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Welcome to Your CLIC Sargent

Leven Boxing Day Dip

The second Leven Boxing Day Dip took place on

the Promenade Beach on 26 December 2009,

raising a remarkable £8,000. As usual, the

swimmers sported a colourful array of outfits;

Santas were particularly popular this year.

Many thanks to everybody, including the safety

support staff: Bill, Liam and Kirsty Mason,

and Murray Selton.

Euan Macrae Memorial Bike Challenge

A crocodile, a giant hedgehog and bears lurking in

the trees, as well as wigwams, bows and arrows,

were the unusual backdrop to the second Euan

Macrae Memorial Bike Challenge, on 12

September 2009 in Tain Woods, Ross-shire.

Around 150 adults and children, more than twice

the number that took part in 2008, had an

energetic and fascinating time and were treated to

a tasty Forestry Commission barbeque. The event

was a huge success and raised over £3,000.

What an exciting start it’s been to 2010. We

are pleased to announce that CLIC Sargent is

Tesco Charity of the Year 2010. So you will

see CLIC Sargent featured in stores across

the UK – read more later in this newsletter.

Watch out for over 600 people running for

CLIC Sargent at the Virgin London Marathon

on 25th April, where we are the official

charity partner.

You’ll read about how important your

everyday support is too – from raising money

in your own community to taking part in an

event. Every penny does count… and

there are new events listed on the back

cover, which we hope you’ll be able to join

this year. Or maybe you’ve got some great

fundraising ideas of your own!

Your ongoing support will underpin our work

for children and young people with cancer

and their families in 2010. And you can see

just how much it means in this newsletter.

Thank you so much for helping our vital

work continue.

Colourful Boxing Day Dippers

Bikers at the ready in Tain Woods

Fundraising group news

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We are delighted to announce that CLIC Sargent is Tesco

Charity of the Year 2010. This partnership aims to raise £5

million to help fund children’s specialist cancer nurses across the

UK, so that children with cancer can spend more time at home.

Throughout the year, you’ll see our posters around Tesco stores

– and keep a look out for special product promotions donating

a proportion of sales to CLIC Sargent – it’s a great way to support us while shopping for special

Tesco greetings cards, Tesco in-car air fresheners, Orla Kiely bags for life and Canterbury Jack

beer. Tesco Bank will also make a donation every time someone uses a cash machine at Tesco.

And on 10 and 11 December there will be a collection for CLIC Sargent outside every Tesco store.

We need you to help us raise £200,000 by taking part in these national bucket collection days at

your local store.

To get involved or find out more visit www.clicsargent-tesco.org.uk or call CLIC Sargent’s

Tesco hotline on 08701 221 221.

CLIC Sargent is Tesco Charity of the Year 2010!

Virgin London MarathonWatch out for CLIC Sargent at the Virgin London

Marathon on 25th April. We’ve over 600

runners, including some famous celebrity faces!

Running for CLIC Sargent will be TV’s

Lorraine Kelly and Jessie Wallace

and Formula 1’s Eddie Jordan.

Updated look for CLIC SargentYou may have noticed that this

is one of the first items printed

with our updated brand. Why

the change? It’s to make it

easier for our service users and

supporters to see who we are,

and what we do.

This work was done in-house at

CLIC Sargent, involving children

and young people.

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Many children with cancer feel less afraid if

they understand their illness and treatment.

And the same is true for their sisters,

brothers and friends.

As Lymphoma is the third main type of

cancer in children, we have expanded our

series of popular storybooks with Tom has

Lymphoma.

We’ve also recorded audio-books of Lucy has

a Tumour and Mary has a Brain Tumour, read

by CLIC Sargent patron and actor Duncan

Pow. Duncan says

“I’m delighted to be

involved in such a

worthwhile project –

these will enable more

children to understand

these types of cancer;

teachers can play them in a

school assembly for example.”

See more at www.clicsargent.org.uk/

publicationsandresources

New home to open in LondonOur ninth Home from Home – Paul’s House

– will open later this year. With 15 family

rooms, four lounges and three kitchens, it’s

our biggest home yet.

It’s welcome news for families who have a

child being treated at the nearby University

College Hospital. Over 65% live more than

one hour away, so parents and siblings are

making long journeys or staying in B&Bs

simply to be together at this difficult time.

Having Paul’s House, somewhere to stay

close by for free, will make a huge

difference. Keep up to date at

www.clicsargent.org.uk/paulshouse

“I can’t imagine how we’d have coped without Billy’s House”Since opening to families in July,

Billy’s House in Nottingham has

accommodated 35 families who have

a child being treated at the nearby

Queen’s Medical Centre.

New storybooks – out now

Olivia updateRemember Olivia, the little girl we featured in last year’s

newsletter? At the time we went to print Olivia’s family had

been told that she wouldn’t recover. A year later Olivia is

doing remarkably well. She is back at school and enjoys

riding the bike she got for Christmas. Mum Karen says,

“It’s a joy to see her riding about on it – things were very

different this time last year.”

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In 2009 we introduced EPOS (Electronic Point

of Sale) tills in all CLIC Sargent shops so we

could process Gift Aid and reclaim tax when

we sold goods that had been donated.

Gift Aid is a government scheme which helps

charities boost the value of donations by

28%. Now that we can earn this on

donations of clothes and bric-a-brac that you

bring into our charity shops, we could raise

as much as an extra £100,000 every year for

our work for children with cancer. To help us,

you simply sign up as a Gift Aid donor when

you bring donations to any of our shops.

That’s it!

A good-quality large bag of donated items

can raise £30. However, if this income was

Gift Aided we could benefit from an extra

£8.46 in reclaimed tax. For more information

please visit www.clicsargent.org.uk/

Getinvolved/Shopwithus/GiftAid or call

0117 311 2610.

Gift Aid in shops – £100,000 boost

Shop online – it’s easyThe CLIC Sargent

online shop has

something for

everyone. It’s home

to a wonderful

range of products,

including cards,

stationery, jewellery, toys, and home and

garden items. 100% of the profit helps

children with cancer and their families.

For more information visit

www.clicsargent.org.uk/onlineshop

Visit our eBay shopCheck out CLIC Sargent’s award-

winning eBay shop. There are always

great items at bargain prices, plenty

of ‘buy it now’ prices and auctions to

bid on. For more information visit:

http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/ CLIC-Sargent-Shop

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Helping children spend more time at home and less time in hospital

We know that children with cancer want to

be at home as much as possible, doing

normal things like going to school and

spending time with their family and friends.

In March, CLIC Sargent launched a fantastic

new partnership with Tesco that

aims to raise £5 million and

help make this happen.

The money raised will

help fund CLIC Sargent

children’s specialist

cancer nurses across

the UK. Cancer

treatment can last for years

– these nurses will help

children spend more time at home

by co-ordinating all the care they need

when they get there.

Liz Leigh is a CLIC Sargent Nurse in Oxford.

She says, “My role is to bridge the gap

between hospital and home.

“When families leave the safety net of the

hospital it can be a struggle. They need to

remember a huge amount of information

about their child’s care and it can be

emotionally hard.”

“But getting home is so positive and I am

there to provide emotional support as well as

co-ordinating all the specialist care children

need when they get there.”

Liz supports 13-year-old Sophia and her

family, who is having treatment for bone

cancer. Sophia sees Liz as one of the family –

someone to talk to about chemotherapy,

school or anything that is on her mind. She

says, “The best bit about being at home is

being able to go to school again and catch

up with all my friends.”

But not every family has the benefit of

someone like Liz to help them cope and

make sure they get the right support. The

money raised by the Tesco partnership will

make going home possible for more children

with the support of CLIC Sargent children’s

specialist cancer nurses.

You can get involved through a range of

product promotions in Tesco stores which

will be donating a proportion of their sales to

the charity. You can also take part in bucket

Thanks to our new partner Tesco

Sophia, age 13

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£5 Means a specialist nurse could spend time with the family of a child with cancer, and explain a simple medical procedure to them.

£50 Means a specialist nurse could coordinate home help for a family whose child is having treatment, arranging for someone to do the shopping or take their other children to school.

£100 We could arrange a visit by a specialist nurse to a child’s school, or their brownies or sports club, to talk to their teachers and friends about what’s happening and how they could help.

£10,000 Means we could help 200 parents to liaise with their employers to ensure their employers understand what is happening and are aware of the parents’ rights to time off work and flexible working hours.

£100,000 1,000 children with cancer could be visited at home by a specialist nurse. This would help their family to feel less isolated and make sure they have everything they need.

“It would be wonderful if everybody could have a CLIC Sargent Nurse like Liz.”Sophia’s dad Graham

collection days and fundraising weeks across

the UK (see page 3).

For more information about promotions and events visit www.clicsargent-tesco.org.uk or call the Tesco hotline on 08701 221 221.

Liz, Sophia’s nurse

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“My CLIC Sargent youth development worker was there for me from diagnosis and helped me get moving and stay positive. It’s really important to receive this kind of support so you can get back to your normal life once treatment finishes. Hopefully this report will help more people receive the kind of support I did.”

More Than My IllnessCLIC Sargent will shortly publish a follow-up to last year’s

More Than My Illness report. It focuses on the challenges

of ensuring effective community-based services and

support for young people aged 16-24 with cancer. Once

the report is published, CLIC Sargent will use the key

recommendations in ongoing campaigning work.

In the words of cancer survivor Adam Matthews:

Working for cancer survivorsThe National Cancer Survivorship Initiative

(NCSI) was set up to consider a range of

approaches to survivor care. CLIC Sargent is

playing a leading role in the Children and

Young People’s Workstream and is:

carrying out a study on The Impact of

Cancer on a Child’s World

one of ten ‘test communities’ funded

by the Department of Health to explore

new approaches to care for children

and young people living with and

beyond cancer

leading a review into how current

policy meets the needs of young cancer

survivors and where the gaps are.

Survivorship is a significant issue for young

people living with and beyond cancer.

CLIC Sargent is committed to understanding

the long-term adverse effects of cancer. And

we want to campaign for changes that will

reduce, and where possible eliminate, the

physical, emotional and social impact of

cancer on children’s lives.

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Hi, I’m Bea, aged 12. Me and my family have

raised money for CLIC Sargent since January

2009 when I was diagnosed with leukaemia.

We’ve done a head shave, my neighbour

organised a cake sale, and my grannie sells

homemade chutneys. We’ve also had

donations; we recently got £250 from my

step dad’s friend.

All the money, over £8,500 now, goes to my

Especially For You fund. My website is named

Bea’s Fund. It feels really nice to watch the

money grow because CLIC Sargent have

done so much for me and my family. On 2nd

July, my Mum and Step Dad are organising a

Charity Golf Day at Okehampton Golf Club,

where all profits will go to my fund at

CLIC Sargent too.

For more information about Especially For

You Funds, call Bridget on 0845 121 2491,

email bridget.matthews@clicsargent.org.uk

or visit www.clicsargent.org.uk/

especiallyforyou

A huge thank you to our Especially For You Funds supporters who together have raised over £500,000!

Bea’s Story

The importance of an up-to-date WillIn January 2010 we ran our first ever Will Awareness Month, promoting the importance

of an up-to-date Will. A large number of people supported us, including TV presenter

Gaby Roslin, who made a short video for our website.

An up-to-date Will is important because it’s the only way to make your wishes crystal

clear. We understand that your family, friends and loved ones will come first but we

hope you can remember CLIC Sargent in some way too.

One in six of the children we support is funded by gifts in Wills. Such a gift costs you

nothing now, but could make a huge difference to children’s lives in the future.

You can find out more by calling Kate Johnston on 0845 125 2625, emailing

legacies@clicsargent.org.uk or visiting www.clicsargent.org.uk/legacies

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May - July

2010Kick for Children with Cancer

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Register now atwww.clicsargent.org.uk/football or call 08451 20 22 32

A national football event where children of all ages and abilities raise money for CLIC Sargent.

Help us reach our goal – to raise £150,000 for children with cancer

Calling all Schools, football clubs and groups!

Free footballs* and fundraising materials

Your school or club can choose to keep 25% of the money you raise (75% to children with cancer)

* while stocks last

Get involvedTake part in a run or challenge!

This is the year to do something amazing:

to push boundaries, achieve goals and make

a difference by taking part in a

CLIC Sargent challenge. Choose

from treks, runs, cycles, motorbike

rides and more!

“I took part in my first CLIC Sargent

challenge in 2003 and have

been signing up each year

since! You just can’t

describe how

amazing and

unforgettable an

experience it is and

the pride you feel at

what you’ve achieved. Everyone should take

part in a CLIC Sargent challenge at least once

in their lives.”

“There’s great camaraderie within the

CLIC Sargent Team. Once you sign up you

get fundraising help and support as well as

training tips.”

For more information please visit

www.clicsargent.org.uk/getinvolved or call

0845 124 1188 for challenges or

0845 602 4770 for running events

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Glasgow Hospitals Carol Concert

The Glasgow Hospitals Carol Concert,

headlined by Welsh clarinettist Emma Johnson,

supported by Glasgow Academy Junior Choir,

had a record-breaking 2009, selling 2,300

tickets and raising £38,000 on the night. Over

the last 30 years, the concert has raised well

over £1million for CLIC Sargent in Scotland.

Sponsorship opportunities are available now

for this year’s concert on 3 December and

tickets will be on sale in the autumn at the

Royal Concert Hall.

Ladies’ Night at Ayr Racecourse

400 ladies enjoyed another successful glitzy

Ladies’ Night at the Princess Royal Suite,

Ayr Racecourse, raising over £25,000.

Bonfire Night Firewalk

Brave fundraisers from Aberdeen put

their best feet forward and walked

across hot coals to raise funds for

CLIC Sargent on Bonfire Night. The event

was organised as part of Aberdeen City

Council’s annual fireworks display.

Kick for Children with Cancer

PE pupils at Beath High School in

Cowdenbeath organised a girls’ football

tournament, supported by SFA coaches,

as part of KICK for Children with Cancer.

The girls dressed up as Smurfs, and

six football teams from across Fife

took part.

Meet Stacey Mullen

Stacey Mullen, 45, is an expert on running

marathons for CLIC Sargent. In 2009 she set

herself the staggering challenge of running

ten marathons in Scotland. Stacey told us:

“The work CLIC Sargent does supporting

children and young people with cancer really

inspired me. I only began running two years

ago. It just shows that anyone can take up

this sport. My aim is to reach my fundraising

target and encourage others to don a

vest and do their best!”

More stories from your region

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MG 2 May Stair to Ayr Walk

SM 9 May Ignis Asset Management Women’s 10K

PL 22 May Glencalvie Challenge

SM 23 May Edinburgh Marathon & Scottish Half Marathon

AF 5-6 June 70 Wild Miles, Glencoe

MG 26 June Prestwick Promenade Zipslide

PL 24 July Zipslide across the River Wick

RD 15 August Glide the Clyde Zipslide

PL 21 August Great Wilderness Challenge, Poolewe and Aultbea

MG August Balgarth Bash, Ayr

SM 5 September Great Scottish Run

PL 11 September Euan Macrae Memorial Bike Challenge, Tain Woods, Ross-shire

RD 19 September Splash Water, Perthshire

SM 3 October Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running

Regional Events May – October 2010

National Events, Runs and Challenges May 2010 – August 2011

May – July Kick for Children with Cancer 0117 314 8624 or emily.felix-davies@clicsargent.org.uk

August – September Practice-a-thon Music 0117 311 2624 or rachael.groom@clicsargent.org.uk

August – September Practice-a-thon Dance 0117 311 2624 or rachael.groom@clicsargent.org.uk

September Edinburgh to Dublin Cycle 0845 124 1188 or challenges@clicsargent.org.uk

September London to Paris Cycle 0845 124 1188 or challenges@clicsargent.org.uk

September Bristol Half Marathon 0845 602 4770 or run@clicsargent.org.uk

September Great North Run 0845 602 4770 or run@clicsargent.org.uk

October Great South Run 0845 602 4770 or run@clicsargent.org.uk

November Hellrunner 0845 602 4770 or run@clicsargent.org.uk

April 2011 Virgin London Marathon 0845 602 4770 or run@clicsargent.org.uk

August 2011 Barry Sheene Memorial Motorcycle Challenge 0845 124 1188 or challenges@clicsargent.org.uk

Various dates Skydiving, nationwide 0845 124 1188 or challenges@clicsargent.org.uk

Various dates Helly Hansen Adventure Challenge Series, nationwide 0845 124 1188 or challenges@clicsargent.org.uk

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RD richard.donald@clicsargent.org.uk or 0141 572 5700

AF amy.fisher@clicsargent.org.uk or 0141 572 5700

MG may.gilchrist@clicsargent.org.uk or 0129 269 2113

PL peter.logie@clicsargent.org.uk or 0146 371 3080

SM samantha.martindale@clicsargent.org.uk or 0141 572 5700