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Team Whiteoaks step up to Ark challenge

March 2, 2021

THE team at Ark Our Partner supporter Whiteoaks International have really stepped up to the plate when it comes to supporting the charity.

Whiteoaks International, the number one tech PR agency outside London, has raised £1,000 for Ark Cancer Charity after colleagues clocked up more than nine million steps in February.

The Whiteoaks International Step Challenge saw 43 staff, family and even pets getting involved to reach the target in just 28 days — completing 9,377,160 steps and a distance of nearly 5,000 miles.

Art for Ark's sake is a big draw

February 23, 2021

TWO Ark Cancer Centre Charity supporters teamed up for a great competition that resulted in an artistic treat for a lucky winner and two runners-up as well as a lockdown fundraising boost for the charity.

Laura Haystaff, owner of Ark Our Partner supporter The Topiary Salon, which has premises in Old Basing and Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, and Basingstoke-based artist Sian Storey  organised the event which saw main winner Harry Coomber become the proud owner of Sian’s lovely painting ‘Kindred’.

Recycling support makes a big difference

February 4, 2021

RECYCLING supporters have been praised for providing Ark Cancer Centre Charity with a crucial fundraising boost – resulting in nearly £63,000 being raised despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Last year, Ark’s partnership with Bag It Up (BIU) Group saw the charity’s income from clothes and shoe recycling in its 50 branded banks in and around Basingstoke and Deane almost double from the impressive £35,333 figure that was raised during 2019.

50:50 Club January 2020 Prizewinners

January 28, 2021

Its a new year and we are delighted to announce our first three winners of January's 50:50 Club Prize Draw.

Should you wish to take part in our 50:50 Club during this year please make contact with us and we can arrange for the  form to be completed.  For only £5 per number each month you have a chance to be added into our monthly draw.

So kicking off 2021

Our Prize Winners are:

1st Prize     I Hunter

2nd Prize   L Brinsdon

3rd Prize   K Coombs

 

50:50 Club December 2020 Prizewinners

January 1, 2021

Our final 50:50 Club draw for 2020!!

 

The lucky winners are:

 

1st Prize    B Study

2nd Prize   S Brennan

3rd Prize     J McKinney

 

Congratulations to all of our winners during 2020. We wish you lots of luck in  2021 

OBE honour for pioneering liver cancer surgeon and Ark trustee Merv

December 31, 2020

PIONEERING liver cancer surgeon Merv Rees has been recognised in The Queen’s New Year Honours by being awarded an OBE.

The world-renowned Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) surgeon, who created a trailblazing liver surgery team in Basingstoke and is a trustee and driving force of Ark Cancer Centre Charity, has been honoured for his services to liver cancer surgery.

We thank you and are thinking of you

December 21, 2020

Dear Ark supporters

I hope that you and your family and friends are keeping well in these challenging times.

As we approach Christmas, and the end of a year that has been like no other in recent memory, on behalf of all at Ark Cancer Centre Charity, I want to send you seasonal greetings, and to thank you for your ongoing support. I also want to say that we are all thinking of you. We know that this Christmas will be unlike any we have experienced, and that for many people, it will be a particularly difficult and challenging time.

Tributes paid to former Mayor and great Ark supporter

November 25, 2020

TRIBUTES have been paid to Councillor Anne Court - former Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane and a long-time Ark Cancer Centre Charity supporter - after she sadly passed away.

Ark was proud and honoured to be one of Anne's Mayoral Charities during her year in office from May 2015 to May 2016.

Mother-of-two Anne, who represented the Kempshott ward for over 25 years and was an influential figure in many local community organisations, and her husband Richard continued to be great supporters of Ark.

50:50 Club October 2020 Prizewinners

October 30, 2020

Another group of lucky 50:50 Club winners for October are:

1st Prize     M Springer

2nd Prize    S Hill

3rd Prize      I Hunter

Good luck to next month's 50:50 Club participants for next month's draw

Jon sheds pounds to raise pounds for Ark

October 5, 2020

IT WAS a truly awesome challenge – shedding four stone in three months and raising £500 for Ark Cancer Centre Charity – but amazing Jon Mills has smashed it!

Jon, managing director of Black and White Accounting, headquartered at Herriard Park, near Basingstoke, beat his daunting weight-loss challenge by one pound – and he has nearly doubled his fundraising goal, clocking up £965 so far.

Father-of-four Jon said: "I had a couple of hiccups along the way, but I'm delighted to have achieved both of my goals.

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