EIGHT YEAR OLD Euan Beer of Little Torrington was given a Grasshopper remote control car which had belonged to his Uncle Rowan.

Sadly Rowan Terry of Little Torrington passed away of Oesophageal cancer after a short illness, and Euan decided that he wanted to help other people like his much loved uncle by using his remote controlled car to raise funds for the Over and Above Cancer and Wellbeing Support Centre.

 Euan took on the challenge of steering his remote controlled car along 8 miles of the Tarka Trail between Torrington and Bideford old railway stations.  Euan said “Lots of my friends and family sponsored me.  I managed to walk all the way but it was quite difficult to steer because it kept going off the track, but it is a very good car and only needed one set of batteries.”

Over and Above Fundraising Officer Julie Whitton said “Euan raised a magnificent £351.60 for the Cancer and Wellbeing Centre Appeal.  He truly is inspirational. Not only did he raise a huge amount to support other patients like his uncle but he also walked a long distance with his car.  Our fundraising team think he’s amazing!”

Rowan’s sister Hannah Poynton said “Sadly my brother Rowan was diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer and passed away after a short illness in December 2017 aged just 39 years old.  He left Euan his remote control car, which Euan treasures and I know Rowan would be very proud to know what Euan has achieved and how he is supporting other patients”.

 If you would like to give your support to the hospital charity Over and Above, or want to find out more please visit www.overandabove.org.uk and the charity’s facebook page or contact the Fundraising Team on 01271 311772 or email ndht.charity@nhs.net

MEGA THANKS to the staff and friends of Ship and Pilot in Ilfracombe for the fabulous fundraising efforts over PURPLE WEEKEND.

They managed to raise £353.42 and this goes toward the New Cancer & Wellbeing Centre Appeal.

THANKS everyone!!!!!

BIG THANKS to the East & West Buckland Village Hall Committee for putting on such a fabulous Charity breakfast.
The annual ‘Petit Dejeuner’ raised a magnificent £504.60 all in aid of the Cancer & Wellbeing Centre Appeal.

Thank you all that were involved and all that attended to make it such a fabulous event.

WOW!!!

Back in May Keith Regan, accompanied by his wife Janet, completed the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in New York City. He raised a whopping £5620 which was split between Over and Above Cancer and Wellbeing Centre Appeal and the 9/11 Memorial Fund.

Great going Keith & Janet, Well Done!!

Enterprise Holdings Foundation has kindly donated £1,000 to the Cancer and Wellbeing Centre Appeal. Enterprise Rent-A-Car UK) are fantastic supporters to the hospital charity and earlier in the year they organised a car wash to raise funds for us. Assistant Branch Manager Rich Hutter & SW Business Account Manager Phil Wright popped in to present the cheque to Julie from the Fundraising team. The Appeal has now raised a fantastic £900k towards its £1.5m target and aim to open the Centre in Spring 2020.

If you would like to donate or organise an event for Over and Above please contact us on 01271 311772 / ndht.charity@nhs.net

So, the lovely Gail Stoneman, Bravely Shaved her head a couple of nights ago. She has been having ‘fun and games’ with cancer over the last 9 years and is currently on a chemotherapy treatment in tablet form, which she says ‘hasn’t been too bad so far’………….. ‘But (there’s always a but) her hair is now on it’s way out.

SO……… Gail decided to be brave and go for ‘THE SHAVE’ to raise money for the Cancer And Wellbeing Centre Appeal. She sent us some step by step pics to share her journey with us.

If you would like to support Gail in her journey you can donate here by clicking on the donate button on her facebook page;https://www.facebook.com/gail.stoneman.35