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Introducing Stuart… our Three Peaks Challenge (which we’re doing this Friday!) Mascot A huge thank you to all those who have already helped raise almost £3,000 – nearly a third of our target! For more information on the Challenge please click here and for a bit more background on how the campaign came about please… Continue reading Our Colas Three Peaks Challenge Mascot

Ok, so to put things into perspective… on Friday we’ll be walking more than the length of a marathon, almost 25 miles up three mountains, each of which looks like it’s on the horizon when looked at from either of the others… if that’s not worth a fiver in sponsorship then surely what we’re doing… Continue reading So, this is happening… this Friday…

Our son William received his cancer diagnosed in early 2014 when he was just 18 months old – it was a high grade brain tumour, the long term survival statistics for which are very poor. After surgeons first removed the tumour, which was the size of a golf ball… …he underwent 9 months of chemo…… Continue reading William’s Brain Tumour Journey

Savoury and sweet treats combined with our dress down Friday helped the office at Colas, Newcastle raise a record total of over £50 this week for the Childhood Brain Tumour Research Centre! Thank you so much to all those two baked, ate, laid and paid! For more information on our fundraising efforts, please click here… Continue reading Savoury & Sweet Treats!

Ok, so it’s probably not doing much for the waistlines of staff at Colas in Newcastle but this week alone we have taken in £32 from two Bake Sales with the promise of more to come – luckily some of us will be able to burn of those excess calories when we take on the… Continue reading Two Bake Sales in One Week!

I know it’s not easy but please read… This month you might notice parents of children with cancer “going gold” for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month… In the four Septembers since William’s diagnosis I can’t recall seeing a single non-parent sport a gold ribbon on their Facebook profile pic and I’ll admit to never having heard… Continue reading September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Share your brain tumour experiences to help find a cure sooner… Background Those of you who have been following us for a while will know how passionate we are about trying to help others benefit from our experiences with William – in particular how his brain tumour shrank by two thirds after we started him… Continue reading What is BRIAN? Please Sign Up!

Today my employer Colas combined its first Dress Down Friday for the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre with a Bake Sale by our very own (apprentice) Baker Extraordinaire Big Davy Lynn. Huge thanks to everyone for taking part – means so much to have such an enthusiastic groups of colleagues supporting what we are trying… Continue reading Colas’ Casual Cake Sale

Although I have alluded to it in recent posts, I’ve not really been all that direct… Although most people reading this have already donated (some have done even more!) in a previous year (/previous years!), I’m humbly requesting further donations to our latest fundraising campaign. All money raised will go directly towards Cannabinoid / Ketogenic Diet… Continue reading Donations Needed for more Cannabinoid/ Ketogenic Diet Resarch

Not long now ’till Colas‘ first Dress Down Friday for the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre. Going to be accompanied by a Bake Sale! Check out our Fundraising Page for more information… #Cannabidiol #KetogenicDiet #MakeWilliamWell #CBTRC #Ependymoma #Colas