The Big Virtual Fundraise

Team fundraiser4 membersLEUKAEMIA & MYELOMA RESEARCH UK
£1,823
raised of £2,500 target

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Raising Vital Funds

We have raised vital funds for Blood Cancer UK, Cure Leukaemia and also Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK through selling official charities items via our eBay store such as charity t-shirts, pin badges, keyrings, wristbands and much more. We have also hosted several virtual quizzes during the last few months and we have now joined Tik Tok, posting mini quizzes and VR content in the hope to raise even more donations for our chosen blood cancer charities.

Blood Cancer UK ; Cure Leukaemia ; Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK

Blood cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK and the most common cancer in children and young people. Every 14 minutes, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer or a related disorder. That's over 100 people everyday in the UK. Our aim is to raise as many donations as possible for charities which we are passionate about and to date we have raised just over £1,350 between Blood Cancer UK, Cure Leukaemia and Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK. We also raised £500 for Trussell Trust during lockdown to help those struggling and needing to use their local food bank.

Our goal is to reach the £2,500 target as soon as possible between three blood cancer charities (and if people wish to donate to the Trussell Trust, we have also kept our donation page for them too).

Trussell Trust

Despite our continued support and ongoing fundraising for the three blood cancer charities which are as always close to our heart, we have also added the Trussell Trust as a fourth charity to our Big Charity Fundraise.

Following the lockdown in the UK as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, we noticed that many people in the UK were needing to use their local food bank (more now than ever before). The Trussell Trust give out emergency food parcels every nine seconds during the winter alone and we want to help raise awareness of this amazing charity through our ongoing fundraising and virtual quizzes. Our goal was to raise £100 for Trussell Trust through our February virtual quizzes. However, we raised an amazing £500 after one quiz, which is absolutely amazing.

Virtual quizzes and VR content is posted onto our Tik Tok channel (details below). You can also check out our social media page to find to find our information abour our chosen blood cancer charities and how you can purchase official charity items, with the sales proceeds going to each charity.

Upcoming Events

📍Regular posts on Tik Tok.

📍 June 10K Step Challenge.

📍 We have a virtual Christmas tree, every year, where you can place a bauble or star onto the tree, in exchange for a donation towards Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK. The link to the Christmas tree to be released closer the time.

Thank you

So far we have raised an amazing £1,350 towards our chosen blood cancer charities and a further £500 towards Trussell Trust. We would like to thank every single person who has donated via our JustGiving pages and/or who has purchased an official charity item. If you have enjoyed any of our quizzes and would like to make a donation to one of our chosen charities then please hit the donation button on this page and select the charity you wish to donate to under the “teams“ section. Any donation no matter how big or small; is be hugely appreciated.

If you have any fundraising ideas yourself or would like to get involved, please let us know and lets get them added to the list of events!

Through this just giving page you can donate to either of the four charities. Any donations will be hugely appreciated by myself and the charities.

Social Media

Facebook : @Blood Cancer Fundraising

Tik Tok: @VRNovice

Total raised so far between the four charities (including Trussell Trust) is £1,814.

Team members (4)

About the charity

Our vision is to be the leading UK blood cancer charity specialising in stem cell therapy. We actively support stem cell research into blood cancers, raise awareness of stem cell therapies and offer a free stem cell storage service for qualifying families, which we call Model Cell Biobank.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,822.77
+ £137.50 Gift Aid
Online donations
£725.46

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