date	event	location	details
June Tues 15th	Charity Golf Day	Denham Golf Club, Denham	This year’s Golf Day was a very successful one enjoyed by all participants and raised £6,000 towards the MRI Scanner Appeal. The event was held at Denham Golf Club and supported by 13 teams. All auction items were donated and helped give a boost to the fundraising. If you would like to participate in 2011 please register your interest with Rina on 01923 844290 or email here.
Tues 29th	25th Anniversary Celebration		Approximately 120 guests visited the Centre to join in with the 25th Anniversary Celebrations which took place at Mount Vernon Hospital. Guests were able to take part in a Tour of the Centre and see for themselves the good work that is carried out. For more information click here.
July Sun 11th	British 10k London Run	Start Piccadily Circus	Ten runners took part in this years’ British 10K London Run in support of the Scanner Appeal and have so far raised over £1,000. You can still support them by visiting the Justgiving sponsorship pages shown here. www.justgiving.com/Franca-Wakefield www.justgiving.com/Jane-Steele www.justgiving.com/team-admin www.justgiving.com/CathyW Please call Rina on 01923 844290 to book your place for the 2011 British 10k London Run.
September date to be confirmed	Quiz night with Fish & Chip supper	To be confirmed	Team up with friends, family & colleagues to take part in a quiz night in aid of the Paul Strickland Scanner Appeal. It’s a great night out for all and confirmed details will be posted soon – watch this space.
October Sat 30th 7.30pm til late	The Halloween Masquerade Charity Ball	Sopwell House Hotel, Country Club & Spa Cottonmill Lane St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 2HQ	St Albans Ladies Circle are holding this event as Paul Strickland Scanner Centre is their chosen charity of the year. Fancy Dress optional, but you could be dressed to kill! To get in the spirit of the occasion contact: halloween@st.albanscircle.org.uk for online tickets at £50, or £45 for two or more – and give our patients more than a ghost of a chance!
November Mon 8th from 9am to 3.00pm	Annual Early Christmas Fayre	Olwen Bettesworth Hall, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2RN	Beat the crowds and do your Christmas shopping at our Christmas fayre. With more than 20 different stall holders, a café and entertainment by Harrow Apollo choir, you will definitely enjoy your shopping experience. We still have some stall spaces left please email appeals@stricklandscanner.org.uk to book your place.
Throughout December	The Great Mince Pie Day	Your house, your workplace, church, sports centre, community hall, school, college – anywhere!	Fundraising has never been so easy. Boil the kettle lay out some mince pies & goodies and invite friends, family and colleagues to join you. The funds raised will go towards the MRI Scanner Appeal. We will have limited stocks of mince pies available for the beginning of December – call us on 01923 844290 to pledge your support
Dates to be confirmed	Christmas Wrapping	Uxbridge Shopping Centre	Once again our creative talents will be put to the test wrapping gifts at the Chimes and Pavilion Shopping Centres. Funds raised will be match-funded by Barclays Bank and will go towards the MRI Scanner Appeal. To offer your help as a wrapper please contact Rina on 01923 844290.
Date to be confirmed	Friends Annual Christmas Lunch	To be confirmed	Join the Friends of Paul Strickland Scanner Centre during their Christmas Lunch. We will be holding a raffle and you’ll have fun taking part in some party games! For more details contact Caroline on 01923 844290.

To find out more or to volunteer with Paul Strickland Scanner Centre. Please contact us on 01923 844290

Chenies Spring Walk Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2010

With more than 340 walkers taking part this year, the Chenies Spring Walk was a great day out for all. Participants were treated to a goodie pack of apples, health bar and water to start them off on the right foot. At the end of the walk many took advantage of their free pass into the famous Chenies Manor Tulip Gardens.

We would like to thank our business donors for their kind support of the event – Chenies Manor, General Mills, Mr & Mrs Marsh, Pearson Building and Xceed Driving Academy. The wonderful support given to us by participants has raised £4653.92 towards the Scanner Appeal. A hearty thank you to all who took part, we look forward to seeing you next year and welcome all newcomers to the event. If you would like to join in next year please read the details below and download your 2011 booking form. For those interested in sponsoring the event please call Rina on 01923 844290.

The circular walk is approximately 6 miles long through the picturesque Chess Valley. Walkers start out at Chenies Manor, head for Latimer village and then make their way towards Sarratt Bottom and finally complete the walk back at Chenies village. The route includes 3 short cuts for those wanting to walk a shorter distance. You will go through fields and woods and over stiles and we suggest that all participants wear suitable footwear and clothing. We welcome all members of the family but bear in mind the walk is not suitable for pushchairs.

Download your Chenies 2011 booking form here.

If you are able to help as a volunteer for this event please call Rina or Caroline on 01923 844290.

Walkers setting off from Chenies Manor		Beautiful views of the Chess Valley during 2010 walk
Picturesque cottage at Latimer Village		Not through the woods yet!

The last four photos have been kindly provided by Chiltern Society PhotoGroup

Charity Golf Day

Denham Golf Club - steeped in golfing tradition since 1910		This year’s Charity Golf Day at Denham was enjoyed by 13 teams on a splendid sunny day. Through the day staff and volunteers held a Name the Teddy competition, betting on the 5th hole, a table sweep and of course the charity auction. Once again Barclays Bank very kindly match-funded some of these fundraising activities. The event raised just over£6,000 towards the Scanner Appeal. First team prize went to Owen Coyle Group and second team prize went to DG Imports Ltd. Nick Hallchurch of BP Collins won our Name the Teddy competition and Paul Ellis of T&B (Contractors) Ltd was auctioneer on the day. To take part in next year’s Golf Day please contact Rina on 01923 844290 or email here.
The day will begin with a hot cup of tea/coffee and a bacon roll in readiness for the superb 18 holes ahead for the teams. On their return in the early evening, golfers will be able to enjoy a delicious carvery and be tempted by a range of mouth-watering desserts. The evening will end with a Charity auction raising money towards the current 1.5T MRI scanner appeal.
Rina and Caroline welcome golfers		First team prize – Owen Coyle Group
Second team prize – DG Imports Ltd		Nick Hallchurch of BP Collins wins name the Teddy competition
Paul Ellis uses his auctioneering talents to raise funds for the Scanner Appeal

Munching your way to success!! Once again we’re going to challenge all you hosts out there to hold your very own Great Mince Pie Day to raise funds for the Scanner Appeal. Hurry to pledge your support and get your free mince pies stocks are in limited supply and will be available in December. Or why not show off your baking talents and make your own. The Appeals team can help with posters and donation boxes for your event – please contact us on 01923 844290 - we’ll be happy to help. All monies raised will be posted on this page giving details of who held the event, where and how much was raised.

2010 Christmas Fayre – Monday 8th November from 9am to 3pm
Olwen Bettesworth Hall, Mount Vernon Hospital

Last year’s Christmas Fayre was a fabulous success raising more money than the previous two years – with trader and customer support the event raised a fantastic £1650 towards the Scanner Appeal.

Once again we are delighted to be preparing for the annual Christmas Fayre and with over 20 different stalls on offer you’ll be spoilt for choice. But don’t worry you can have a quiet sit down in our café which will be serving up hot drinks, sausage rolls, steak & kidney pies as well as other goodies. Festive entertainment will be provided by Harrow Apollo Male Choir.

We still have a few places left for stall holders please contact Caroline on 01923 844290 or
email: appeals@stricklandscanner.org.uk to book your place. Tables cost £25 each.
Click here to download 2010 booking form.

Sailing away with the Scanner Appeal

The crew of DoForMe took part in this year’s Round the Island Race in support of the Paul Strickland Scanner Appeal on Saturday 19th June. The team came in 122nd out of 1700 yatchts – what a fabulous achievement. Below is a short write up from the Crew “After a slow start everything was set up and money started coming in. Many donated through the justgiving web site, and we organised a raffle through Queensmead Sailing Club, which was drawn on 29th June. On the day before the race we practiced setting the spinnaker and the ‘Man Overboard’ drill – with a real man! Then on the day of the Race it was: Up at 5am. Huge queue for the toilets! Start: off Cowes at 06.20. Spinnaker up and we pick our way through the fleet down to the Needles

Beat down the south coast of the Isalnd. Slightly overpowered by a Force 5 gail, but no one wants to put the reef in. After being laid over a few times we change our minds and reef down the sails! We turn the corner towards Bembridge and head towards – and over the Rye sands, with just 0.2 metres beneath our keel. Then a hard beat towards the finish and it’s over. No injuries. No damage to the boat. Finish 122nd out of 1700. Not a bad improvement on last year. Then it was Party Time in Cowes and off to bed. With money still coming in, Skipper Graeme Hughes and his crew have raised £1399.13. A very welcome floating fund for the Appeal. You can still support the crew by visiting their online sponsorship page at justgiving.com/Round-the-Island-Race-2010 For more information about the race and those that provided support click here. Picture left: A bite to eat for the crew Picture above: On board DoForMe

British 10K runners put their best foot forward In London, Sunday 11th July started off overcast with light showers, the perfect start to the tenth British 10K London Run. But, as 25,000 runners set off from Hyde Park Corner the clouds cleared and temperatures peaked at 28°c. The team of ten runners from Paul Strickland Scanner Centre were raising vital funds for the MRI Scanner Appeal, and have raised over £1,000 in sponsorship with more pledged money to come. The team joined thousands of runners through the streets of Central London and past famous landmarks. Some team members pose for photos pre-race at Eros Statue Piccadilly Richard, Hannah and Dean join others heading to the start line at Hyde Park Corner Click here to read press releases about the event in support of the Scanner Appeal www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/8271976. Northwood_runners_in_London_10k/ northwood.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/2010/07/team-from-paul-strickland-scan.html
		Supporters were out in force along the route including Paul Strickland Scanner Centre Fundraising Manager, Rina Rawal. She said “As always the race has a fantastic atmosphere and it’s so heartening to see so many runners. Our team were fabulous and we can’t thank them enough for their hard work– well done everyone - here’s to next year’s race”. Richard Love, Dean Weston and Hannah Lenthall celebrate post-race Banners displayed along the Embankment as Fundraising Manager Rina Rawal cheered the team on You can still support our team of runners by visiting the online sponsorship pages below – your help with be greatly appreciated both by the runners and our patients www.justgiving.com/CathyW www.justgiving.com/Franca-Wakefield www.justgiving.com/Jane-Steele www.justgiving.com/team-admin To find out more or take part in next year’s race please contact Rina Rawal on 01923 844290 or email rina.rawal@stricklandscanner.org.uk.