Bikes and Bands 2011, Soham, Cambridgeshire, May 29th


Home Charity Bands Bikes Gallery Directions Links	2011 Charity Wallace Cancer Care The diagnosis of cancer is a shocking event in anyone's life, and this when combined with invasive, intensive and challenging treatments, places a huge burden on patients and their families. It can leave you feeling helpless, confused and isolated, and sometimes unable to talk about these feelings with those you love. Few people realise that there are many ways to support yourself or your loved one through this most difficult time, from psychological and emotional support and help with stress reduction, to proven nutritional and lifestyle strategies that, when combined with modern treatments, can improve outcomes and help alleviate side effects of treatment. Wallace Cancer Care’s drop-in centres are peaceful, calm places where you can explore a varied programme based around self-help, empowerment and mutual support, or where you can simply relax over a cup of tea in a safe, comfortable environment. Our aim is to help you maintain the best possible mental and physical state during treatment, and to live positively afterwards. Services are free. www.wallacecancercare.org The Charity we supported in 2010 Cheque Presented to the Help for Heroes Charity (left to right) Cedric Martin, Liza Czarnobaj, Shannon Johnson, Alison Randal, Shy Leah, Brian Johnson A great success but next year will be bigger and better.......... "It’s about the blokes, our men and women of the Armed Forces. It’s about Derek, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it’s about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It’s about Ben, it’s about Steven and Andy and Mark, it’s about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes." About Help for Heroes Help for Heroes (H4H) was founded by Bryn and Emma Parry after a profoundly moving visit to Selly Oak Hospital in the summer of 2007. Bryn and Emma met some extraordinarily brave young people who had been badly wounded and they just wanted to do something to help. The charity was launched in October 2007 and, with the backing and support of celebrities, including Jeremy and Francie Clarkson, the Royal Family, the media and countless ordinary decent people, it has raised over £1m a month since then. Help for Heroes is strictly non-political. We have no affiliation with any political party and we do not endorse the use of our name for the promotion of any political viewpoint. The money that we raise at Help for Heroes is used to support wounded Servicemen and women of every colour and creed and we strongly oppose any individual or political party who believes otherwise, and those who seek to use the charity’s name for their own political gain. Read about our wonderful team in Downton & Tidworth . . . The message is simple: H4H does not seek to criticise or be political, we simply want to help and to do so by asking everyone to do their bit to raise money. Once that money is raised, we go to the experts in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force for guidance as to how best to spend it. It is our intention to spend all we raise on the practical, direct support of those wounded in the service of our country since 9/11. Read about our Headley Court Project . . . We give capped grants to those charities and groups best able to provide the facilities and services we want our men and women to have. We do not deliver individual benevolence, as that is the work of existing Service Charities which we work very closely with. Read our Annual Review . . . When we began, we wanted to ensure that we would be as efficient as possible so our policy is money in and money out. We are not trying to build large reserves, we want your money to be used and quickly. We have either spent or allocated £24m to date on facilities and services. We can spend all we get, so don’t stop! We set up H4H Trading to sell products and the profits from these sales mean that we can cover nearly all of our operating costs so rest assured, if you give us £10, currently at least £9.80 will go to the cause…. and that is better than any other charity we know of. We are working hard to raise more money and we are passionate about what we are doing. It is needed, it is appreciated and we are making a real difference to the lives of some extraordinary young men and women. Please join us in helping our Heroes. Thank you The Help for Heroes Team The Help for Heroes Team


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