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May 2005 Update
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2003 Round Up
2002 Round-up
2001 Round-Up (There's more!)
12/2000 Final Update
1999 Final Update
1998 Final Update
Fund-Raising Warning
The Car The Club Built Update
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The Club chose the Leukaemia research Fund as its preferred charity some years
ago (scroll down for more details) and many of our members raise money on their
behalf.
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Cheques payable to "Leukaemia Research Fund" please
..and send to:
Steve
Winterberg: South Lodge Cottage, Rogers Lane, Findon, West Sussex, BN14 0RE.
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1903 873007, Mob: +44 (0) 7855
846963, Email: nuketheleuk@lotus7club.co.uk
Contact Steve for alternative payment methods.
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To
enable LRF to be tax efficient, use a Gift Aid form.
Gift Aid forms can be downloaded from
her
the Adobe Acrobat
reader can be downloaded from
here
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'Nuke the Leuk' - the history
Lol Pilfold, chairman of the Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain at the time, decided to adopt
the Leukaemia Research Fund as the club charity after club member
 Steve
Winterberg contracted leukaemia in 1990. The expression, 'Nuke the Leuk' was coined
during Steve's treatment, by his family. He has seen it, done it, nuked it and got the
T-shirt.
Club fund raising began on an ad-hoc basis by fellow committee members, event
organisers and individual club members in 1991.
Slowly, the fund raising became more regular and of increasing frequency as more
club members and area organisers took up the cudgel. Finally, Lol decided that all
efforts and ideas should be co-ordinated by one person who would
liaise with LRF, report
the fund-raising activities to the members through 'Low Flying', the club magazine, and
generally assist with club members’ efforts towards fund raising
In August 1993, almost to the date of his original diagnosis, Steve Winterberg,
now well into his third year of remission, accepted the post of club fund co-ordinator.
Fund raising history, 1991 to date
| Year |
£ |
Highlights |
| 1991 |
200 |
Best estimate, usually handed to the
nearest LRF branch, but most from the sale of Christmas
cards organised by Ruth Whiting and Clive Stevens. |
| 1992 |
316 |
Brooklands Roaring 40'S Event,
Earl's Court Racing Car Show Raffle. |
| 1993 |
5,569 |
Target of
£2500 set by team in June beaten by August, Moreton in Marsh International Event,
Seven Summer Dance at Mangland Farm, Dick Dixon's Sporting Bears Club
Charity event at Wimpole Hall, Kent and East Sussex Christmas raffle. |
| 1994 |
6,192 |
Colin Orsbourn’s London marathon run, Moreton in Marsh International Event,
Dick Dixon's Sporting Bears Club Charity event at Wimpole Hall, Arnie Webb's
EMC Computers Venus Gallagher Memorial fund. |
| 1995 |
5,043 |
Brian Poulton’s Land’s End to
John O’Groats '95 run in 7s,
Arnie Webb's EMC Computers Venus Gallagher Memorial fund. |
| 1996 |
14,579 |
Mal Page’s Scarborough to Morecambe
Coast to Coast run, Chris Lee’s Three Peaks Challenge; Ben Nevis, Scafell
Pike and Snowdon in 24 hrs, LRF national raffle,
Wheeltorque's Spectacular Spa, Lotus '96 International raffle. |
| 1997 |
9,697 |
John Shaw and Mal Page’s Coast to
Coast 1997 run, Brian Poulton’s 2nd LeJog, LRF ‘Forget-me-not’
national raffle |
| 1997-98 |
33,306 |
Lotus 7 Club of Great Britain's 40th
Anniversary Seven Raffle - The Car The Club Built Raffle
- Chassis by Arch Motors, VIN plate and wiring by Caterham Cars,
raffle tickets by Quay Bulk Services Ltd, working capital by Brian Poulton's
LeJoG '98, engine by Alan Hunt, gearbox by Mark Bod, front suspension by
Chris Rea, stunning livery designed by Dom Colbeck and the rest of the parts
by club members and Low Flying advertisers, ticket sales by David Gordon
through members and volunteer LRF branches. |
| 1998 |
9,087 |
John Shaw and Mal Page’s Coast to
Coast ’98 run, Nadine Hardy Memorial Fund,
International Event |
| 1999 |
8,062 |
Club member Mike Crispin nukes the leuk.
Arnie Webb’s Le Mans ’99,
Alex Wong’s Belgium to Sicily Endurance Run and Angus Denny's Surrey Area NtL '99
programme,
Steve Potter's 7 listers' online fundraising. |
| 2000 |
£15,112 |
Anonymous
Surrey member, Will Paul's London Marathon run, Arnie Webb's Le Mans 2000,
Brands Hatch International Event.
£100K Target beaten in June. |
| 2001 |
£12,416 |
Club
member James Barrett nukes the leuk. Arnie
Webb's Le Mans 2001, Barbara Swift's BlatChat Stickers, Jan Smit's Cycle
Odyssey, John & Susan Howe's Ram Roast, Richard Ince's Nürburgring
CDs and Jeff Deung's Bring-n-buy stand & Scalextric competition, Tony
Isherwood’s 2001 Brooklands Handling Days, Chris Scott & Nora Fisher CAF
donations |
| 2002 |
£26,383 |
Ken & Kay Puttock's Stoneleigh Kit Car Show, Arnie Webb’s Le Mans 2002,
"Clash of the Titans" – Arnie
Webb v Peter Carmichael at Curborough Sprint, Andy Webber's HSBC Reading
Mid Summer Ball, Mick Burrell's International Event 2002 at Hurst Castle, Tony
Isherwood’s two 2002 Brooklands Handling days, Charles King-Holford's "The
Rumble" round London & Lee Williams' sponsored head shave.
Dave Hollington's London To Brighton 'sossige' run |
|
2003 |
£19,776 |
Chris Mintoft's 7 Club Nokia phone logos, Dave 'Hoopy' Hooper's London
Marathon run, Ken & Kay Puttock's Stoneleigh Kit Car Show Club International
Event, Adrian Elkins two 'Get to know your 7' days, Andy Webber's HSBC
Mid-Summer charity ball, Peter Duce's sponsored beard shave at Le Sept,
Chris Clark and Ray Hutchins BayWatch tour, Mike Blackadder's Academy Race
Series 2003 DVD's, Nick Addison's Le Sept 2003 DVD's, John Laycock's
DoningtonTrackday 'wanna ride in my car' auction, Geoff Pickin's 'wanna ride
in my car' pledges at Lotus 7 Club trackdays in 2003. |
|
2004 |
£43,180 |
Jan Smit's epic Netherlands to Santiago de Compestela cycle marathon, Steve
Cragg's sponsored 'no-smoking', Andy Webber's HSBC Mid-Summer Ball, Dave
Jackson's pushbike LeJoG, Ben Long's Thames Valley area BBQ and Newbury
Classic Car show, Mark Jackson's moped JoGLe, Norman Verona's South
Yorkshire Police ‘Blue Light Show’, Chris Rea's donation of the Alan Fernley
original 'On the Beach' painting, Arnie Webb's Le Mans 24 hour tour, Geoff
Pickin’s 7 Club trackday passenger rides, Caterham Cars Festival at Brands
Hatch, Ernie Panks and Geof Carleton-Smith’s ‘Big Blat, Steve Mell’s Dunsfold
Handling Day, Chris Lee’s 7 photo shoot, Dave Hollington’s London to Brighton
‘Sossige’ BBQ, Surrey Area Xmas raffle and auction of promises. £200K
achieved in October.
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| Total |
£209,918 |
On top of the highlights are hundreds of other fund raising events and
members' donations. |
Highlights
In addition to fund raising, many club members offer a seat in their car at
sprints and track events, for patients having been or currently being treated for blood
related disorders, to assist with their recovery by giving them something different to
look forward to, and to offer them an experience they may never have had the opportunity
to enjoy but for their illness.
In 1992, the Lotus Seven Club of Great Britain donated two tickets for
ex-leukaemics to attend the Le Mans 24hr race in France including ferry fares,
accommodation and track entry tickets for the whole two-day event.
1993 saw a bunch of leukaemia sufferers from Worthing Hospital
have the 'ride of their lives' at a Club trackday at Goodwood circuit.
In 1997 club members attended the 21st birthday celebration of the under 17 car
club at Castle Combe race circuit held on behalf or the charity, Cancer and Leukaemia in
Children to offer rides round the circuit for donations.
In 1998 Ellen Jones won "The Car the Club Built"
raffle. Coincidentally, Ellen was at the time the secretary of the Tenby LRF branch. Tenby
branch were also the branch that sold most amount of raffle tickets that did not have an
opportunity to sell tickets at a Lotus Seven Club event.
1999 saw club member Mike Crispin fighting off a particularly rare and difficult
to treat leukaemia, and with the same grit and determination that took him through a
kidney transplant a few years earlier, he nuked the leuk with flying colours. Many,
many thanks to his brother Richard for providing the bone marrow essential for the
cure.
In 2001 club member James Barrett nuked the leuk and Gary Kirage, now
3 years into remission, got the chance to join a huge convoy of 7s in Barry
Sweeney's Zetec 7 to 'Rumble' around London.
Sadly 2002 saw club member Shaun Soames lose a
son to leukaemia but his wife survived leukaemia and went on to have another
son. Russell Sangha survived Leukaemia with the help of a bone marrow donation
from his sister Rachael and then got the chance to ride a 7 at Curborough
Sprint. At the same event Peter Carmichael and Arnie Webb raised over £4,000
from pledges from club members to see who would be the quickest round the sprint
on the day. With less than a few tens of a second in it, Peter took the laurels,
but both earned a great deal of respect for putting their cars and reputations
firmly on the line.
2003 saw club member Robin Ford sadly lose a beloved niece,
Jeanne Rideout, to leukaemia. Club member Phil Bishop, as one of the National
Blood Service arm emptiers, cleared up a few misconceptions about giving blood!
2004 Arnie Webb hands the Le Mans reins to Chris Matthews after 10 years having raised a magnificent £21,500 for LRF with this and other initiatives. October was a record month with over £10,000 being raised.
The Club also invites LRF branches to events to
assist with tombolas, raffles and the sale of programmes. Club members are also
encouraged to offer their cars to local LRF branch events as a focal point of
interest to assist with fund-raising and the Club provides an on-going advert
in Low Flying to encourage members to part with their petrol vouchers, Green
Shield stamps, old phone cards, pre Euro currency and old coins etc. for the Leukaemia
Research Fund Voucher Appeal run by Sophie Shalit JP, one of the many volunteer
fund-raisers for LRF.
The Leukaemia Research Fund is known today as one or our most effective medical
research charities. The fund maintains a constantly expanding programme of innovative and
productive work, centred on the search for a cure for leukaemia and related blood
disorders. The story of now the fund reached its current position is a fascinating picture
or hope and inspiration, allied to dedication and hard work.
The fund's work over the past thirty years has involved thousands of people; the
families who have suffered the tragedy or what used to be virtually a death sentence, the
doctors and scientists who have battled against one of the most intractable of diseases,
and all those whose efforts have gone towards making the Leukaemia Research Fund the
active, internationally recognised force that it is today.
The Leukaemia Research Fund emblem, the forget-me-not, is a memorial to those
who have succumbed to the disease and for whom it is wished that more could have been
done, and whose memory is the inspiration towards achieving the ultimate goal.
Leukaemia Research was established in 1960 and is still the only national research charity devoted exclusively to leukaemia, the lymphomas, myeloma, aplastic anaemia, myelodysplasia, the myeloproliferative disorders and the related blood disorders in both children and adults. Over the next five years Leukaemia Research Fund is committed to a further £58 million on its national research programme through Universities, medical schools and teaching hospitals throughout the UK for research into cancers of the blood.
The fund relies wholly on voluntary donations, and is proud to have one of the lowest overheads and running costs of all the major charities, with more than 90p in every £1 raised going directly to research.
There are over 160 voluntary LRF branches and sub-branches throughout Great Britain assisted by many private and corporate partners such as the Lotus 7 Club and Caterham Cars Ltd.
Leukaemia can affect anyone, at any age; old and young; male and female. 24,500 people in Britain every year are diagnosed with a cancer of the blood. Of these about 5,500 adults will be told they have leukaemia and around 600 children will develop leukaemia or lymphoma, accounting for half of all childhood cancer. Another 18,000 people will be told they have lymphoma, myeloma or a related disease.
Leukaemia Research Fund was established in 1960 as the first, and still the only, national research charity solely devoted to leukaemia and the related blood disorders in both adults and children. Its work depends entirely on voluntary donations. LRF receives no government grants. A substantial part of the money needed is raised by voluntary Branches throughout Britain.
The fund supports doctors and scientists within hospitals and academic institutions throughout the country to work on a wide range of projects from basic laboratory research through to clinical trials in patients. This extensive and forward-looking programme of research is carefully coordinated. The views of the world experts in blood and cancer research are sought on projects before they are assessed by the Fund’s Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel or Clinical Trials Advisory Panel. This second round of independent expert review ensures that the research is of the highest quality and has the greatest potential for translation into improved treatments for patients.
Much has been achieved over the last 40 years. From leukaemia being an almost certain death sentence, more than 7 out of 10 children and 3 out of 10 adults can now expect to be cured. For some cancers of the blood the survival rate is very much higher; adolescents and young adults now stand a very good chance of surviving Hodgkin’s lymphoma, for instance.
But much remains to be done and there is still a long way to go before the ultimate aim of Leukaemia Research Fund is achieved - a cure for all cancers of the blood.
How near we are to the cure, depends on you.
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