JH Mechanical Services Limited, who have adopted Secondary1st as their Charity of the Year, ate cakes for a day to mark Breast Cancer Awareness and raise funds for the Charity. They found that cakes for breakfast and lunch are a great way to mark a special day.
We want to mark Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day, 13th October 2019, by telling people about this disease and the need for more research to find better treatments, so that women and men can go on living the lives they love with their families and friends.
Vikki is organising a great fun-filled disco at Harold Hill Community centre in Essex. She wants to raise as much money as possible for the charities that are helping her Mum, who has been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. It will be on 7-12pm Saturday 09 November 2019. Tickets are £10 for Adults, Kids are…
Anne and Paul arranged a sponsored head shave to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of Anne’s sister Mary. They both looked really great with their new hairstyles and raised £3000 for vital research. There was a great turn out at The Boat Inn which hosted the event so well. Audrey and Sally helped coordinate…
This year Secondary1st is awarding two research grants. Both are very relevant to secondary breast cancer. One grant goes to a team in Glasgow which is studying the relationship between cancer and the immune system and investigating how immune cells participate in the metastatic process leading to the development of new immunotherapies to counteract metastatic…
Ellen and her Mum organised a coffee morning to raise money for Secondary1st. Everyone who came had a great time and the morning raised over £1000.
We want to thank everyone who has raised money and donated to Secondary1st since it was launched in June 2016. Your fantastic efforts have raised over £500,000 towards the research that is so desperately needed to find more effective treatments for secondary breast cancer. You have raised money in so many different ways and we…
The team of Jackie’s friends and family completed this year’s Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge in the amazing time of 11 hours 40 minutes after weeks of training and preparation. This was a 24-mile hike over Pen-y-ghent (694m), Whernside (736m) and Ingleborough (723m). They took on this daunting challenge for Jackie who was diagnosed with breast…
Neil works for Refinitiv in their Nottingham office where he organised a fantastic cake sale in honour of his friend Jadi. Colleagues set to work and produced lots of delicious goodies which raised a wonderful £357, which will be matched by a donation from Refinitiv, making a total of £714 for Secondary1st.
This ultramarathon is held over six days and covers a distance of 251km or 156 miles in six stages; it is roughly equivalent to six “regular” marathons and is open to runners and walkers. The longest single stage is 91km or 57 miles and it takes place in the heat of the Sahara Desert in…
Twelve-year-old Libby has had a very busy time raising money for Secondary1st. She spent her weekend climbing not one but two mountains in Wales. After weeks of training she started by climbing the 872 metres of Mount Siabod, and then moved on to the 1085 metres of Mount Snowdon. She achieved this amazing feat with…
Tollers is proud to have chosen Secondary1st to be its charity of the year from 1st April 2019. Tollers is a regional law firm with offices in in Northampton, Corby, Kettering, Milton Keynes, Stevenage, Kempston, Oakham & Uppingham. Tollers’ link with Secondary1st is through Alex Gill, conveyancing assistant. Very sadly, Alex’s sister Charlie passed away…