Nancy Booth and her family, who are longstanding supporters of The Elizabeth Coteman Fund, put on a series of plays in the Peterborough area to raise money for us. In memory of her father, the plays were staged just before Christmas and were performed by a combination of actors from various groups he was involved […]
One of our key objectives for 2015 has already been met with the launch of a new, integrated regional service for families challenged by pancreatic cancer. Aimed at providing – ‘Support and Friendship for Individuals, Families and Carers living with, and beyond, Pancreatic Cancer’ – the new service brings together Maggie’s cancer support centre, Macmillan […]
The Prince of Wales pool team donated £100 to the Elizabeth Coteman Fund after winning the Newmarket and District Pool League last summer. The donation was the proceeds of a bet with a rival pool team as to who would win the top division. Team members Daniel Anderton and Lyndon Davies decided to donate the […]
The Elizabeth Coteman Fund’s dogged athlete, Gerald Coteman, took it on the chin (and everywhere else!) to raise over £1000 for the Fund in the Pain and Suffering Race. The ‘Suffering’ as it is known is one of the hardest obstacle races Great Britain has to offer, having taken inspiration from fell running, cross country […]
Jen Patterson, our hugely successful fundraiser and supporter from Teesside, has highlighted the wonderful thoughts and deeds of eleven-year old Lucy Elliott, also from Teesside. Jen met Lucy’s mum at a local Pilates class who gave her an envelope with £6 in it. Lucy had made some cakes at home and sold them ‘for John’ […]
Jen Patterson, our hugely successful fundraiser from Middlesbrough, staged her second major event in a year and raised over £2000 for the Fund. The sum takes her total to a staggering £5000 plus raised for ECF since she lost her husband John from pancreatic cancer in 2013. Supported by her good friend, Mary Ambrose, Jen […]
On Sunday 27th September 2015 Emma, Gemma, Mark, Nikkii and Tom are taking part in Cambridge’s INSANE TERRAIN obstacle mud run. If you know us, you will also know we are not runners – so an off road, water-wading, obstacle-climbing, mud-sliding run – is no easy task! Of course, we are running this and raising money in […]
Members of the Chesterford Shoot Syndicate have raised £500 for the Fund. The group regularly runs a sweepstake at its events and at its last outing decided that the proceeds from the day would go to The Elizabeth Coteman Fund. Brian Sewell, a member of the syndicate lost both his brother and sister to pancreatic […]
Gemma and Colin Wilson have successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, raising over £4300 for the fight against pancreatic cancer. The fantastic amount will be shared between The Elizabeth Coteman Fund and Pancreatic Cancer UK. In addition to on-line donations, a total of £1660 was raised by Colin in his butcher’s shop in Brighton! Their truly wonderful […]
Following the great success of fundraising for the Fund in the north east of England we have decided that the generosity of people in that region should be recognised with benefits being made available local patients and families dealing with pancreatic cancer. Accordingly, grants, family support and advocacy will be available to local patients referred […]
