The George Pantziarka Especially For You Fund

Before I start this post, I just want to mention my lovely friend Hayley Q as she is having a tough day today. I can only say that she is one of the loveliest and most supportive friends in the world and her dad will be very very proud of the amazing woman she is. Lots of love missy.

Today marks 18 months since Georgie passed away. A year and a half. Scary how time flies really.

As anybody who reads this blog regularly will know – I do some fundraising for CLIC Sargent as they helped my cousin when he was ill. I’m not the best fundraiser in the world but I do like to give something back to this amazing charity when I can.

The charity recently contacted me about setting up a special fund so that my fundraising will be done in Georgie’s name, and with my uncle’s permission, this fund has been set up.

So I can proudly announce that we now have set up “The George Pantziarka Especially For You Fund” to raise money for children with cancer in his memory.

Any fundraising I do for CLIC Sargent will now be done using this fund – including my Big Bucket Collection on December 8^th.

Please do take a moment to look at our fund’s JustGiving page and please do feel free to contact me if you wish to join the team and do some fundraising!

CLIC Sargent is a brilliant charity, and one that has definitely helped my family at a time when help was needed the most. It is a great feeling to know that Georgie’s memory can live on, not just with The George Pantziarka TP53 Trust but also by helping children in a similar situation to the one he was in not so long ago.

Thank you for all your support.

 https://www.justgiving.com/teams/georgepantziarkafund

xxx

A Must Read Post for Girls

Good morning everyone!

This week the media has been full of stories about women having their cervical cancer misdiagnosed leading to their premature death. I cannot stress the importance of getting regular smears enough girls. Seriously get your smears done. Get any abnormal results sorted ASAP and seek a second opinion if you do think you are being fobbed off by your doctor.

Cervical cancer is one of the only PREVENTABLE cancer types. There is no need for so many ladies to be suffering from this. Please read my cervical cancer blogs and ask any questions if you have them!

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/cancer-types-cervical.html

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/a-new-project-cervical-cancer-screening.html

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cervical-cancer-project-treatment-for.html

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/jos-cervical-cancer-trust.html

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/cervical-cancer-vaccines.html

xxx

Stand Up To Cancer - Next Week!!!

Hi all,

Sorry for the lack of updates, I am still very committed to my charity work but I’m trying to find a balance between that, my actual day job/career and my life at home with Leo at the moment so please do bear with me!

I just wanted to remind everyone that Stand Up To Cancer, the collaboration between Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 is taking place next week!

From Monday to Thursday at 7pm there will be a show on channel 4 focuses on the story of some hugely brave and inspirational people so please make sure you tune in to those!

Then the main event takes place next Friday, 19^th October 2012 from 7.30pm. I haven’t been asked to take part so I’m not 100% sure of the details BUT I do know some of my most inspirational friends and CRUK colleagues are featuring so make sure you are keeping an eye out for Justine Sheils, Ruth Hillman and her gorgeous daughter Georgia, the stunning Ranasinghe girls (and their dad Neil!!!) and of course my beautiful best bud Rochelle Bugg and her sisters Hannah and Olivia!!! So many incredible people are featuring so please do show your support and tune in!

Alan Carr’s Chatty Man, Embarrassing Bodies and The Million Pound Drop are just some of the shows featuring on this very very special night!

I’ll definitely be tuning in and I hope you all will do!

There’s still time to find out how you can fundraise and get involved so please do follow @StandUp2C to find out more!

I’m Standing Up to Cancer – are you??

xxx

Success :)

Hi all,

Just a quick update this morning!

Last year I worked alongside the other Cancer Research UK Campaigns Ambassadors on "The Year of Radiotherapy"

http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/being-cruk-ambassador.html

We called on the government to introduce an action plan to improve Radiotherapy services in England. We collected over 36,000 signatures for a petition that was handed in to Downing Street and we did various other things to publicise the campaign.

WELL! All the hard work was so worth it!

Yesterday David Cameron announced £15 million will be spent on an adncanced radiotherapy technique that will be rolled out across the country. This type of radiotherapy will have fewer side effects and will benefit around eight thousand cancer patients every year!

http://mediacentre.dh.gov.uk/2012/10/08/eight-thousand-patients-to-benefit-from-advanced-cancer-treatment/

Congratulation to Cancer Research UK for making this happen! It's absolutely brilliant! And a massive well done to all my fellow Cancer campaigns ambassadors; everyone worked so hard on this and it's so exciting to see all the hard work pay off in such a brilliant way!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to sign the petition and show your support, it means a great deal and has played a huge part in making this happen!

Here's hoping we repeat our phenomenal success with the Answer is Plain!!!

xxx

Teenage Cancer Awareness Week 2012

Hi guys!

Hope you're all well.

Today is the start of October which means it is the start of Teenage Cancer Awareness Week.

As you will all know by now, Georgie died at aged 17 and my friend Stuart also fought cancer as a teenager so this month if very dear to my heart.

Please read about The Teenage Cancer Trust and the amazing work they do for teenage cancer sufferers. Please also visit their website and find out how you can get involved and raise awareness this week.

My Teenage Cancer Trust Blog : http://pennysophia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/georgie-week-2012-teenage-cancer-trust.html

THANK YOU!!!

xxx