fundraising staff and friends

Rina Rawal
Fundraising Manager
Rina has extensive event management experience in both the corporate and community sectors. Her organisational and administration skills have been refined over the years working as PA to Directors in various business sectors. With a degree in Business Studies, she will now embark on a MBA at Brunel University this September.

Caroline Wren Fundraising Assistant
Caroline worked in the Training Department at Watford General Hospital prior to joining Paul Strickland Scanner Centre. She has experience in administration, planning and organising. With work experience in the retail sector as well, she has excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Mike Geddes Marketing Manager,
Editor of Scanning Matters and ScanThrough
After a career in advertising, marketing and general management, Mike was invited to join the Appeals Team. As well as helping to raise funds, he writes and produces our publications and also assists with publicity material and public relations.

Pauline Fisher
Volunteer and Treasurer of Friends Committee
In 1994, Pauline decided to do voluntary work in a local hospital. Her time at the scanner centre began with helping with the accounts. At the time she had no idea, that a few years on her daughter would be using the facilities of the Centre. Pauline’s voluntary work now includes financial control of all activities of the Appeals Office. She is also Treasurer of the Friends and does the Centre’s banking.

June Nickless
Volunteer and Chairman of Friends Committee
A golfing accident in USA in 1996 prevented June from resuming a career in the charities sector, so she decided to become a volunteer with the Centre. Her daughter is a Senior Research Fellow in the field of cancer research, which was an added incentive. June has been Chairman of the Friends for many years, supporting the Appeals Teams fundraising activities.

The Friends of Paul Strickland Scanner Centre help our Fundraising staff with all aspects of their work.

Join the Friends and make friends!
When you join the Friends of Paul Strickland Scanner Centre you will have increased opportunities to make friends and expand your social life without any obligations being placed on you. Friends can help in many ways with events, sales and supermarket collections, and you can get involved as little or as much as you want to, but you will always have the satisfaction of knowing that whatever you do will help to save lives. In addition, the Friends have an active social programme of visits and theatre and concert trips, often at reduced prices.

To find out more please email us click here or call the Appeals Office on 01923 844290.

Friends push the boat out
Following a successful visit to Watford Palace Theatre to see Shakespeare’s As You Like It in April, 19 Friends enjoyed an elegant feast of opera with dinner at the Grim’s Dyke Hotel, Harrow Weald on Sunday 29 June. The opening act of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore was performed after the first course. The final act followed the main course, sweet and coffee.

The operetta was performed with gusto and humour, the quality of the singing and costumes overcoming an absence of scenery on a cramped stage, and drawing attention to the cleverness of the words. The ineffable rise of the Lord High Admiral to his position without any experience of ships or anything else is worryingly reminiscent of many people in high places today. Plus ca change, as they say!

		Top left:- Honorary Vice President Wg Cmder (retired) Harold Dixon with Friends Top right:- Mr Abrahams pictured with Mr and Mrs Marsh relaxing between G&S Opera performance Bottom left:- HMS Pinafore performers at the Grim’s Dyke Hotel