Friends group raises £150,000

ANNOUNCEMENT

To all of our members and supporters.

It is with a considerable amount of pride and pleasure that I can announce the latest milestone for our group. During Imperial Cancer Research Fund's annual Volunteers' Conference, which took place on 31st October at The Royal College of Surgeons in London, Sir Paul Nurse (Director General of Imperial Cancer) will presented us with a certificate to commemorate £150,000 raised by us since our foundation just over 12 years ago (see below).

 

The certificate is a testimony to the hard work of our talented group of volunteers, many of whom have been with the group since the very first meeting. A lot of effort in the early years went into establishing our "brand" and in trying out any number of ideas to see what would work. To put this in proper perspective, in our first year of operations we raised just over £2,000 and we were into our fourth year before £10,000 was passed. Quite a contrast to the year which is just coming to a close when the group's profit will top £33,000. We are in fact already well on the way to the next milestone of £200,000 and would hope to pass £250,000 within another 2-3 years given current profit levels.

 

As chairman or co-chairman for nearly 11 of our 12 years, I would like to put on record my personal thanks for the support that has been given to our group, not only in terms of the crucial contributions made by each of our officers and members, but also by the large number of people who have supported our events and made them such enjoyable occasions for both organisers and participants alike. The enthusiasm with which all of our events are received is a great inspiration to us and, along with our conviction that the money we raise is making a real difference in the fight against cancer, is a major factor in our desire to keep up the momentum established in the last few years. With your continuing help, the fight against cancer is a fight that WILL be won.

 

Thanks again and I look forward to seeing you all at our forthcoming events.

 

Geoff Taylor

Co-chairman

 

 

And just to prove we were there, here are a couple of pictures of us at the Volunteer's Conference.

 

Sadly co-chairman Geoff Taylor couldn't be with us on the day.

Standing in the foyer of the Royal College of Surgeons we have Peter Parkin (Chair of Forecasting), John Winter (Co-Chairman) and Peter Inwood (Chair of Quizzes).

 

 

After his keynote speech, the award was presented by Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse - hopefully at some point we will be able to show you the official picture on this site.

 

...and while it was good to be recognised for our achievements, there were other groups receiving their £200,000 certificates so we've still got targets to beat!

 

In his speech, Sir Paul referred to the £65 million spent last year by the ICRF on research; this research is funded by people like you supporting our functions; thank you for your efforts and please don't stop!

 

<-- We do need to get a proper photographer! Sorry about the flash guys!!

 

 

And we finally get the official picture... sadly due to characteristic scanning incompetence the person who should be on the left of the picture has been cut off!

 

Sir Paul Nurse is the gentleman who wasn't in the picture above (ie second from the right).

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