News & Events

Feb 9, 2012

Members of the South Yorkshire Caravan and Camping Club visited the centre to see how their support has helped practically around the centre.

Dec 19, 2011

The Winning Tickets in the Cavendish Cancer Care 2011 Christmas Draw Sleeping Beauty's Surprises were:  

 

 

 

 

 

1 - 38394, Moran

2 - 71584, David

3 - 3659, Smith

4 - 65657, Wragg

5 - 6691, Ellis

6, 53370, Treacher

7 - 40452, Eames

8 - 7123, Gearing

9 - 68261, Sykes

10 - 6247, Gibbs

Pictured Margi Clarke with Cavendish Volunteer Carol Pearson drawing the winning tickets

Dec 31, 2010

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Dec 17, 2010

14th February 2011

A wonderful evening at Irwin Mitchell offices, the culmination of two years partnerhip with this local law firm. We were awarded an incredable cheque on the evening of £26,000 whic takes the total of the money rasied for us to £50,000 over two years. Huge thanks to all who contributed towards this fantastic ammount.

Dec 16, 2010

The Cavendish Christmas Draw, Captain Hook's Hampers was drawn by Captain Hook himself Nigel Planer. ALL WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED so if you've not heard we are really sorry but you didn't win. We have rasied just over £4000.00 so many thanks to everyone who bought a 50p ticket.

 

 

 

Dec 15, 2010

Emma WIndle of Irwin Mictchell solicitors was victorious in their most talent competition, her prize was to record her winning single. All proceeds come to us so please support this release

 

To download the single...

Text TRACK EMMA to 80818.  This will get you a download link, which you can use to download the song.  Texts cost £1.

 

or 

Go to http://dittomusic.dloadshop.com/shop.asp?artistid=763 where you can download both tracks, and hear samples of them.   

Also from the 13th, it will be avaialble on Amazon.co.uk and I-Tunes (you just have to search for Emma Windle).

Nov 23, 2010

Huge thanks to Patron Kerrie Gosney who has arranged for a local company morefrom.co.uk to fully sponsor an events stand for us.

 

 

 

 

Sep 30, 2010

We were delighted to receive £1700 from the efforts of the 2010 JOGLER (John O'Groats to Lands End Relay). Along with the other benefitting harities Cavendish Cancer Care received a cheque from the Lord Mayor of Rotherham.

Sep 28, 2010

A donation of £1000 to the Cavendish Cancer Care on behalf of the Platform Festival was received on 22nd September. The festival, which was held in April 2010, was a performing arts festival organised by students of Sheffield University Theatre Company which aimed to encourage students to produce exciting new writing and styles of performance.

The festival included established plays, productions of Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Brecht’s Fear and Misery in the Third Reich, and John Godber’s Teechers, alongside dance and physical theatre pieces, musicals, and new writing.

 

Jul 23, 2010

BEAT THE CLOCK FOR THE CAVENDISH!
 
A running relay from one end of Britain to the other has raised vital funds for Cavendish Cancer Care.
 
Twelve runners from South Yorkshire set themselves a target of six days to complete the grueling challenge from John O'Groats to Lands Ends - and did it - with a day and a half to spare!

Jul 15, 2010

‘Food for Thought’
The Maynard cooks up perfect setting for Cavendish conversation!
 
Who would have thought chinwagging in the countryside could raise money for charity?
 
It was a little more involved than just coffee and conversation but the surroundings of the Maynard Arms in Grindleford, Hope Valley provided the backdrop for our latest  Ladies Lunch on Thursday 17th June.  Over £1600 was raised  at the informal gathering in one of Derbyshire’s most well respected hotels in the heart of the Peak District.

Jun 15, 2010

Iron Man - France 2010

Richard Neulaender will be doing the Iron Man 2010 in Nice France on Sunday 27th June.

Richard will be completing a 3.8km swin, 180km bike ride and then a 42km run and is hoping to raise at least £20,000 to be split between Cavendish Cancer Care and Dreamflight.

if you would like to sponsor Richard on his amzing race please do so at

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/RichardNeulaender

May 26, 2010

 

Tandem Skydive! Static Line Parachuting!

 

Find out more about Skydiving for us

Apr 26, 2010

A team from Irwin Mitchell took to the Sheffield Half Marathon course on our behalf raising much needed funds.

 

 

 

Feb 18, 2010

The inaugural Cavendish Cancer Care Pancake Race 2010 took place at Coghlans Cookery School on Shrove Tuesday 16th February at noon.

Contestants from local companies ran in relay formation to the perimeter of The Gilder Group premises, all to raise money for Cavendish Cancer Care, raising over £600 for the centre.
 

Dec 18, 2009

Well in the end thanks to the generosity of the Staff, Therapists and Clients of the centre who donate the contents of our Christmas draw hampers we had ten Hampers to award. The winners being:

 

 

 

  1. Mrs I Coooke - 70998
  2. G. K. Pinches - 14612
  3. D Cook - 14427
  4. Roberts - 94448
  5. Ms S Clarke - 4266
  6. S Wills - 48584
  7. Kosser Amin - 46171
  8. Sheila Stonehouse - 41171
  9. Claire Bembrick - 93676
  10. J McDade - 86410

Many Thanks for your support the raffle rasied more than £4000.

Dec 7, 2009

The latest version of the the Cavendish Newsletter, Cav Chat is available to download from the site by following this link

Also with Christmas nearly upon us you can find ways to support the work we do including ecards and gifts of care in the of the website. Not to mention the ever exciting Christmas Draw which this year will see Toyah Wilcox drawing the winning tickets on December 17th. You can buy tickets on line through the Christmas section or at the centre. If you would like a bundle of tickets please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Sep 22, 2009

 Law firm Irwin Mitchell has hosted a charity netball tournament for teams from across the country, the latest in a number of events to raise money for the Sheffield office’s charity of the year Cavendish Cancer Care. 

The tournament was held at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, featuring teams from around the region alongside representatives from Irwin Mitchell offices in Sheffield, Birmingham and London.

Sep 14, 2009

Many Fun runners including the Cavendish Centre's own finance fairies (including Archie the finance Dog) set out on a boiling hot day in Graves park and completed up and down hill 5 km course. Many thanks to all those who took the time to raise sponsorship on our behalf.

Pictured are a team from Ashley Kate Associates www.ashleykatehr.com who also ran on our behalf. If you would like to support any of our Big Fun Runners efforts go to www.justgiving.com/thecavendishcentre

Sep 2, 2009

Paul Downing on a training walk

Paul Downing believes everyone should try and do something for charity if they can, and he’s putting his money where his mouth is. The Fretwell-Downing director responsible for the hotel and events businesses - Whirlowbrook Hall and The Maynard – is embarking upon a trek for Cavendish Cancer Care in October. 

Support Paul's efforts - www.justgiving.com/pauldowningbasecamp
 

Jun 2, 2009

 An Evening with Steve Davis was a great sucess for KD events we were the lucky recepients of the raffle on the evening and were presented with £550

 

 

 

Oct 2, 2008

The Cavendish Lottery was officially launched by football legend Chris Waddle and the present Lord Mayor, Councillor Jane Bird.

To obtain your lucky numbers visit our lottery page for further details