KidsCan

Hello! Just a bit of fun, hope you don't mind me asking. If you're on Facebook or Twitter, Kidscan, the children's cancer research charity, is running a little competition for you to win a pair of tickets to your local Cineworld. All you have to do is ReTweet (and Favourite if you like) this tweet and/or share our "infographic" on Facebook Hopefully I've done those links right! Winner will be announced on Monday. We're hoping to make this a regular thing so if we can get more prizes we'll keep doing it. Thank you!

Love Golf? Why not take part in KidsCan's Annual Golf Tournament! Monday 9th June at DeVere Mottram Hall Hotel in Cheshire. De Vere Mottram Hall Championship golf course is set in 270 acres of Cheshire’s finest parkland, located one mile from the picturesque village of Prestbury, and was the host venue for the 2013 European Senior’s PGA Championship. The 7,006 yard 18-hole, Par 72 Championship golf course comprising of magnificent parkland fairways dotted with oak and beech trees and tricky, well-guarded greens is broken up into two contrasting circuits of nine. The front nine, with its impressive back-drop of the 18 Century Hall, gently rolls over meadowland and offers the golfer many chances to make a score. The back nine winds through some lush woodland and is a much more demanding test of golf. Click here to take a closer look. We start the day at 11:30am with hand-carved bacon rolls and fresh coffee, overlooking the golf course from the Thomas Suite. Then, teams will head out for 18 holes of championship golf. Awards will be given for the longest drive and nearest the pin. Finally, after a challenging afternoon on the golf course, we’ll get a chance to relax and socialise in the sun as we enjoy a traditional hog roast prepared by Mottram Hall’s talented chefs. We will round off the evening with presentations and a charity raffle. Join Kidscan in helping children diagnosed with cancer to survive and thrive. For more information, and to register, please e-mail info@kidscan.org.uk

Take a look at our new website! www.kidscan.org.uk Have a read through the events we have on offer. There might be something for you there!

If running isn’t your thing, why not take part in one of our Swimming Challenges! Why not take Kidscan up on our offer of a FREE place in the Great North Swim this June? Find out how you can take part in this and our other Swimming Challenges by clicking here!

Hi Alex! Sorry, it's taken me so long to respond. Our donations page is JustGiving.com/Kidscan Thank you for your support!

Can't be helped! If you're not able to do it, don't worry. We should have a collection in Glasgow at the end of December so if you see us then, please give our of our volunteers a donation!

Did you know that the ballot for the Great North Run closes today? Why take that chance? You can have one of Kidscan’s places for FREE! We don’t charge people to take part in either the Great North Run or Great Manchester Run! Get your place by clicking here! www.tinyurl.com/Kidscan-GMR for the Great Manchester Run - 10km on 18th May www.tinyurl.com/Kidscan-GNR for the Great North Run – Half marathon (13.1 miles) on 7th September Thanks for your support!

Thanks! Kidscan has been selected to benefit from Nationwide Building Society's Community Match Scheme! If you live in Bolton, Walkden, Chorley, Ormskirk or Salford, please head to your local Nationwide Branch and vote for Kidscan! The cause with the most votes in each branch will win a £500 donation! If you get a photo of Kidscan's branding at one of these branches and tag us in it, we'll send you a wristband and badge! Make sure you vote while you're there! Please share this great news!

Mike, Your story is inspirational. Thank you for sharing it with us. Keep up the fight!

What will you do in 2014 to help children beat cancer? Hi Everyone, I represent Kidscan, the children’s cancer research charity based in Salford. We’re a growing charity, and that’s really thanks to our amazing supporters who take part in all kinds of events for us every year! We don’t receive government grants for our research, so whatever supporters are able to raise by taking part in events really is vital. Rather than making several threads for events which we would love you to take part in, I thought it would be better if I combined them into one! If you have any questions about any of them, please don’t hesitate to get in touch! 15th February Shark Dive for Kidscan! Are you brave enough to get into a Shark Tank with no cage to help children beat cancer?! Places are FREE! Sign up here - http://tinyurl.com/KidscanSharkDives 18th May The Bupa Great Manchester Run The biggest 10km run in the UK! Will you join Kidscan’s Purple Posse and take to the streets to raise vital funds for our childhood cancer research? We don’t charge people to take part, so please sign up today! http://tinyurl.com/Kidscan-GMR 15th June The Manchester to Chester Bike Ride! Setting of from famous Platt Fields Park in Manchester, the route will wind its way through the Cheshire countryside to Christleton Hall on the outskirts of Chester. Riders can choose whether to take part in the one way - 53 mile route or push themselves and try out the heroic hundred miles loop! To sign up, please visit the Bike Events website - http://tinyurl.com/Manc2Chester We are asking people to raise £50 or over each. Everyone who commits to raising this will be sent a Kidscan t-shirt to take part in! If you would like any more information please don’t hesitate to get in touch. 13th – 15th June The Great North Swim If you’ve got what it takes to swim 1 mile across Lake Windermere this is the challenge for you! If you are interested in all or any of these events, please drop me a message on here, e-mail chris@kidscan.org.uk or give us a call on 0161 295 3864 Thank you very much for your time. Hope to see you at one of our events this year!

The Zip Slide was a great success! If any of you would like to see the photos, there on KidsCan's Facebook. Hopefully that will inspire you to take part next time! There's still a couple of spaces left on the Shark Dive on 7th December if any of you would like to take part? Hopefully we can get some of you doing something for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month which happens to be December!

If you were hoping to get a place in the Zip Slide I'm afraid they've all gone! However, we do still have places available for the Shark Dive on 7th December! If you would like more information on how to get involved, please e-mail chris@kidscan.org.uk Many thanks, The KidsCan Team

Hi again everyone. Just thought I'd let you know that we've got 1 place left if you're feeling the need for a zip slide across Salford Quays from the Imperial War Museum North! For those of you fancying a challenge that's a bit more nerve racking we've still got 2 places spare in our Shark Dive at Blue Planet Aquarium on 7th December! If you would like to join us for either of these events, please get in touch! Thanks again, The KidsCan Team

Hi everyone! We've only got 3 places left for the Shark Dive on the 7th December! Still time to sign up! Please click here - http://tinyurl.com/KidsCanSharkDives If the thought of sharks doesn't appeal, why not take part in our Zip Slide from the Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays on 13th October? From 30metres up, you'll zip over 250metres across the Manchester Ship Canal and finish in front of the Lowry Theatre! Please sign up via this link! http://tinyurl.com/KidsCan-ZipSlide If you're not a fan of sharks, or heights, I'm sure we can find something for you! Thanks again, KidsCan

Hi Everyone, Rather than making a new thread, I thought I would locate the old one! Hopefully you're all still keen to take part in a charity shark dive. Just in case you've forgotten, it's in aid of KidsCan, the children's cancer research charity. We've just booked in a new dive date - Saturday 7th December! Believe it nor not, we're still offering this amazing challenge for FREE! There is a sponsorship target, but we'll help you raise it however we can. If you would like to sign up, please visit this link - http://tinyurl.com/KCSharkDives And as ever, if you have any questions, please ask away now! Best wishes, KidsCan

Just so you know what you're helping to vote towards, here's an example of what we could buy with £2,000... THREE Chromatography Columns - High Performance Liquid Chromatography Columns (HPLC) and High Performance Gas Chromatography Columns (HPGC) – used to separate, identify, and quantify compounds. This allows our researchers to analyse new and existing drugs. And ONE Thermal Cycler - This piece if equipment is used to identify children who are at risk of failing to respond to treatment for their cancer. We believe that the response of children to the current best treatments is dependant on a particular protein that is made in the body.

We need your votes! KidsCan are in with a chance of winning £2,000 from Direct Debit but we need your vote! If you don't mind, could you please click this here linkand vote for us? We don't receive any statutory funding for our research so any way we can raise additional funds are brilliant. Thanks everyone

No problem Peter! Hopefully we'll find something you might like to get involved in. The Great Manchester Run maybe? Or how about the Manchester to Chester Bike Ride? We've got loads of ways you can get involved

You can do instead if you like - http://www.justgiving.com/KidsCan

To give you an even better idea of what you could expect if you buy a copy of StarBites, here's a picture of Catherine Tyldesley’s Monkfish in Parma Ham and Asparagus! The means to make this delicious meal yourself is just £1 away! Get your copy of StarBites here - http://tinyurl.com/StarBites

Hi Everyone, I would like to let you all know about a star-studded recipe book in aid of KidsCan – StarBites! Created by our patron, nutritional biochemist, Jeannette Jackson, it features 10 well-known celebrities favourite recipes. What makes this different to any other recipe book is that nutritional expert Jeannette Jackson has put a unique twist on each recipe to create a healthy, stress-busting meal. Celebrities involved in StarBites include: • Henry Holland and his Spaghetti Bolognese; • Andrea McLean’s ‘My Mum’s Fix Everything Soup’; • Lisa Riley’s Tofu Thai Green Curry; • Glynis Barber’s Prawn Stir Fry; • Emma Forbes’ Fridge Salad; • Ross King’s Sausage, Mash and Beans; • Catherine Tyldesley’s Monkfish in Parma Ham and Asparagus; • Kolo Toure’s Salmon Risotto with Lemon and Lime Drizzle; • Nick Grimshaw’s Beef Bourguignon; • Christopher Biggins’ Beef Wellington with all the Veg. StarBites is available to download from this link! It’s only £1 and all proceeds going to KidsCan. Please get your copy today.

Hi again everyone As you might have read, we ask that our individual runners raise a minimum of £175 in sponsorship. However we’re looking for teams to take part! As an added bonus for signing up in a team, we are happy to offer a reduced sponsorship target! For example, we would request a team of 4 to raise a combined total of £900 – the equivalent of just £150 per person! If you think this is something your team would be interested in doing, please sign up by clicking here - http://tinyurl.com/KidsCan-GMR Join The Purple Posse pounding the streets for KidsCan today!

Did you see KidsCan on ITV Granada Reports this Saturday? Click the link to find out about our amazing research! http://www.itv.com/news/granada/story/2013-02-09/universitys-charity-fundraising/ We'v almost gone through our Great North Run places, but still plenty of time to sign up for the Great Manchester Run! Sign up here! http://tinyurl.com/KidsCan-GMR

Hi Everyone, Just to let you know the public ballot for the Great North Run has now closed. If you haven’t put in for a place in the run you can now only get one via a charity. If you haven’t got a place yet, all is not lost! KidsCan are offering FREE places in the Great North Run so if you would like to run for KidsCan and help us find the cures for childhood cancers! Please sign up here - http://tinyurl.com/KidsCan-GNR We can provide free sponsorship materials in order to help you maximise your sponsorship potential! Hope to hear from you soon.

We've gone through our Manchester Marathon places! Still plenty of spaces for the Great Manchester Run though! If you'd like to take part we would love to have you join our team. Free materials are given to our runners including a KidsCan running vest, personalised sponsor forms and a JustGiving.com online sponsor website. Get in touch if you'd like to take part!