events

date	event	location	details
November Mon 10th	Christmas Fayre 9.00am to 3.00pm Free admission and free coffee & biscuit	Olwen Bettesworth Hall, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood	With a variety of stalls offering tempting gifts you will be spoilt for choice in finding that special Christmas present. Free admission and free coffee & biscuit for all visitors (one per visitor only). Great raffle prizes also on offer. If you want to donate any good quality gifts to this sale please contact Caroline on 01923 844290 or email us. Traders – there are a few places left please click here for your booking form.
Sat 29th	Northwood Craft Market 10.00am to 1.00pm Free admission	Northwood Methodist Church Hall, Oaklands Gate Northwood	Northwood Craft Market is kindly supporting us once again and we will be selling Christmas Cards at their Christmas market. So please enjoy all the market has to offer and buy our Christmas cards too – this will be the best Christmas gift you can give to all our patients!
	Grand Prize Draw	Requests for Draw raffle tickets to Appeals Office by telephone, letter or email	Win a luxury break for two at the famous Grove Hotel, Chandlers Cross plus many more fabulous prizes on offer. Call the Appeals office on 01923 844290 for your tickets. Why not order extra raffle tickets to sell to your friends, family & colleagues helping us to raise more funds for the Scanner Appeal. Click here to view all the prizes on offer.
December Thurs 4th	West Herts College Christmas Fayre Midday to 2.45pm	West Herts College, Watford Campus, Hempstead Road, Watford	West Herts College has kindly agreed to support The Great Mince Pie Day by allowing us to have a mince pie stall at their Christmas Fayre this year. Our lovely Christmas Cards will also be on sale.
Tues 9th	Friends Annual Christmas Lunch	Grim’s Dyke Hotel from midday	The 3 course lunch will cost £27.50, which includes a glass of wine or soft drink and coffee and gratuity. To book your tickets please contact Caroline on 01923 844290. All bookings must be received by Friday 14th November.
Thurs 11th	Christmas wrapping service The Chimes 10.00am - 7.00pm	Chimes Shopping Centre, Uxbridge	Barclays Bank have kindly given us two dates in December to offer a gift wrapping service at The Chimes and Pavilions shopping Centre in Uxbridge. All monies raised from this fundraising activity will go towards the Scanner Appeal. We do need volunteer wrappers – please call us on 01923 844290 or contact us here to book your place. Please tell your friends, family and colleagues all about this service and the dates we are at Uxbridge – we’ll happily wrap their Christmas gifts for them.
Friday 19th	Christmas wrapping service The Pavilions 9.00am - 7.00pm	Pavilion Shopping Centre, Uxbridge
	The Great Mince Pie Day Throughout December	Anytime …any place and with anyone	Organise your very own Great Mince Pie Day. It’s so simple, encourage friends, family, colleagues and even local businesses like your beauty salon to sell mince pies with a cup of tea or coffee. This delicious mince pie break will certainly help our patients this Christmas. Local supermarkets have kindly agreed to support us by donating mince pies - so please take up their generous gift!! Hurry stocks are limited so please contact us here today to pledge your support. We can provide personalized posters, donation boxes and of course YUMMY MINCE PIES!
Thurs 25th December to Tues 6th Jan 2009 Appeals office will be closed for the Christmas & New Year period
January Thurs 15th	Friends Annual General Meeting	Mount Vernon Hospital Rickmansworth Road Northwood HA6 2RN 11.00am to 1.00pm	All Friends are welcome to attend the AGM. The Grand Prize Draw will take place and there will be a cheese and wine lunch. Please would any Friend who would like to attend ensure you contact Caroline on 01923 844290 to book your place as we need to make the arrangements for refreshments.
March Sunday 29th	Harrow Apollo Spring Concert	Compass Theatre, Ickenham concert starts at 3.30pm	Harrow Apollo Male Choir will be entertaining us with their melodious voices. The concert will be in aid of Harrow Apollo Male Choir and the Paul Strickland Scanner Appeal. Tickets will be available here soon. Please watch this space for updates.

To find out more or to volunteer with Paul Strickland Scanner Centre Please contact us on 01923 844290

Chenies Spring Walk 2008

Summer came early to the Chess Valley in Buckinghamshire where the sun shone on the 5th Annual Chenies Walk. A total of 360 walkers passed through woodland and across fields, experiencing the quintessentially English countryside at its best. Many walkers stopped at the Cock Inn, Sarratt and Red Lion at Chenies both of which support the event.

Participants were treated to a ‘Nature Valley’ health bar donated by General Mills Uxbridge, a bottle of water donated by Waitrose Northwood and apples kindly donated by supporters Mr and Mrs Marsh. We are grateful as always to Mrs Macleod Matthews who gives the walkers free entry to her glorious tulip gardens and provides the venue each year, without which the event could not take place. The walk raised £4392 towards the appeal.

Click on the links for your 2009 application form and sponsorship form. Don’t delay join us today!

Many supporters raise sponsorship using the Justgiving.com website. Why not have a look at what some of our supporters have achieved. You may want to create your own page to support us.
Your employer can help too. Encourage them to match-fund the sponsorship you raise pound for pound.

www.justgiving.com/pssc to create your very own sponsorship page
www.justgiving.com/stephaniewilliams2 to see what other supporters have done

Charity Golf Day – Tuesday 16th June 2009, Denham Golf Club, shotgun start 11.00am

Denham Golf Club - steeped in golfing tradition since 1910		The 2008 Charity Golf Day at Denham Golf Club was such a hit with golfers that we have decided to hold next year’s event at Denham once again. Participants will begin the day with coffee & a bacon roll, followed by a round of 18 holes. In the evening, golfers will enjoy a mouth-watering carvery and no doubt be tempted by the charity auction. The entry fee is £100 per golfer and we will be taking bookings for teams of 4. If you wish to book a place for two we will endeavor to match you up with two other golfers to complete your team. (Max handicap ladies = 36 and men = 28). Click here for your booking form or please call us today on 01923 844290 to discuss your participation.
The 2008 Charity Golf Day raised £9,600 towards the appeal and was enjoyed by all the teams who took part. Barclays Bank very generously supported this event with their match-funding scheme, whilst many other local businesses supported the auction and other fundraising activities held during the day.
1st team prize went to Finchley photographed here with Wing Commander Edna Partridge Representative Deputy Lieutenant for the London Borough of Hillingdon.		2nd team prize went to Carey Group Plc photographed here with Wing Commander Edna Partridge Representative Deputy Lieutenant for the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Nick Hallchurch of BP Collins photographed here with Rina Rawal collects a prize on behalf of his team-mate Brendan Courtney winner of our Name the Teddy competition.		Golfers enjoy dinner after an eventful day

Anytime during December, why not hold a mince pie morning or afternoon with friends, family, neighbours or colleagues. Putting on the kettle and enjoying a mince pie will help us raise vital funds for the Scanner Appeal. The event doesn’t have to be too complicated and we can help by giving advice, providing posters and donation boxes. Encourage others to join in with this great fundraising activity too. We are delighted that local supermarkets have donated mince pies towards this fundraising initiative. To reserve your mince pies and pledge your support for the Great Mince Pie Day please contact us here or call on 01923 844290. Stocks are limited and will be distributed on a first come first served basis. Help us to make The Great Mince Pie Day our greatest Christmas event so far – your help will provide the best Christmas present for all our patients!

Early Christmas Fayre 2008
Monday 10th November from 9.00am to 3.00pm Olwen Bettesworth Hall, Mount Vernon Hospital

With over 25 stalls to choose from you are bound to find a perfect Christmas gift. In addition, the café will be serving up delicious sausage rolls and steak & kidney pies as well as mince pies and other refreshments. That’s not all - Harrow Apollo Male Choir quartet will be keeping you entertained with favourite Christmas songs. There’s also a chance to enter our Grand Prize Draw and win a luxury break for two at the famous Grove Hotel, Chandlers Cross.

With over 25 stalls to choose from you are bound to find a perfect Christmas gift. In addition, the café will be serving up delicious sausage rolls and steak & kidney pies as well as mince pies and other refreshments. That’s not all - Harrow Apollo Male Choir quartet will be keeping you entertained with favourite Christmas songs. There’s also a chance to enter our Grand Prize Draw and win a luxury break for two at the famous Grove Hotel, Chandlers Cross.

Getting to Mount Vernon Hospital

	By Bus The following buses stop at Mount Vernon Hospital:
	8: (Watford/Abbots Langley - Mount Vernon) 282: (Ealing Hospital - Eastcote - Northwood Hills - Northwood - Mount Vernon) 331: (Uxbridge Station - Denham - Harefield - Mount Vernon - Northwood - Ruislip) H11: (Harrow - Pinner - Northwood - Mount Vernon)
	By Tube Get the underground to Northwood station on the Metropolitan line. From there, catch the 282, 331 or H11 from the station to the Hospital.

The British 10k London Run
Sunday 5th July 2009

This year Cathy Williams, Trustee for the Paul Strickland Scanner Centre joined 12 runners from T & B (Contractors) Ltd and Paul O’Connor from Harefield to raise vital funds for the Scanner Appeal. You too could follow in their footsteps by running in the 2009 British 10K race. The date is set for Sunday 5th July and we have 18 places on offer. Contact us here to guarantee your place or call Rina on 01923 844290. If you belong to a running club have a chat with your fellow runners – they may want to join in too! The business you work for can also help by match-funding the sponsorship you raise.

You can view a fundraisers page here to see how easy it is to create your own using Justgiving.com. Please rest assured that 100% of the sponsorship you raise from this race will go towards the Scanner Appeal.

		Top left:- Some of the T & B runners Top right:- Cathy gets ready to join other runners at the 2008 British 10K London Run Bottom left:- The start of the British 10K Race

London Marathon
Sunday 26th April 2009

If you have a place for the London Marathon 2009 we would love to hear from you! Running the race in support of the Paul Strickland Scanner Appeal would greatly help our patients. You will be helping us raise vital funds for a good cause – saving lives through early diagnosis of cancer and other serious diseases.

Contact us today on 01923 844290 or email appeals@stricklandscanner.org.uk

Other race news for 2008 Rome Marathon Sunday 16th March 2009 St Albans based T&B (Contractors) Limited put on their running shoes for the Rome Marathon on Sunday 16th March in aid of the Paul Strickland Scanner Centre. Six runners competed raising £2,001.67 including gift aid. We are very grateful to T&B for their fantastic support. Click here to visit their fundraising page.
T&B team pictured here after the marathon showing their hard earned medals