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Are you looking for the latest updates from Lingen Davies? Stay up to date with the latest news on the charity and how we continue to enhance local cancer services.
News 27th February 2024
A 25-year long labour of love to create a magnificent carpet of snowdrops has helped smash another fundraising record for us – in memory of a longtime supporter. The late owners of Winsley Hall in Westbury, Mr and Mrs Wolstan Whitaker, planted thousands of snowdrop bulbs over a 25-year period in the grounds of their […]
News 27th February 2024
A 23-year-old from Mid Wales is continuing the legacy of her nan and grandad by fundraising for Lingen Davies. Shannon Walker, from Welshpool, signed up to run the London Marathon after spotting a post with an application form on LinkedIn – knowing it was following in the footsteps of her grandparents Sylvia and Tony Isaac. […]
News 26th February 2024
A Shropshire man is heading off on a ‘once in a lifetime’ adventure this week for two months of being cold, wet, unable to wash, rarely able to change clothes, sleep deprived – and on a yacht in the North Pacific Ocean. Mark Perkins, of Tilstock, has wanted to take part in a Clipper Round […]
News 15th February 2024
Emilie Kerr, Events Marketing Coordinator at Lingen Davies, has been nominated in the Rising Star Category for the Charity Comms Inspiring Communicator Awards. The 21 year old will find out if she’s won the award at a ceremony held in London at the end of February. She said: “I am very humbled to have been […]
News 5th February 2024
Our popular Shrewsbury Colour Run is returning for its fourth outing this year in a bid to help smash the £100,000 target! The 5km fun run has seen hundreds of people have take part since it was first introduced in 2019. Since that time the event has raised £85,000 and now we are aiming to […]
News 30th January 2024
A very big thank you to Catherine Pritchard for sharing her experience with cancer. The 52-year-old mum of two is a Chief Inspector in the Police, wife, daughter, sister, keen horse rider, passionate about helping others, and more than used to coping with stress on a daily basis. When she was just 45 Catherine found […]
News 26th January 2024
A lady from Wem has raised over £850 for us by asking for donations instead of presents for her 95th birthday. Doreen Ivison collected the money for Lingen Davies because her daughter Liz Houghton is currently undergoing chemotherapy for cancer at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s Lingen Davies Cancer Centre. She said: “Lingen Davies is a huge […]
News 12th January 2024
Are you a hairdresser or barber based in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin? Our Cancer Champions team are hosting a special training session dedicated to local hairdressers and barbers. Being a Cancer Champion involves having informed everyday conversations within your community and hairdressers and barbers are some of the best placed to do so with […]
News 10th January 2024
A long running snowdrop walk that has raised thousands of pounds for the region’s main cancer charity is set to return in memory of well-known charity stalwart. The annual Lingen Davies Cancer Fund Snowdrop Walk is once again being held at the private Shropshire estate Winsley Hall, Westbury, owned by the late Mrs June […]
If you want to organise your own event in support of Linger Davies, why not find out more about how you can do this by getting in touch. We’re always happy to help!
