Volunteer of the year – winner
Having now recovered from the shock, we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share with you properly how proud we were to be awarded ‘Charity of the Year’ at this year’s Pride of Reading Awards.
Josie Wild’s Story
Introduction This is an inspiring story of Josie Wild, a young woman who has completed a selfless act of kindness by supporting breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Josie supported Chemogiftbags, , by running 5k a day. She began this challenge on January 1st, 2022 and will finish on December 31st, 2022. Her dedication and determination […]
Pride of Reading Awards
Having now recovered from the shock, we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to share with you properly how proud we were to be awarded ‘Charity of the Year’ at this year’s Pride of Reading Awards.
A quiz to support breast cancer patients
An article has been written on Wokingham.today promoting our quiz. Click here to read the full article.
Lions Presentation
Stephen and Lynne attended a Lions presentation (Fri 18th Nov 2022) at the Crown Plaza, Caversham. We were fortunate to be awarded a grant for £500 to help towards our Chemogiftbags. We would like to say thank you for your support and the work you do for charities in Reading. www.readinglions.org.uk
Chemogiftbags is the latest recipient of a COVID-19 Relief Fund grant from the John Sykes Foundation
Chemogiftbags, a charity that provides care packages for breast cancer patients, is the latest organisation to receive a COVID-19 Relief Fund grant from the John Sykes Foundation. The charity, which is based in Woodley, applied for a grant to go towards raising necessary funds for supplies for their bags. These items include stuffing for heart […]
Queens Award For Voluntary Services
You may recall we got nominated for the ‘Queens Award For Voluntary Services’ recently – the highest accolade given to volunteer groups across the UK. For us to be nominated was a fantastic achievement and testament to the amazing work all our Ambassadors and Volunteers do. Unfortunately, we missed out on the award, but we […]
Lieutenancy Presentation, Shaw House, Newbury – Tuesday 8 March
On 8th March we attended the NOMINATIONS for Queens Award for Voluntary Services (QAVS). Attending for Chemogiftbags were Stephen Newport (Trustee), Vinod Kaushaul (Trustee) and Lynne Shipton (Founder). Mr Barker also presented certificates to 6 voluntary organisations from across Berkshire to recognise their achievement in being nominated for the Queen’s Awards for Voluntary Service. The […]
What do you do once you’ve climbed Everest?
Surviving chemo is probably the biggest, scariest, most enormous thing I’ve ever done and Paul says I’ve made it look easy. It feels like climbing Everest. The hard part comes now, which is getting back to normality. I know I’ve written about this a bit in the past, but it’s important so needs more words. […]
It’s not all doom and gloom
I should say before I start that cancer is very personal – I can only talk about my experience of it. No 2 people will have the same experience of dealing with cancer. Right from the start I knew I was lucky (something that always astounded those I told about my diagnosis.) My breast cancer […]
