Cancer Centre Information

Thank you so much to the group of friends from the Mawdesley and Eccleston area - collectively known as the Midweek Men’s Club - for raising a fantastic £3,275 for us after being sponsored to walk the @yorkshirewoldsway! 👏

🥾🗺 Setting out from Hessle not far from the Humber Bridge, the nine-strong group, aged between 51 and 63, took six days to complete the 79-mile national trail.

The group (some of whom have been friends since school days) followed paths that took them over open farmland, by rolling chalk hills and woodland, and through twisting dry valleys. Their finish line was the seaside town of Filey, where they were met for a celebration by their wives and girlfriends.

Men’s club member Gareth Hughes explained: “We have all known one another for at least 20 years and some of us, even longer. We’re a very informal group of increasingly grey, bald and portly middle aged blokes, who besides a pint, love walking.

“Last year, the group walked the Hadrian’s Wall Path and raised £1,500 for mental health charity Andy’s Man Club. We were always going to do a walk this year and we all know someone who has been diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer so we decided to walk the Yorkshire Wolds Way to support the frankly amazing work done by the staff and volunteers at Rosemere Cancer Centre, which is critically important to prostate cancer patients and their families.

“We are very grateful to our families and friends, who have been so helpful with the walk’s planning and organisation, and to everyone who donated.”

What a great challenge, and a great amount raised too - thank you to all of you for your support of our work! ❤ ...

Thanks so much to all involved at @the_william_mitchell Morecambe for the wonderful continued support! 🥰

The Westgate pub’s annual end of summer fundraiser raised an amazing £4,469.88, taking their total raised for us since the event launched in 2013 to an incredible £48,357.62 🙌

Although the stalls and activities had to relocate indoors due to the weather, all the fun day’s traditional, much-loved features were there to be enjoyed, including a live music line-up of local bands and vocalists, fairground style games, face painting and a huge raffle.

Maria King, who organised the event with her mum, landlady Tricia Ulyatt, with help from their respective husbands Ben and Steve plus the bar team, said: “It was a rainy day but the weather couldn’t spoil the fun.

“We are very grateful to everyone who helped us with the planning and organisation, everyone who donated their time on the day to help out and who gifted raffle and other prizes and all our patrons, who brought along their families, to make the fun day such a success.”

🎄 Maria, Tricia and The William Mitchell team are now focused on their festive fundraising, with plans for a Christmas Market on Sunday, 22nd November and a charity wreath-making workshop on Monday 23rd, as well as a spectacular Santa’s Grotto on December 20th!

Thank you to all of you - and your pub patrons too - for your ongoing support of our work for the benefit of local cancer patients ❤ ...

And here are a few more of our fab Walk The Lights photos - because why not! 🤩🎡🌟

Thanks so much to @photo_cj for these shots of the night 🙌 And thanks again to our wonderful walkers! ...

We’d like to give a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who joined us on the blustery Blackpool seafront last Friday for our annual Walk the Lights! 🤩🗼🌟🎡

It was a fantastic night taking in the iconic illuminations, and so lovely to see so many of you brightening the evening with us in support of local cancer care. We don’t have a total raised yet as funds are still coming in, but we know your support will help us continue to make a real difference for local patients.

Thank you too to our wonderful volunteers on the night for your help in making the event as successful as possible, to our fantastic bakers for the sweet treats, and of course to @leylandbedsandfurniture for their very kind sponsorship of our event! ❤

📸 Here’s a selection of photos from the night below - please feel free to tag and share! ...