinical a HopeTrials Through Business Lunch?Institute, was thrilled at Research Shortly we will be announcing What can you tell us about Leicester and the research has seen Q A its Businessour the outcome of the research: “The A and public Hope for Life appeal. The pandemic certainly has had a significant Community? promising results. This could mark high response impact on research capabilities and the Autumnrates and remission This is a big appeal for us as ofevent an effective Companies in Leicester are now more aware the beginning have made to us optimistic that this HTB will provide an audible platform weto need to raise over £500,000 of CSR and the need put something back into cancer treatment away fromIt has been difficult treatment could become a standa rekindle the Membership. to hold to helptogether fund this communities, whether working or £1.5million individually, chemotherapy and manner, its side resulting effects. in many events in a safe being of forcancelled. CLL in the future, I am ? care ranging from investing in expansion. financial resources or through There are many delighted that we were able to off However, without these events the charity has been not The research included combining sponsorship. They normally focused on three key areas ? ways you can get involved and in Leicester been sitting of the Hope for Life the opportun protein BCL2 andback. drugThe recent successpatients employee volunteering, corporate giving and responsible ? we will?be announcing what Obinutuzumab. Appeal at the Leicester Royal been fantastic take parta in this trial at the Hop BCL2 is known toInfirmarytohas business practice. achievement and a credit tothis Nigel andClinical the team. you can do soon. However, for effectively Trials Facility” kill CLL cells and in Most local companies now have a statement about CSR, I think the best thing about attending the nowother we are asking for your help Ourevent CEOagain Nigelwill also commented: community partnerships and social issues. This is a instance, the new combination be -seeing familiar which theto see such launch. there those was afriendly 95% rate of faces,“We aremake thrilled tremendous improvementwhen from we a few years Keep ago. an eye worked Business Club ainsuccess - meeting and working again with remission those treated. on our social media and when complete incredible results from the Hope them closely to raise more money for the Charity. At the In other words 95% of treated Clinical Facility, this simply we go live could you help end of the day, this is the reason for the Club’sTrials existence.
Q
Q
£
Hope for ALife Appeal
Success in research into chemo-free cancer treatment!
?
£ £
£
£ £
?
£ £
£ £
£ £
individuals showed zero signs of could not happen without the spread the word. The more fantastic support from the people people that know about this leukaemia after treatment. and businesses of Leicestershire appeal the better. Let’s make This is an amazing breakthrough. Rutland who fundraise, volunteer, CLL is thefrom most common form of We are this delighted announce the total income Hope’stobiggest public take part in and attend A bigand welcome to ourdonate, new Hope Through #hopeforlife #hopeforlife adult chronic leukaemia, up appeal so yet! all formsfunding of corporate far this year is £5,500. until now has always Business required members...Hope’s events.” Thank you for making such a positive difference to the Given the distressing We’d like to say a huge thank you chemotherapy. communities in which you all work, especiallyside during what for the incredible work put in by effects of chemotherapy, this Professor Martin and his team! be particularly traumatic for has been an incredibly difficult time can for all.
New members
£
£
More More news news from from ourour Business Business Club Club >>> >>>
This This newsletter newsletter is kindly is kindly sponsored sponsored by: by:
hopeagainstcancer.org.uk/ hopeagainstcancer.org.uk
Upcoming Hope events Here’s a run-down of some events you might be interested in supporting
08.08.21
Bike for Hope
Seeing as though our Wild Atlantic Challenge has been postponed - we thought we’d Introduce a ‘little’ warm-up event in August! Can you take on 60 miles for Hope? This cycle ride will see you taking in a route across the Leicestershire countryside.
02.09.21
Corporate Sports Day
Time to see your competitive side and get your workplace involved for some good old-fashioned fun! We’re organising a Corporate Sports Day where you can take part in exciting activities, from a three-legged race to a classic tug of war!
03.10.21
Run for Hope
Fancy yourself as a runner? Well, have we got the challenge for you... Here at Hope, we have FIVE placed that need filling up for the Virtual London Marathon in October!
27.05.2022
Luffenham Heath Golf Day
Luffenham Heath Golf event is now postponed until the 27th May 2022 - but, it’s not all doom and gloom because this gives us more time to find some wonderful sponsorships!
22/24.06.22
Survive the Wild
Hope for Life Update/Cancer Trials Patients return to New Treatment Facility
The Hope Cancer Trials Centre has re-opened at Leicester’s Hospitals, following a circa £1.5 million expansion. As you may know, this facility gives patients opportunities to trial new medicines to treat a range of cancers. This means more cancer trials can take place in Leicester and even more patients can benefit from access to potential treatments not currently available on the NHS. The facility was first opened in 2012. Between then and now it has had over 29,000 patient attendances. It has approximately 100 different trials open and is recruiting patients each year, managed by 46 staff in the Osborne building at Leicester Royal Infirmary. The expansion will mean that ‘early phase’ cancer trials can go from strength to strength in Leicester. Cancer
Hope Business treatments areThrough rapidly changing, and member and engineering the Centre is currently focused on consultants PRP‘bio-specifics’, headed developing research using over to Franklin’s Gardens a new generation of treatments that – in Northampton at the start of unlike traditional chemotherapy - target to run,other crawlcells andinclimb cancer June while leaving the through Tough Mudder body with little orthe no damage. 5k. The team were This couldn’t have been doneaiming withoutto raise Hope £1,500 for Hope.who our fabulous Supporters, have helped raisealready these crucial If youtodon’t know,funds over theTough past year. So, for that, we Mudder is an obstacle thank each and every one of you! You course that would challenge can read more on our website!
Gourmet Box We are delighted to have joined forces with Gourmet Luxe, whom provide Unique & Personalised Luxury Food Gifts - perfect for every occasion, whether it be for a birthday or corporate gifting!
Simply mention HOPE in the charity reference field on the shopping basket page and a £5 donation will be made from your purchase to Hope Against Cancer.
Sponsorships are still available and a big thank you to the sponsors who are already supporting us!
03.11.22
£ Charitable The mud, sweat and tears must have been worth it, as Travel they managed to smash their target by raising £1,600. As you might well know, Hope Against Cancer have adown and Thanks for getting partnership with Charitable dirty for us PRP! Travel! As a social enterprise, they put charitable objectives above profit, and they allow you to book holidays while donating 5% of the price to us at no extra cost. Hopefully all Business Club members will share this with their team when we’re all safe to travel.
The Full Monty
14 intrepid, brave, maybe even crazy, local businessmen have signed up to bring ‘The Full Monty’ to Leicester for the first time. This unique show is to help promote awareness and prevention of male cancers.
Postponed
even the hardiest of athletes and a great way to raise money for Hope!
Tour De Hope
Our Wild Atlantic Challenge is the latest in a long line of fantastic Tour de Hope events! Join us on this spectacular event to cycle the scenic routes of the Ring of Kerry in Southern Ireland. This newsletter is kindly sponsored by:
HTB Lunch Update
Due to COVID-19, we had to sadly postpone our 2020 Hope Through Business Lunches. An event that is kindly sponsored each time by Rob Marsh of Marsh & Co Independent Insurance Brokers, and one we have missed hosting. With this in mind, we are delighted to announce that the next lunch will take place on the 28th of October. We can’t wait to celebrate with you all in a safe and secure way!
James Sellicks
Farewell to Tracey
Thank you to our wonderful Hope trustee, James Sellicks, from James Sellicks Estate Agents and Lettings for raising and donating £695.00.
Throughout 2020 their clients have been encouraged to leave a review of the service their agency has provided with the added incentive that £5 would be donated to HOPE. A fabulous idea!
Post-Surgery Bra
We have recently joined forces with local lingerie business, Roshni Desai Designs in a bid to raise money for life-changing cancer research.
We are sad to announce that after almost four years, Tracey, our Corporate and Events Fundraiser will be leaving us to take up an exciting opportunity in the commercial auto-trade sector within her family’s business. In her time here, Tracey has done fantastically well for us at Hope. Professional and committed, through some major and key events, she has helped build lasting and fruitful relationships with the local business community in a variety of ways. We will miss her! However, to help ensure a smooth hand over to her successor and a transition from Hope, she will be with us for a little while yet we are pleased to say, on a part-time basis. Thanks for all your hard work Tracey and good luck from team Hope!!
Mocha 1000 Miles
The team at Mocha Marketing recently took on a 1000-mile challenge in April! hello@mocha-marketing.co.uk Whether they choose to run, walk, swim or cycle - each team member mocha-marketing.co.uk participated in covering 1000 miles and managed to raise an impressive Leicester 0116 298 9430 £1,617 raised, with the funds being split between Hope Against Cancer and London 020 3889 6662 The Bodie Hodges Foundation.
Roshni Desai of Roshni Desai Designs has been busy creating a soft post-surgery bralette for breast cancer patients and survivors. Roshni has very generously opted to donate 25% from the bralette and pin sales to Hope Against Cancer.
Variety Show The Variety Show Live is an evening of fantastic entertainment, a 3 course meal, and a fabulous disco at Bistro Live! Why not get up and party, treat colleagues or just yourself at what promises to be a night to remember and at the same time help us raise funds for Hope! Tickets are just £35.
We’d like to say thank you to Sherwin Hall for their donation of £150!
Huge thanks to Barratt Smith Brown for their wonderful donation of £5,867! They have implemented various ways for employees to donate to our charity that you could easily copy. These include office fines, dressing down days and charity vending machines.
BHIB
Their team turned ‘Dress Down Friday’ on its head by introducing a ‘Dress Up Friday’ in order to raise money for Hope and spread some much-needed positivity! If you have an idea for a creative contribution, let us know!
hopeagainstcancer.org.uk
Barratt Smith Brown
We are delighted to announce that our Charity Christmas Single – ‘It’s Christmas (Santa’s On His Way)’ - managed to raise a staggering £7,000! A HUGE thank you goes to Tommy Reid and Sam Halden from BHIB Insurance Brokers, who worked alongside 10 local businesses to write and record this special Christmas charity single in support of Hope. Another shout out goes to local R&B legend, Mark Morrison (best known for his hit song ‘Return of the Mack’) for kindly helping to produce this single and allowing us use of his recording studio.
l
enquiries@hopeagainstcancer.org.uk
l
0116 270 0101
Mocha Mark
@Mocha_Ma
Mocha Mark
WINTER 2020
Thank You! Thank you! We wanted to say a huge thank you to all of our fantastic Hope Through Business Club members - we wouldn’t We would like to take the opportunity to say a sincere thank you to all of our Hope Through Business Club members.
be who we are without your amazing fundraising efforts. A big thank you also goes to Leicester Racecourse for Your continued support through what has been an incredibly tough year, has been phenomenal – we wouldn’t be accommodating our Hope Through Business Lunches and other events throughout the year. where we are without your amazing efforts!
Issue 5
We want to also goes thanktoRob MarshRacecourse, Insurance Brokers for their long-standing support and sponsorship of our club A special thanks Leicester Rob Marsh Insurance Brokers and Gail Bradley Design for their long-standing lunches. Forsponsorship the design, of print andThrough development of our we’d like to thank Marketing, Gail Bradley support and Hope Business. We newsletter, know that we haven’t been ableMocha to provide our usual club lunches and Design and Soar Valley the Press. other events throughout past year, but we are certainly looking forward to returning – bigger and better than ever before. Lastly, we want a thank you toEileen our brilliant Hope Trustees, Richards and Duncan Greenoffor beingThrough lead members of Thanks also goto tosay Hope Trustees, Richards and DuncanEileen Green for being lead members Hope Business the Hope Through Business and the wider Trustee Board for their support. and the Trustee Board for their support of our lunches.
Hope Through Business member and engineering consultants PRP headed over to Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton at the start of June to run, crawl and climb through the Tough Mudder 5k. The team were aiming to raise £1,500 for Hope. If you don’t already know, Tough Mudder is an obstacle course that would challenge even the hardiest of athletes and a great way to raise money for Hope! The mud, sweat and tears must have been worth it, as they managed to smash their target by raising £1,600. Thanks for getting down and dirty for us PRP!
£
£
Want to join the Hope Through Business club? Like what what you’ve Like you’veseen? seen?Not NotaaHope Hope Through BusinessMember Memberalready? already? Through Business Get Get involved! involved! You’ve seen seen the the amazing amazing things things that that we we get get up up to to as as a charity, You’ve a charity, and theopportunities fantastic opportunities being a and the fantastic that beingthat a Hope Through Hope Through Business member brings. Each member must Business member brings. To be part of Leicester’s only cancer commit to raising £750 annually. To be part of Leicester’s only research charity, get in touch with Tracey on tracey@hfcr.org cancer research charity, get in touch today! to find out more.
£
£
Why is funding so important? Each year we need to raise over £500,000 to fund vital research that is helping to beat cancer. We do not receive a penny from the government or from local authorities we have to raise all our income #hopeforlife ourselves. Thank you for being a key partner in making such a positive difference.
More news from our Business Club >>>
This newsletter newsletter is is kindly kindly sponsored sponsored by: by: This
hopeagainstcancer.org.uk/ hopeagainstcancer.org.uk
£