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Nissan UK (Sunderland Plant) has been raising funds for Brain Tumour Research during 2011, having lost friend and colleague, Phil Ross, to a brain tumour in 2010. Nissan UK in Sunderland held a Wear a Hat for brain tumours event in March 2011 and also organised a charity football match, raising nearly £4,000. |
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Men's Captain, Derek Ailes, of Surrey Downs Golf Club named Brain Tumour Research as his Charity of the Year. Derek lost his best friend to a brain tumour in 2010 and his own daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour four years ago and underwent successful surgery. |
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Staff at St George's Medical Centre, Wirral PCT, alarmed at the brain tumour statistics, are working to raise funds and awareness of the need for much more research into brain tumours and have named Brain Tumour Research as an ongoing Charity of the Year. |
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Backup Direct works with UK businesses to provide online backup and disaster recovery. Based out of Bath, the small team is committed to delivering excellent levels of customer support. Managing Director, Brett Raynes, and two members of his team, Nathan Tyndale and Mark Funnell have taken on the challenge of Iron Man Lanzarote 2012 to help raise vital funds for Brain Tumour Research, Backup Direct's chosen charity for 2011/2012.
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Beachborough Preparatory School, near Brackley, Northants, regularly holds fundraising events on behalf of Brain Tumour Research and has named Brain Tumour Research as its charity of the year. Pupils, teachers and parents have been inspired to raise money and awareness of this cause. Sally Gross, a teacher at Beachborough School, first became involved with Brain Tumour Research after her niece Maisie received treatment for a brain tumour in June 2007. Sally is a parent at Beachborough as well as working at the school. The School Charity Committee has worked hard to think of numerous fundraising ideas to fit into the School's busy terms. Sally is very proud of the support that everyone has so far given to raising money for this charity.
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Top 100 law firm Bircham Dyson Bell, named Charity Advisor of the Year in 2010, has selected Brain Tumour Research as one of three "Employee Charities of the Year". One of its employees nominated the charity as a friend had recently suffered from a brain tumour. |
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Summit Systems Ltd, a market leader in the plastics industry, has chosen Brain Tumour Research as its charity of the year. Sam Hill, managing director of Summit Systems, based in Tamworth, is actively fundraising for Brain Tumour Research (including taking part in the Great North Run later this year) in memory of his uncle who died just before Christmas 2010 with a brain tumour, as well as his grandfather who also suffered the same fate. |
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The team at Vitesse Media were astounded by the statistics and wanted to do something to raise much needed funds for this dreadful disease which takes the lives of more children and people under the age of 40 than Leukaemia or any other cancer. Vitesse Media are the leading specialists in growth businesses - entrepreneurs and CEOs, their investors, advisers and suppliers. They offer award-winning publications, fast-growing websites, exciting events and much-acclaimed research. Their flagship titles include SmallBusiness.co.uk, Growth Company Investor, Information Age, GrowthBusiness.co.uk, What Investment, Business XL and M&ADeals.co.uk. Their endorsement is invaluable as they raise awareness of brain tumours through their impressive audience and are allowing advertising space in their magazines and on their websites.
They will also be fundraising through raffles at their `not to be missed awards events' and inviting us to network at their breakfast launches.
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