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Teenage Cancer Trust
Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and chances of survival for the six young people aged between 13 and 24 diagnosed with cancer every day. We build specialist units within NHS hospitals bringing young people together to be treated by teenage cancer experts in a place designed just for them. We want every young person with cancer to have access to this specialist support, no matter where they live. Traditionally treated alongside children or elderly patients at the end of their lives, young people can feel extremely isolated during treatment, some never meeting another young person with cancer. Being treated alongside others their own age can make a huge difference to their whole experience. Teenage Cancer Trust also educates young people and health professionals about cancer to ensure a swift diagnosis and referral to specialist support. Cancer in young people is rare but we want young people to know the common signs and symptoms so they can seek medical advice if they are worried. We rely solely on donations to fund our vital work. You can help transform the lives of young people with cancer. Visit www.teenagecancertrust.org to find out how.

Event details

Dumball 5 The Godfather

03 September 2010

The 2010 event will kick off with a huge fundraising party and opening parade on Brighton sea front- with live music and a mystery guest to get things started. Then after a good nights rest we drive through: France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece...and it will all end with a magnificent awards ceremony in Sicily! Teams are a maximum of three people so you can hitch a lift with others if/when you breakdown. Your £400 fee covers all your accommodation and ferries for the 9 days and nights of the event (Friday PM to the following Sunday AM) and loads of other stuff - in fact just about everything you need for the week. You just buy a vehicle and book your flight home and you really are ready to dumball. The dumball is run by volunteers and certainly is not for profit. Every penny of your donation goes straight to the TCT - the cost of the trip itself is paid completely by the dumballers themselves.


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Dumball 5 - Wicked!

Fundraisers: 
Marie Heracleous

My page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Wicked

Wicked! - "Daisy (now Dorothy) goes wicked! The Witch & Wizard of Oz, Toto plus others will follow the yellow brick road to Sicily where the Witch lives in Castelbuono Castle. Team & motor will be kitted out in true wicked style for this epic adventure! Singing is mandatory & raising a stash of cash."

DUMBALL

The Dumball was founded by a bunch of like minded individuals who were fed up with reading about the japes of the rich and famous taking part in the Gumball Rally and wanted to do something for a good cause. Its all about who has the most fun, even when life on the road is tough. Let's get one thing straight THE DUMBALL IS NOT A HOLIDAY. It's a challenge, just like any other that's undertaken for charity.

The TCT is a charity devoted to improving the lives of young people with cancer, and the Royal Marsden Appeal aims to raise enough cash to start a brand new specialist unit in the South East of England.

This year we're going to drive a group of pimped up vehicles in convoy to the mafia capital of the world: Sicily (via 13 countries in 6 days of course). Cars can only be worth a few hundred quid, maximum. When we get there, we'll donate the cars to charity.

The 2010 event will kick off with a huge fundraising party and opening parade on Brighton sea front- with live music and a mystery guest to get things started. Then after a good nights rest we drive through: France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece...and it will all end with a magnificent awards ceremony in Sicily!

Keep up to date with our progress at http://dumball.org/blog/ and http://twitter.com/thedumball

See you in Brighton!

TCT

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Recent donors

11.10.10

09.09.10 Hope the trip is going well!

09.09.10 Good luck...enjoy the rest of the trip!

08.09.10 Sounds like you might actually make it ... so I should probably chip in a few quid

06.09.10 Good luck both... I hope it's going well.

06.09.10 Go Wicked!

05.09.10 Good luck guys! Great cause. Can't wait to see the photos. Love Philippa, Graham and Emilia xxx

05.09.10 Hi Pete, Enjoy the trip mate and I'll see you when you return.

05.09.10 Good luck to you all! Have a great time and look forward to hearing all about your adventures! X

03.09.10 Good Luck Team Wicked! Can't wait to see the pictures - lots of love and luck xx

03.09.10 Good luck & have a fantastic adventure

02.09.10 Looks akin to pushing jelly up a hill with a hot needle :-)

02.09.10 Glad you got the cigarette lighter working! My bongo's has just blown a fuse, and taken out my radio with it!

02.09.10 Well done you mad mad people xx

01.09.10 Have fun both. x

01.09.10 Good luck!

01.09.10 Good Luck - hope all goes well !!

01.09.10 All the best guys, hope you make it all the way!

01.09.10 Have you thought of seeking sponsorship from WKD - makers of that dodgy blue drink(or is it a toilet sanitation product?)

01.09.10

31.08.10 Have a wicked time!

29.08.10 Good luck Pete and Marie Lots of love Andrew & Carla xx

26.08.10

26.08.10

26.08.10 Your request for a donation was an offer I couldn't refuse! Have a great time

25.08.10 All the best people...sounds like you'll need it :O)

25.08.10 Good luck - as a sesoned competitor I'm sure you'll do it, easy.

24.08.10

23.08.10 I'll be thinking of you while I am on the beach in northern Spain . . . enjoy, Marie!!!

23.08.10 Wishing you lots of wickedness!

23.08.10 Good luck Wicked, that old volvo will go down a storm in Italy...have a great time.

22.08.10 Remember what Tufty said/adhere to the Green Cross Code/don't hallucinate or fall asleep at the wheel/Keep Calm and Carry On/if they don't understand you, speak louder/wear clean under-garments/drive on the left at all times. Simple, really.

17.08.10 Good luck and have a wicked time

16.08.10 Good Luck you Guys - Have fun nd i enjoy teh challenge. Hope you reach the target.

16.08.10 Go Team Wicked!!

13.08.10

13.08.10 Marie, hope you have a wicked time

13.08.10 I can picture it now AC-DC and Beyonce on the radio cassette, Pete driving nodding his head to the sound of the beats with his fake tattoos and Marie in the passenger seat on her blackberry screaming at Pete because he's gone the wrong way. Good Luck

13.08.10 what a hoot!! honk honk

12.08.10 Bloody idiots, have fun.

12.08.10 you're brave enough to convert the Volvo into a Road Rail Vehicle, and drive it along a track, I'll tripple the donation! Rise to the challenge my man.

10.08.10 Hope you meet lots of super people on the road, but hey - be careful out there OK?

09.08.10 Pete, I'd like to offer a few useful tips but I no **** all about cars so good luck. Best Richard L

26.07.10

23.07.10 Let me know if you need to learn how to make a flask of tea for the trip. It's all in the choice of teabag

£1,779.00

Running total

Target:
£2,000.00
Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
£2,103.03
Total donors:
45
Biggest donor:
Andrew
£144.00  
Last donor:
Anonymous 11.10.10  
Offline fundraising:
£630.00

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