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,…
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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…
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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…
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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 Researchers in the US have successfully conducted the first small-scale clinical trial to test a gene-editing treatment for cancer. They extracted t-cells, which are immune cells, from three cancer patients and edited their DNA with Crispr-Cas9, a powerful tool which works like molecular scissors to remove with great precision part of the cells’ genetic code…
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1300 researchers have worked for ten years to explore the entire cancer genome. Their results suggest that some cancers could be predicted through DNA mutations that occur many years before the cancers make patients ill. The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium involved researchers from 37 countries who examined 47 million genetic changes in over…
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Deborah had signed up for the London Winter Run to raise money for Secondary1st in memory of her late mother, who had passed away ten years ago. Storm Ciara forced the organisers to cancel the event but Deborah refused to be beaten by the weather. Two days later she completed a 10 km run on…
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Tuesday 4th February is World Cancer Day. this year marks the midpoint of a three year campaign to increase global awareness of cancer and reduce its global impact.
Andrea’s sisters and best friend are planning to complete 40 challenges leading up to what would have been her 40th birthday next January. They have started by getting 40 people out together on a cold January morning. The next event will be a shoeathon, involving the wearing of 40 pairs of shoes each day, followed…
Details Sarah has set up a virtual challenge to raise money for Secondary1st at https://facebook.com/events/533644610793103/?ti=as. Everyone who takes part can decide to walk, run, cycle or swim either 13, 26 or 39 miles and choose where and when to complete the challenge, which can be split into as few or as many sessions as they want.
Eleanor and her twin sister organised a Christmas drinks party for lots of friends. It was a fantastic start to the festive season and the twins were thrilled to discover that they have raised over £900 for Secondary1st.
Hannah organised a coffee morning to celebrate the festive season and sold lots and lots of the fantastic snowmen which her mother-in-law had made and donated for Secondary1st. The morning raised about £650. Everyone had a great time and the snowmen each found a new home where they could be loved and admired.