Be part of the Cure Leukaemia Family in 2014 #CLFamily What’s on in 2014 Our Nurses Hold an Event Come Events Calendar and join New York Marathon us! Regular Giving Get in Touch We’re Making a Difference in 2014 #CLFamily Join the Cure Leukaemia Family in 2014 What’s on in 2014 2014 promises to be a fantastic year for Cure Leukaemia The Club Legends Cup and we have more exciting events than ever before to bring This will be is bringing the Midlands you throughout the year. We value each and every one of my third year running “together and so what better Our Nurses our wonderful supporters so we are keen to make sure the half marathon “ for charity to support than Cure Leukaemia who help there are events out there for everyone in 2014 and Cure Leukaemia. The work Professor Charlie Craddock and save lives all over the we continue to keep the fun in fundraising! region. his team do at the QE Hospital Lee Hendrie, CLC Hold an Event Birmingham is incredible, so it Ambassador made the decision to run again ” Great Birmingham Run 2014 very easy. Russ Morris, Long Standing Supporter Events Calendar On Sunday 19th October we are planning ” something very special, our aim is to increase our participation to 1000 runners and aim to raise £250,000...a truly amazing New York Marathon amount of money which would be worth £2.5million in potentially life- Club Legends Cup saving therapies. You and your family have the chance to Regular Giving be a part of the inaugural Club Legends Cup Annual Dinner indoor football tournament at the LG Arena on Saturday July 12th. This unique event, in support of Cure Leukaemia, will feature Midlands footballing Get in Touch Michelin starred chef and Cure Leukaemia Trustee Glynn Purnell served up a culinary heroes of yesteryear teaming up with the fans for an unforgettable showpiece at a prestigious venue. The delight at last year’s dinner to over day will also include a Little Legends Cup featuring 400 guests at Villa Park. This year’s school children from the West Midlands and a annual dinner is shaping up to be It was a great Ladies Legends match showcasing the best female Without Cure Leukaemia I bigger and better with another would not have had the wonderful honour to be involved footballing talent in the region. There will also be master class from Glynn Purnell a host of family activities and entertainment “care and support from the nurses in“ the 2013 Annual they fund, they have been fantastic and friends. Dinner and I look around the arena making it a great day throughout my treatment. forward to working out for the whole family so book your on yet another unique Karl Murphy, Patient tickets today and don’t miss ” event this year! out! Glynn Purnell, Chef and Trustee” They’re Making a Difference in 2014 #CLFamily What’s on in 2014 Our Nurses Our Nurses Over the past decade, Cure Leukaemia has helped fund a network of specialist research nurses who work across the West Midlands to administer pioneering Hold an Event drug treatments to leukaemia patients. With a population of 5.5million, and the most Events Calendar ethnically diverse catchment area in Europe, the West Midlands offers access to the broadest Specialist New York Marathon possible data pool for drugs trials. 15 Nurses funded over the A Cure Leukaemia nurse costs last 10 years £40,000 per year to fund and if across the Regular Giving you live in the West Midlands West Midlands... who better to fundraise for than ...Let’s fund your lifesaving local nurse? Get in Touch more! When I was diagnosed with leukaemia I remember just feeling really shocked. I knew it was going to be hard for us “all dealing with my blood cancer and as a young mum of two children, my priority, was my family and I didn’t want to think about leaving them. Then I was given hope – I was told about Cure Leukaemia. Harpal Mall, Patient ” You Can Make a Swim Difference in 2014 Golf #CLFamily Hold your own Event Day Coffee What’s on in 2014 Morning You can be a part of the Cure Leukaemia family in 2014 Skydive by holding your own event! Organise a cake bake, set Our Nurses yourself a swimming challenge, hold a quiz night or row the Atlantic Ocean, the choice is yours! Whatever you Pub decide to do the Cure Leukaemia team are here to support you. Why not get your family, friends, school, college, Quiz Hold an Event workplace and local community involved and introduce more people into the Cure Leukaemia family? Wear Events Calendar Be an Award Winner Red to Work Day By holding your own event you could become an New York Marathon award winner! Cure Leukaemia recognise our wonderful fundraisers with special awards at our Annual Dinner and you could follow in the footsteps of our 2013 winners. Regular Giving • Pete Gough won the wackiest fundraiser award for running from Glasgow to Birmingham. • Matilda Elwell won Community Fundraiser of the year after raising over £20,000 for her Lords to Edgbaston Get in Touch walk. • Nigel Southern took home the Chairman’s award for cycling from Land’s End to John O’Groats and raising over £75,000. I have personal experience of how important it is to have access to specialist Think big, be creative and make it fun and “nurses, clinicians, pioneering drugs and you could be an award winner in 2014! treatments. Without the help of Cure Leukaemia, all this would not be Cake available. Stiliyan Petrov, Patient ” Bake Let’s Events Calendar There are some great events happening each and every day around the UK and we’ve picked Make a some of our favourites below! Whether you’re running, walking, cycling, hiking or swimming Difference just click on the event you are interested in and sign up online! We would love you to support Cure Leukaemia and our dedicated team are on hand to help you prepare for your challenge. #CLFamily Together What’s on in 2014 Our Nurses 2 0 1 4 MARCH MAY JULY SEPTEMBER 23 Coventry Half Marathon 24-25 London2Brighton Challenge 100km 6 Women Only Swim, Berkshire 13-14 Thames Path Challenge APRIL 25 Wiggle Tri Relays 12 Club Legends Cup, LG Arena 100km/50km/25km Hold an Event 25 Edinburgh Half Marathon 12 Steelman Triathlon 13-14 North West Tough Mudder 5 Prague Half Marathon 25 Liverpool Marathon 12-13 Midlands Tough Mudder 14 Challenge Weymouth 6 Greater Manchester Marathon 25 Edinburgh Marathon 13 Great North 10km 20 The Color Run Brighton 5km 6 Paris Marathon 26 Financial Times Eton Swim 19 Great Manchester Swim 21 The Black Country Fun Run Events Calendar 6 Great Ireland 10km 20 Hampton Court Swim 27 Poole Swim 16 JUNE Lee Hendrie Golf Day 20 The Color Run Sunderland 5km 28 Great Yorkshire 10km 19 1 The Color Run London 5km Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge 26 Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge 28 Robin Hood Half marathon 26 1 Electric Run London 5km Windsor Swim 28 Robin Hood Marathon New York Marathon 26-27 1 AUGUST London West Tough Mudder Great Midlands Fun Run 8.5M OCTOBER 27 Great Edinburgh Run 2 Cork Marathon 2-3 Yorkshire Tough Mudder TBC 27 Madrid Marathon and 10km 7 Trailblazer Bedgebury 5 Dublin Half Marathon Annual Dinner Regular Giving MAY 8 Wiggle Dragon Ride, Port Talbot 16 The Color Run Birmingham 5km 4-5 Dublin Tough Mudder 13-15 Great North Swim 16-17 South West Tough Mudder 5 Cardiff Half Marathon 4 Wings for Life World Run 14-15 Scotland Tough Mudder 23 The Color Run Belfast 5km 19 Great Birmingham Run 5 Belfast Marathon 15 Windsor Triathlon 23 Reykjavic Marathon 25 Great South 5km 7 Get in Touch Powerleague 5-a-side 21 Great East Swim 23 Great Scottish Swim 26 Great South Run 10M Tournament 21-22 Water Wipeout 5km/10km 23-24 Isle of Wight Challenge 100km 28 Dublin Marathon 10 Electric Run Manchester 5km 28 Trailblazer Clumber Park 30 Great London Swim 11 Financial Times London Cycle NOVEMBER 28-29 The Grand Union Challenge Sportive SEPTEMBER 2 New York Marathon Cure Leukaemia is a 100km/50km/25km 22 11 Great Womens 10km 2 England vs India ODI, Cure St. Lucia Triathlon fantastic charity, without JULY 17 British Triathlon Sprint Leukaemia Day DECEMBER “them I wouldn’t have had the Championships 4-6 Dare 2b Yorkshire Festival 6 Great North 5km chance to battle this dreadful TBC Christmas Carol Service 18 Great Manchester 10km of Cycling 6 Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge disease. TBC The ‘Christmas Cracker’ Quiz 24 5 The Color Run Manchester 5km 7 Great North Run Katherine” Sinfield, Patient Trailblazer Forest of Dean Night! Make a Difference in 2014 #CLFamily The TCS New York Marathon What’s on in 2014 Do you want to test yourself to the limit at one of the biggest mass participation events in the world on the streets of an Our Nurses iconic city that never sleeps? Well, this is your opportunity! In 2014, Cure Leukaemia are offering the keenest runners TES OF TA A Hold an Event amongst our supporters, a truly once in a lifetime S M opportunity, to take part in this year’s TCS New York D E E R Marathon on Sunday November 2nd! We have 20 T I I C places available for the largest of all the World N A Events Calendar Marathon Majors so don’t miss out on a truly U unforgettable experience! N E Y Factfile W IT New York Marathon Starting under the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, C you and 50,000 fellow competitors will run through the YORK • First run in 1970 streets of Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and under the • 50,000 runners Regular Giving skyscrapers of Manhattan, before finishing in the serene and • 2 million spectators beautiful surroundings of Central Park.