In these unusual times more and more people are turning to online shopping. Amazon Smile has the same range of products and costs no more to use than the original Amazon site, but it donates a percentage of the money it receives to charities, so it is an easy way to help Secondary1st .
Tuesday 13th October is officially Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day. But for us every day is secondary breast cancer awareness day. We always aim to put secondary breast cancer first, at the top of our list. We want more people to know about secondary breast cancer. And we want them to help raise the money…
Details
Poppy was born and brought up in Cornwall. She was a talented actress and went to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After some early success she returned to Cornwall to begin a new career as a business woman, then got married and had two children. However she was diagnosed with secondary breast…
Details
7 year-old Ruby wanted to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of her Auntie Charlie. So she set up a stall selling homemade lemonade at 50p a cup…. and raised a fantastic £100.
Details
Angela had decided to take part in the 2.6 Challenge which started on 26th April, the date planned for the London Marathon, to raise money for Secondary1st. She had been treated for breast cancer in 2009 and then diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the end of 2019. She found her old cross-trainer and was…
Details
Angela had been treated for breast cancer in 2007 but was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer at the end of 2019. She wanted to raise money for research into the disease and decided to take part in the 2.6 challenge for Secondary1st. She dug out her old cross-trainer and found that she could manage a…
Details
On Sunday 26th April, the date planned for the 2020 London Marathon, there is the opportunity for everyone to take up the 2.6 Challenge. This is a nationwide event inviting people all over the UK to take part in an activity based around 2.6 or 26 while following the social distancing guidelines and at the…
Details
As Trustees of Secondary1st we want to send our very best wishes to all our supporters and fundraisers and assure everyone that Secondary1st is in a stable financial position. We will survive through the current situation and emerge ready to continue funding vital research into secondary breast cancer when life returns to normal.
The theatre company “Take Three Girls” toured Exmoor performing Alan Bennett’s “Her Big Chance” and publicising the work of the charity to raise money for Secondary1st in honour of the late Mary Richards. “Her Big Chance” is from the “Talking Heads” series of dramatic monologues and is the story of Lesley, an aspiring actress, who,…
Details Michele planned to run a half-marathon and then a marathon this year after taking part in a 10k and a half-marathon in 2019 to raise money for Secondary1st. When both of this year’s events were postponed because of the Coronavirus she refused to sit back and managed to run a half-marathon around her garden in…
Details
While everyone is encouraged to stay at home as much as possible and so many shops are closed more people are turning to on-line shopping. AmazonSmile makes no charge to the buyer, provides the same products at the same prices as Amazon and will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price (excluding VAT, returns and…
Details
Before the lockdown, Andrea’s sisters and best friend managed to add three more challenges to their 40for40 campaign in Andrea’s memory. These were the shoeathon, which involved wearing 40 pairs of shoes, a metafit class and a friend duathalon and they were held to raise money for Secondary1st and the Beatson Institute in Glasgow where…
Details