Uganda Cancer Trust UK

Annual Report 2010

jenny — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:58:20 +0000

Our first year as a charity has been an eventful but exciting one! We’ve met some great people who are very passionate about the issues faced by cancer patients in Uganda, and have been overwhelmed by the support and generosity we have received.

We have focused on fundraising and developing our strategy, making sure we can add to, but not compete with, existing projects and organisations.

There are no paid staff at the trust, all activities are undertaken by trustees and volunteers in their spare time.

Our main achievements have been:

developing a brand, website and other communication materials for the charity
establishing a key group of individuals committed to the charity, through social networking and events
raising £14000 through individual donations and fundraising events including a sponsored walk, cake sales, sponsored sparring event, and the sale of prints by the artist Tony Whitehouse
a successful launch event at the Cartoon Museum, involving members of the Ugandan expatriate community
beginning to establish links with key cancer organisations in the UK and Uganda

Now that the charity has established a solid foundation, we will focus more effort in 2010-2011 on delivering the aims of the charity, and less effort on fundraising.

This year we aim to:

commission an independent assessment of the options for Uganda Cancer Trust UK to fund activities that will develop and strengthen support networks for cancer patients in Uganda
prioritise and begin funding a list of projects
develop fundraising campaigns around specific projects or individuals that need support
build links with Uganda and UK charities and other organisations to share information and develop the resources available for cancer sufferers in Uganda
increase our understanding of the challenges facing cancer sufferers in Uganda and start raising awareness of the issues

If you would like a full copy of our Annual Report please contact i…@ugandacancer.org.uk

Launch event

jenny — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:45:29 +0000

We held held our charity launch event at the Cartoon Museum in London on 10th February 2010. The event was a big success, raising £1250 on the night. Uganda Cancer Trust UK is very grateful for everyone who came along to show their support and help make the event a success. We’re particularly grateful to Irwin Mitchell for sponsoring the event.

You can see some more pictures on our Picasa page.

Charity Launch at the Cartoon Museum

jenny — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:26:51 +0000

6.30-8.30pm, 10th February 2010
Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London, WC1A 2HH

Join us for a celebration of the formation of Uganda Cancer Trust UK at the Cartoon Museum on 10th February.

Tickets are £15 and include drinks and nibbles, a tour of the museum, and free entry to the raffle – where you could win a weekend away, a bottle of champagne, a limited edition print or one of many other prizes. We are also hoping to have some traditional Ugandan dancing!

We are extremely grateful to Irwin Mitchell for sponsoring the event.

How to get tickets

1. You can pay for your tickets online via paypal. We will email you confirmation and your ticket reference numbers.

2. Email i…@ugandacancer.org.uk to reserve a ticket on the door.

We look forward to seeing you there!

50 Rounds of Pain!

jenny — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:10:07 +0000

On 13 September 2009 Alex Hannah endured an epic 50 rounds of sparring to raise more than £700 for Uganda Cancer Trust UK and our Campaign for Lydia.

Over 4.5 hours he fought in 50 consecutive 3 minute sparring rounds…

…10 judo

…10 Brazilian jujitsu

…10 wrestling

…some quick changes of kit

…10 kickboxing

… and 10 boxing!

A very big thanks to Alex and all his sparring partners for an awesome afternoon. We’re feeling inspired to get fit and do something challenging now… so watch this space.

Welcome to our new website!

matt — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:33:04 +0000

Thanks for visiting our new website, courtesy of aranha:DESIGN. We’ll be updating this regularly with the latest fundraising news, details of events, interviews with specialists and diary entries from Uganda. You can keep up to date by RSS feed, by signing up for our newsletter or following us on twitter.