A BIG THANK YOU to all Superhero Fundraisers!
Have you thought about fundraising for the smaller breast cancer charities that use 100% of money raised, for research and trials at The Christie and to support women going through a breast cancer diagnosis. We also provide free gift bags and mastectomy cushions which are sent out all over the UK.
People have fundraised for us in the past by organising cake sales, runs, walks and even by nominating Shine Bright as their chosen charity on Easy fundraising when they buy online. Did you know £40 buys a gift bag for someone going through breast cancer and £40 pays for a reiki/reflexology treatment.
Why not come up with your own fundraising idea. You can find us on Wonderful.org where you can set up your own fundraising pageIf you would like to get involved and organise a fundraising event then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We have sponsor packs available with all you need to get started. Thank you for your support.
Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club raise £1750 for Shine Bright
Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club is one of the oldest and most respected Swimming and Water Polo Clubs in the country, in fact it is believed that Tyldesley is the second oldest continuously running club in England having been formed in 1876. Very sadly two of their very special members, Joanne Binks and Jean Fairhurst passed away recently fron cancer related symptons. As Shine Bright had previously helped Joanne the club decided to organise a sponsored swim to raise funds which were to be split between the club and Shine Bright. Joanne left two daughters and had been a member of the club for 8 years. She was their treasurer and Vice President. Joanne loved to travel, so they called the event ‘Escape from Alcatraz and asked their young superstars to swim the distance between Alcatraz and San Francisco, about 2km. However, they far exceeded that and raised well over a whopping £3000, with £1750 being donated to Shine Bright and the money is still coming in, so that amount will increase. The picture shows Joanne’s husband, Nick Binks and membership Secretary, Diana Stafford, and the amazing little people with big hearts. We’re very proud of you all and thank you so much.
A big thank you to the Busy.IT computer shop in Nantwich for having one of our charity collection bottles on their front of desk. Their generous customers raised a welcome £46.96p for us. Thank you so much! Visit their website here.
One of the many people Shine Bright have helped in over nearly ten years, is a wonderful lady called Kayley Rutter. As a thank you to SB Kayley organised a fund-raising event at the Willaston Social Club. The theme being pink, so out came the Barbie selfie booth and small floating pink clouds above the dance floor, plus the rotating disco topiarys above the stage!Thank you so much to everyone involved for making this such a great success. It was an amazing night. The Willaston Social Club kindly hosted the event and raffle. Kayley’s dad’s band, The Conspirators, entertained everyone through out the night. The Bees Knees Balloon Co – BK Events did an absolutely amazing job of decorating the room for us. A big thank you to all of the local companies who donate prizes to the raffle. These include Crafty Creations, MCR, Cheerbrook Farm, Give me a lift removals, Dream Big, Teepees, Rookery Hall Hotel, The Chips, The Reiki Place, Wolfpack Fitness, Rainy day crafts by Karen, Nantwich Civic Hall, Sarah’s Sweetie Shop, The Tollemache Arms, Navio Lounge, Bargain Booze, Crewe Alexandra, S G roofing, Welsh’s Nantwich Market Stall, Alliance Disposables Crewe, Nantwich Town FC, Prestige Motors, Alan Davies Car sales, JB Autos, The Cat Radio Nantwich, Vanity Case Rodney Densem Wines, Baz Rutter Roofing and the amazing donation from Howdens Northwich. Not forgetting individual gifts from Tanya Potts, Abbey Saunders, Sara Hancock.So the grand total we have raised including the giving page, drum roll please; was a whopping £2747.50!!! The Shine Bright Foundation can’t thank you all enough for making this an outstanding success.
Kayley visited her father’s work which is Howdens in Northwich. They have donated a massive £500 to the Shine Bright Foundation which is just amazing! Kayley wanted to thank the team in person as they’d been so supportive to her during her illness. Thank you again Howdens Northwich who are a great people to buy your kitchen from.
A huge thank you to everyone at the Swan in Hindley Green Wigan. Their wonderful darts and dominoes teams raised £142.00 for the Shine Bright Foundation. Good arrows! Many thanks to Annalisa Hamilton-Wilson and all involved and thank you so much for thinking of us.
Mel is running 3 long distance events in aid of Shine Bright
Mel is truly one of our super heroes! Over the next 6 months, she will be participating in the Chester Marathon, Chester Ultra 50 miles, and The Manchester marathon.
After much debate, Mel finally decided support The Shine Bright Foundation. She said “I have thought long and hard about raising funds and more importantly, who I could raise funds for. I have settled on The Shine Bright Foundation, a small charity that is local to where I live, and I have had friends who I know have used the services provided by the charity, it became obvious that this was the right fit. Thanks to all the support they’ve received, they are now achieving their aims”.
If you have anything spare, please click here to support Mel and Shine Bright by donating on Wonderful.org. 🙂
Team Tess… 3 Peaks challenge 2024.
On the 4th May 2024, a group of us will embark on the 3 Peaks challenge: Climbing Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowdon all in 24 hours. And why are we doing this? In memory of Tess, to raise money for the Shine Bright Foundation that was so close to Tess’ heart, and to raise awareness for Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Over the next 12 months we will be sharing the ups and downs (excuse the pun) of our training. We will be setting up fundraising events and inevitably asking you for money. Please share this far and wide and if you can, and please donate on Wonderful.org here.
All our love, for Tess and Team Tess on the 3 Peaks Challenge 2024. SBF
19/5/23 – We’d like to give a heartfelt thanks to Janet Bloomfield and John Creasy, and everyone involed, for raising £310.00 for the Shine Bright Foundation. They organised a vintage MG car rally in memory of John’s beloved wife Carol who sadly passed away October last year. Thank you all so much. SBFxx
2/5/23 – Today we received a very generous donation of £200.00 from the fabulous Crewe Rotary.
Thank you so much Crewe Rotary club for thinking of us.
22/4/23 – A huge shout out to ‘The City of Salford Volleyball Club’ for raising £380.00 for the Shine Bright Foundation. Many thanks to everyone involved, we are so grateful!
13/2/23 – Big thank you to Peter Bloor for raising funds for Shine Bright Foundation. Peter runs amateur film shows and rather than take payment he very kindly nominated SBF to receive what would be his fee to St Lukes Church Goostrey for the donation of £50.00. Many thanks, SBF
25/1/23 – A big thank you to Mike Callaghan for a very generous donation in lieu of Christmas cards. Thank you so much Mike. All our love Team SBF.
30/12/22 – A huge thank you to Warehouse and distribution company, H W Coates Ltd for making a Christmas donation of £400.00 to Shine Bright Foundation. See their website here
SB raised £100 at the Shavington Christmas Fair
Huge thank you to everyone involved with the Shavington community Christmas fair on Saturday 3rd December. It was a massive success! An incredible turnout from all who came along. Thank you to everyone who donated to the prizes. Thank you to Jacky Atkinson for numbering all the tombola prizes and the impressive hampers, also to Dennis and Peter Robinson for their help on our stall. We managed to raise £100.00!! Congratulations to our two raffle winners. 1st prize to Robin Zóka and family. 2nd prize to the wonderful lady from the WI.. Not forgetting everyone who entered our tombola. If I have left anyone out, apologies, please accept our warm thanks. Team SBF. Xxx
Fabulous ladies raise money for SB and enjoy a music festival!
Anna suffered from triple negative breast cancer and went through the mangle. Her strong character helped her get through it, and she decided to help others who have the decease. She came up with the great idea of raising funds for Shine Bright by holding a music festival. It took place in August in Aylestone, Leicester. We would like to express our warmth and gratitude to everyone who came along to Festiboob, and made it a great day. To everyone who donated towards this fundraiser, thank you so much… I would like to give recognition to Anna Moseley for all the hard work and to the wonderfully titled ‘Tittie Committee’, Amber Mackay, Sarah Bingham, Melanie Plant, Claire Morrison, Georgia Bell, Jade Lacey, Vicki Dodd, Libby Behrens, Kelly Aelberry, Sarah Kerr and Esther Corns. We know how much time these events take to put in place. Thank you for spreading awareness of our charity Shine Bright Foundation.
Kelly Browne completes Pretty Muddy for SB.
We’d like to share Kelly’s story with you. “I was diagnosed with early breast cancer in January. I was very lucky to have the lump found so early. I have had it easy compared to others and I am very grateful for the support I have received so far. I took part in the Pretty Muddy race for life on 9th July 2022. I chose to raise money for the Shine Bright foundation, as they sent me a gift bag containing things to make my cancer journey a little more comfortable. The items I received were not cheap either as I had bought some myself along the way. I completed the race with my 13 year old daughter, my cousin, my friend and her friend who has suffered from cervical cancer in the past. I have completed the race three times now, as I have lost a few family and friends to cancer and like to support charities who have supported them during their journey. I would just like to give back and promote the foundation, should anyone ever need them. To date, Kelly has raised a total of £712.50”.
If you would like to support Kelly further by donating towards her money raising event for Shine Bright Foundation her donation page is still open.
Many thanks to Kelly for every thing she has done for Shine Bright.
We don’t get many personal statements. This really is a positive affirmation, reminding us that we are doing some right!!
Lots of love
Team SBF xx
Local Authors raise £850 for Shine Bright!
Great news..! Yet again, local authors and historians Mark Potts and Tony Marks have donated a further £550.00 to Shine Bright Foundation..Added to the previous donation of £300.00 earlier on this year this totals an enormous £850.00 from the sale of their latest book, The Great War years- Crewe & Nantwich.
Many thanks to both Mark and Tony.
Roy Price’s Kilimanjaro Challenge Collecting on behalf of Shine Bright Foundation, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity, Roy has nominated the Macmillan Chemotherapy Suite at Leighton to benefit from all monies raised. Roy is took on the challenge in memory of his wife Ruth, who has sadly passed away.
The Brave the Shave Boys
William Lund, William Alderson and Sam Gillson. In support of William Lund’s mum Lucy who is presently receiving treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer the boys braved the shave and have raised over £2500 for the Shine Bright Foundation to enable us to continue to fund Triple Negative Breast Cancer trials at the Christie. Well done boys!!
Mel Dawson‘s Channel Swim. In July 2018 Mel Dawson completed her Solo Channel Swim in aid of Shine Bright. In 2017 Mel had to stop her attempt because of the tide. As Mel was so determined to complete the crossing she returned this year and her perseverance was returned with a successful crossing. Well done Mel, you are one amazing lady!
Rita and Ronnie Get Hitched
On the 17th June 2017 Rita Daswani and Ronnie Blaquiere were married and they have decided instead of receiving presents they asked for donations and have chosen Shine Bright Foundation for their charity..We wish them all our very best for the future….Thank you to every body for helping us…This means so much for the charity.
Tom Baker Walks 1000 miles!
In 56 days during Summer 2016 Tom Baker completed a 1000 mile walk around the coast and border of Wales raising over £5000 – an incredible achievement! Tom and Paul Baker have also walked the 34 mile Sandstone Trail in aid of the Shine Bright Foundation. They walked the whole length of the Sandstone Trail in 12 hours/one day.
Joanne Turner, Karen O’Neill and Anna Mottram are taking part in the 34 mile trail walk have also walked the Sandstone Trail for Shine Bright.
West Highland Way and Ben Nevis Stefan Pountain and cousin James took on this challenge. Averaging 20 miles a day, across some of the most desolate landscapes in the UK. Other than the last 2 nights in fort William they camped, either wild camping or at campsites which are few and far between! It was a difficult challenge and not just for fun!
Jen and Pig canoe trip for Shine Bright
Jen and Pig canoed from Nantwich to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and back for Shine Bright. Jen and Pig paddled the Llangollen Canal starting at the end of the canal at Hurleston Locks with all their belongings for the week on the canoe. They manoeuvred through locks, tunnels and two aqueducts to achieve their goals.
Columbia Gorge Marathon. Charles Rowlands ran the Columbian Gorge marathon to raised money for the Shine Bright Foundation and Cancer Research UK. It was in memory of his dad, Dave Rowlands, who worked tirelessly to raise funds for CRUK over many years and who was lost in May, aged 75, to cancer.
Emma Heath, Marathon Star! Emma ran the Snowdonia trail Marathon, by running her first Ultra Marathon across the Gritsrone trial, followed by 17 mile Sandstone Trail in October, then the Chester Marathon. All in the fight against Cancer!! Wow!
Music for the Soul
The Nantwich Civic Hall was the venue for an great evening entertainment courtesy of Soul, Jazz, Motown and Disco music from outstanding performers. A very special night raising £441.42 for the Shine Bright Foundation. Many thanks to all involved, especially Jemma and Mark for their hard work organising the event. Roll on next year!!
Sarah’s Book Launch and Party Night Sarahs’ book on sale at £10 per book, all proceeds to Shine Bright Foundation.
Tilston 10K for Shine Bright
Natalie Young and friend Claire ran the Tilston 10Km on the 6th September raising £££’s for the Foundation.
Skydive at Tilstock Shine Bright would like to give a GREAT BIG THANK YOU…To all those who did the parachute jump from 10,000 feet. No broken bones, all landed in one piece! Exhilarating for them, some wanting to do it all again..Also to Sara for stepping in at the last moment.. We would once again like to thank all who have supported and sponsored these very brave people…CHEERS EVERY ONE!!!!!!
Santander Tombola Stall in Crewe
A successful day and a great opportunity to spread the word about our funding of complementary treatments for people with breast cancer and their carers at Navitas in Shavington.
Morrison’s Bag Pack. Every penny counts! A fantastic £491.58 raised by the volunteers who helped to pack the bags, and the generous people of Nantwich. A HUGE Thank You to Morrisons Nantwich and all the shoppers who generously donated!!
Tombola Stall at Classic Car Rally
We were kindly invited to the Classic Car Rally at the Elephant and Castle in Shavington, and raised £265.33 with a Tombola Stall. A huge thank you to the event organisers, the Elephant, and all the wonderful people that bought tickets or made a donation. Roll on next year!!
Sarah’s Memorial Cup A huge thank you to all that contributed to the Sarah Robinson Memorial Cup. A brilliant £400 was raised on the 11th July and big thanks to Andrea Weaver and the Sydney Arms – without the support from Sarah’s friends, Shine Bright wouldn’t be where we are today.
Paul Baker’s epic Apocalypse 100 Run and ultra marathon!
Paul ran an amazing 60 miles through Shropshire before being forced to retire with a foot injury at 4am, an incredible achievement and we’d like to thank Paul for supporting our charity. However, Paul completed 50 miles of Ultra Marathon in darkest Derbyshire in only 14hrs. Windy, extremely hilly and unbelievably tiring – navigating alone with only a map and compass!!
Chester Marathon. Team Shine Bright had a great day at the Chester Marathon on 17th May 2015 … raising well over £1000 Anne-Marie Taylor (Sarah’s sister), Helen Tonks, Sarah Baddiley, Rachel Brook and Michelle Wakefield did a great job.
Cheshire East Team Event
We would like to thank the Cheshire East team for raising £130 for the Shine Bright Foundation!
Sydney Arms Fun Day
A fun day at the Sydney Arms and live music in the evening from the D Roaders.
Tom Baker’s Offa’s Dyke Solo Walk
In May 2014 Tom Baker walked the Offa’s Dyke which is a 177 miles long, starting at Prestatyn beach and ending in Chepstow. It follows more or less the whole length of the border between Wales & England. A momentus achievement raising over £3000
Two Half Marathons in One Day
Helen Tonks and Sarah Baddiley ran the Liverpool Half Marathon and Rachel Brook ran the Wilmslow Half Marathon on Sunday 23rd March 2014, raising over £3000
A Mediumship Evening
Local medium Lynn Parker with another Medium hold a Mediumship Night at Willaston’s Masonic Hall.