Future events
Join our fundraising team of volunteers
If you would like to volunteer some of your time, skills, ideas or networking ability to help us with our fundraising, we have many opportunities available.
Please contact either:
Secretary Christine Forecast
Tel.01485 57 27 67
info@astrofund.org.uk or
Treasurer Mary Burton
Tel.01485 52 52 79
treasurer@astrofund.org.uk
to have an informal chat with no obligation.
You could also join our internet chat group where you can talk directly to others who are keen to raise funds for low-grade glioma research and support projects in the UK. The internet chat group enables us to develop new fundraising ideas and help each other as we organise events. All contributions to our plans, be they large or small, are equally welcome. It would be wonderful to welcome you onto the team!
Please apply for membership via the group's home page:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com
/group/astrofundraisers
Butterfly in a Jam Jar
Like a butterfly in a jam jar,
I can see through the glass.
But that transparent barrier,
Is impossible to pass
Alyson M Smallwood, who has an astrocytoma brain tumour, has written a booklet of over sixty charming and topical poems. If you would like a copy, please forward a cheque, made payable to Astro Fund, for the suggested price of £3 (if you’d like to donate a little more that would be fantastic) to Christine Forecast, The Barn Lodges, 1 West Hall Farm Barns, Sedgeford, Norfolk, PE36 5NA, and she will forward you a copy. Alyson is generously donating all proceeds to Astro Fund.
Such is Life
On some days,
I could rule the world.
On others, it rules me.
Sometimes I can
Crack eggs with sticks.
Other times,
The sticks beat me
Just Bike Event 2010
18th September 2010
Choose either the 100km or 50km routes on this tough mountain bike terrain
Start and finish at Coate Water Country Park near Swindon
www.acrossthedivide.com
Big Wight Matter
24th-26th September 2010
Now in its second year, Big Wight Matter is set to be THE Family walking festival on the Isle of Wight. The weekend festival has a 15 mile walk with breathtaking coastal views and a shorter walk for little legs. Organised to support Brainstrust and the Brain Tumour Research group of charities, pay the registration fee and support the brain tumour charity of your choice.
www.bigwightmatter.co.uk
New Balance English Half Marathon
Sunday 3rd October 2010
The race will start from Victoria Park in Warrington and is open to all runners aged 17 or over. James Hewitt (see Jim's life story) is running for Astro Fund and has set up a fundraising page on Just Giving. There is also a fun run on the day which is open to runners of all ages.
www.english-half.co.uk
Holkham Hall Family Walk
Sunday 10th October 2010
Choose your distance from a number of options ranging from 1 to 10 miles in the grounds of this beautiful stately home. Dogs welcome! This will be the fourth year this popular event has welcomed hundreds of walkers, and we look forward to another successful day as part of the Round the World Walk initiative. For information please contact forecast@sedgeford.eclipse.co.uk
To make it easy for your supporters to sponsor you, create your own fundraising page on Just Giving or click here for sponsorship form. If you would like to download a poster to display in your local shop etc, click here.
Round the World Walk 2010
No, you’re not expected to find time to walk the whole distance yourself! This will is part of an exciting initiative co-ordinated by the International Brain Tumour Alliance.
If you can’t join us at the Holkham Hall Family Walk, simply take part in a sponsored walk in your area raising money for Astro Fund, and we will donate the miles to the IBTA total.
The target total in 2009 was to reach 25,000 walked miles (equivalent to five times around the World at the Equator) by the joint efforts of supporting brain tumour charities around the world, illustrating the determination that we all have to find a cure for brain cancer. This target was well and truly exceeded, reminding us all that we are achieving something very special.
If you would like help to organise a walk in your area, please contact us.
Across the Divide
Across the Divide is an event management company providing unique personal and group experiences. ATD has a heritage stretching back over a decade and encompassing a wide range of event and expedition solutions. From fundraising challenges that take participants to the foothills of the Himalayas and Everest Base Camp; to dog sledding across the Arctic Circle.
www.acrossthedivide.com