Charity of the year

Why not nominate UCARE as your Charity of the Year – you could raise vital funds to support research and also raise awareness of urological cancers.

Please contact Val Berry for any supporting information you might need for your fundraising and to get your link and photos onto our web site (telephone 01865 767777 or email ucare@ucare-oxford.org.uk).

Our thanks to the following:

SOMOD Furniture

Nominated as their ‘charity of the year in 2012’ SOMOD sells contemporary modern furniture mostly sourced direct from our factory partners in mainland Europe – they are only too pleased to help you find the perfect contemporary furniture for your lifestyle, and a % is donated to UCARE

Why UCARE?

The SOMOD company founder was diagnosed with Testicular Cancer in autumn 2007 and very quickly and efficiently treated by the brilliant, caring and friendly staff at the Oxford JR Churchill Hospital. Four years down the line with a continuing clean bill of health, it's time to give something back to the Oxford based UCARE charity. Not only in the form of volunteering time for UCARE collection days and donating a percentage SOMOD's profits but also spreading the word about male cancers and the need for men to check themselves on a regular basis.

Young men assume that one old people get cancer and older men assume that testicular cancer is a young man’s cancer so stop checking. Truth is… YOUNG OR OLD it's every mans’ cancer! CHECK YOUR NADS LADS.

Kirtlington Golf Club

Our very grateful thanks to Kirtlington Golf Club who raised £1200 during 2011 as their Captain’s charity for the year.

Blenheim 9 hole naming ceremony

On Saturday 13th August 2011 the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough officially named the Blenheim 9 hole course at Kirtlington Golf Club.

A large crowd gathered to welcome the Duke and Duchess on a rather cloudy but dry Saturday morning and after cutting the ribbon the Duke and Duchess played a round of golf with the Club Captain, Leighton Davies and the Ladies Captain, Elaine Hunt as pictured.

Following this, as a celebration of the occasion, the course was open for anyone to play a free round of golf on the Blenheim 9 hole course over the weekend and this opportunity was enjoyed by many local people as well as visitors from further afield.

The Club also ran some small putting and chipping competitions over the weekend to raise money for UCARE which both the Duke as Patron, and the Club Captain support.

Northamptonshire Golf Club

Our very grateful thanks to Northamptonshire Golf Club and Margaret McLain [Lady Captain] for supporting UCARE this year. So far, their fundraising has included charity bridge drives at the club, a Christmas card scheme, a colour and style evening and Charity Pro-Am golf where they have raised £2,030.

Charity Pro Am 2010

This is one of the major events in the 2010 calendar of Northamptonshire County Golf Club and raises money for local and regional charities. The Clubs Charity Pro Am kicked off at 8am lead by the Clubs Junior team. 43 teams took part on the first grey drizzly day for 2 months!!

There was nearest the pins and longest drives for Ladies and Gents on most holes but highlight of the day was club member Andrew Hasker who won nearest the pin on the 6th with a hole-in-one!

2010 PGA Midlands Region: Northamptonshire County Pro Am supported by DALEPAK.

Left to right: Chris Thompson (Club Chairman), Margaret McLain (Lady Captain), Peter Thompson (Club Captain), and Bob Larratt PGA Professional

78 Squadron Royal Air Force Benson

This year 78 Squadron Royal Air Force Benson, have nominated us as their main charity benefactor of the year. They are kicking off their fundraising with the ‘The Three Peaks Stretcher Run’

“We are a team of serving Royal Air Force personnel from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, We have set ourselves the challenge of completing both the Yorkshire 3 peaks and national 3 Peaks Challenges, in order to raise money for our chosen charities Help for Heroes and UCARE. To make this already arduous challenge even more difficult we will be carrying a stretcher with dummy weighing 80 kgs to simulate a casualty. Our team will comprise of 8 people, 4 carrying the stretcher at a time and 4 resting.”

On the 24th April they organised an Oxford Fundraising Day to raise money for their chosen charity. They were in RAF uniform, sweating their way through a day of challenges on the bike or rowing machine, promoting their service along with the careers centre.

In 2011 the are supporting UCARE in their Ex Home Run challenge.