Marli turns trash into cash for PCRF
Enterprising nine-year-old Marli Rubin has raised a whopping £372 for PCRF by selling keyrings she made from empty crisp packets!
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We hope you'll be inspired by the dedication of our fundraisers and the expertise of our researchers who are all working together to tackle pancreatic cancer. This section covers news about PCRF-funded research as well as research into pancreatic cancer being carried out all over the world.
Football friendship raises £1150 for PCRF
Newark’s Holy Trinity church football team continued their charity fundraising this year by taking on the team from Royal Mail Newark for the third Jason Ginnelly Memorial Fund event – raising a total of £1150 for PCRF.
‘Fine time’ in Brittany raises £1500
We recently received a donation for the fantastic sum of £1500 from long-time supporter, Andy Chestnutt, along with this wonderful description of how the money was raised so creatively! Thank you Andy and your golfing pals from the OVGS!
Bowled over by Purity’s support
Purity has been fundraising for PCRF following the death of much-loved company co-founder, Jim Minkin, from pancreatic cancer. This year, their annual company cricket match raised £6,000 for the charity.
Flying high for Tim
PCRF supporter Jane Anderson has raised more than £3,000 in memory of her brother, Tim Voltzenlogel, who passed away aged just 60.
Best foot forward for Frankie
Keen hill walker, Jim King from Lanarkshire, completed the 154km West Highland Way in June as a fundraiser to mark 10 years since losing his youngest brother Frankie to pancreatic cancer.
Jessica, 10, ‘swims the Channel’ for her Grampfy
Pocket rocket 10-year-old Jessica Briggs from Paignton in Devon swam the equivalent of the English Channel in memory of her grandad, clocking up a whopping 1352 lengths of her local swimming pool and raising £700 for PCRF.
Diggle FC Juniors step up for PCRF
Nine boys from the Diggle FC Juniors in Oldham have raised more than £3,000 for PCRF.
Bake & Share campaign delivered!
Keen baker Lucille Carter from Thorpe Willoughby in North Yorkshire has raised thousands of pounds for PCRF over the years by supporting the charity’s Bake & Share campaign each November during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Angels fly off the shelves!
After losing her husband David to pancreatic cancer in January 2020, Marilyn Collins from Halesowen, West Midlands, and her sister Glenis Allen raised £2000 for PCRF by hand-crafting beautiful Christmas angels, repurposed from old books and magazines.