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Korda Developments and You Win Competitions have recently held the Melanoma Event competition which gave its 8 lucky winners a once in a lifetime carp fishing experience. This epic event raised an astounding £50,000 for Melanoma Focus.
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The wonderful family and friends of Brian O’Donnell have recently raised over £7,500 in his memory at their annual charity golf day that took place on Friday 2nd June at Dudsbury Golf club, Dorset.
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During May 2022, Helen was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, to mark her birthday this year she wanted to do something memorable. She achieved this by taking on an epic skydiving challenge with her husband Graham.
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On Saturday 10th June 2023, Luke completed an epic challenge of running for 24 hours in memory of his Dad, Adrian who passed away from Acral Lentiginous melanoma in February 2022. Not only did Luke complete this challenge he also came 2nd place at the event and raised over £5000 for Melanoma Focus. What an incredible achievement!
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In 2021 Mark was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma, in a quest to prove to himself that the cancer (and its associated treatment) wasn't a reason to avoid doing things he has recently completed our Melanoma 1000 challenge.
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We would like to say a BIG thank you and well done to Dr Laura Nestor, specialist registrar in dermatology, Churchill hospital under Oxford NHS Trust, who recently completed Reading Half Marathon in aid of Melanoma Focus!
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We would like to say a very big thank you to Llangollen Leisure Centre who have recently organized a 12-hour rowathon in memory of their dear friend, James Rush.
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In October 2021, Olivia sadly lost her battle to melanoma. Her mother Margaret, her sister Joanne and her family members wanted to honor Olivia’s memory, so to mark the one-year anniversary of Olivia’s passing they organised a coffee morning.
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Back in 2020 when mum Tina and daughter Charlotte reached the combined age of 90 they set themselves the challenge of completing the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, in order to raise funds in memory of Tina’s father and Charlotte’s grandfather Tony.
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Carol Chalk sadly lost her brother, Stephen to malignant melanoma in 2013. She decided to set herself a challenge and walk a marathon in his memory.
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In the summer of 2021, Matt Heywood was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma, this progressed to stage 3. Since then, Matt has undergone four surgeries and is currently having treatment, he also decided to take on his own challenge to raise money and awareness for Melanoma Focus.
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Thank you very much to the Alan Boswell Group for their continued support. They have recently held a ‘dress down day’ and raised over £300.
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