Leamington and Warwick fundraisers are top in region for cancer support

Hard-working volunteers in Leamington and Warwick have raised more than most in the country for cancer research over the past year.
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The Leamington and Warwick Cancer Research UK fundraising group was the highest fundraising group in the Midlands in the year running up to April 2013. They raised £65,000 during the year.
Pictured,Jenny Blake (Secretary),Patt Gagg (chairperson),Sam Ballantye, Jeff Reading (treasure),and Trevor BInns.MHLC-23-04-13 fundraisers Apr80 
The Leamington and Warwick Cancer Research UK fundraising group was the highest fundraising group in the Midlands in the year running up to April 2013. They raised £65,000 during the year.
Pictured,Jenny Blake (Secretary),Patt Gagg (chairperson),Sam Ballantye, Jeff Reading (treasure),and Trevor BInns.
MHLC-23-04-13 fundraisers Apr80 The Leamington and Warwick Cancer Research UK fundraising group was the highest fundraising group in the Midlands in the year running up to April 2013. They raised £65,000 during the year. Pictured,Jenny Blake (Secretary),Patt Gagg (chairperson),Sam Ballantye, Jeff Reading (treasure),and Trevor BInns.

The area’s Cancer Research UK fundraising committee raised £65,000 in the year running up to April - which was the most out of a region that includes Warwickshire, North Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

The group’s 16 members, many of whom have full-time jobs, regularly collect funds in the Parade in Leamington and at supermarkets, but they also take time to organise events including a recent fashion show, and an afternoon tea party and cake-decorating day taking place next month.

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Chairman Pat Gagg, whose father died of lung cancer, said: “The group has been going for 61 years now and we are all very committed.

“All of us are touched by cancer at some point in out lives. Thank goodness that now a lot of people are cured and that’s what we work for.

“Without the people of Leamington and Warwick supporting us, we could not do it.”

Some £10,000 of last year’s fundraising came from funeral donations, while £25,000 came from businesses and individuals who held their own events.

Next month, ticket sales on May 22 for Calender Girls at the Loft Theatre will be donated to the group.

To support the group, call Mrs Gagg on 831848.