Glasgow Fun Night
A fun night in a Glasgow hall was organised by five friends in memory of their friend Andrea. More than 150 people had a fantastic evening and raised more than £2300 for Secondary1st.
Brighton to London Cycling Event
On October 14th a team of 12 from Bristows including partners, trainees and associates set off in the morning and spent nearly 6 hours cycling from Brighton to London. At the same time indoor team cycled for 15 minute slots on Wattbikes – they matched the road conditions by setting some slots to a steep…
Charity efforts provide hope as family adapts to mum’s death
Elliot Choueka is in his kitchen. The table is a jumble of paperwork, a laptop and his phone, which flashes and beeps every few minutes. Behind the father-of-two is a noticeboard full of his children’s achievements and reminders written in chalk to pack their PE clothes. He used to share the responsibility for remembering these things with his wife but today, as he prepares Friday night dinner, he is on his own.
Mr Choueka lost his wife, Rosie, whose blog about battling breast cancer captured national attention, in June last year. Tomorrow would have been her 40th birthday.
Quiz Night
A fun-filled quiz evening was organised by Andrea Pellegrini, one of the “cancer bitches” and her friends on 17th September. Everyone in the packed hall enjoyed trying to answer the questions, with a much-needed break for a fantastic supper with many opportunities to win the huge number of amazing raffle prizes.
Secondary breast cancer: Martin Lewis pays tribute to friend in charity awareness bid
Martin Lewis is backing a campaign to raise awareness for secondary breast cancer.
Guitar auction for Secondary1st
The guitar made by Melvyn Hiscock that was given to Jo Knell (Jojo Gingerhead), who was one of the seven ‘cancer bitches’ and died a month before Rosie (also one of the seven) was auctioned and raised £1000 for Secondary1st.
Mail Online Health
Secondary breast cancer kills 12,000 women each year in the UK. In 2015, it killed 38-year-old wife and mother-of-two Rosie Choueka. Her final wish was for a charity to be set up to research the disease, in which cancer spreads from the breast to other parts of the body. Secondary1st focuses entirely on raising funds…
Dad takes on cancer that took his wife
This interview by Claire O’Reilly first appeared in The Sun on 12th July in the ‘me’ supplement. ELLIOT Choueka has launched the UK’s first charity to fund research into secondary breast cancer after losing wife Rosie, 38, in June last year. Secondary breast cancer is when cancer spreads to other areas of the body, and…
Care for incurable cancer is “second rate”
This article was first published in the Times (15 July) and is written by Chris Smyth. Thousands of patients with incurable cancer are condemned to second-rate care, a report today warns. Patients are ignored by doctors, suffer delays in treatment and only get help when they go to A&E. Progress in treating early stage…
Before my wife died she asked me to set up a cancer charity. Here’s why
On 16 June 2015 my beautiful, brilliant wife, Rosie Choueka, lost her brief battle with secondary breast cancer. She was 38 years old, a mother of two little children, a wife, a daughter and a hugely successful City lawyer. Rosie found a lump in her breast in June 2014. She had a lumpectomy and soon…
The launch of Secondary1st
Under the patronage of Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi, Secondary1st has been launched in memory of Rosie Choueka who died from the disease.
Deborah: A chocoholic’s challenge
“What better way to raise money for charity than give up something I love in memory of someone I love?”