Thank you very much to everyone who kindly donated to Ark Cancer Charity in memory of Merv Rees, we have been over-whelmed by your outpouring of sympathy and condolences.

It was a full house at our recent Quiz Night.  Thank you to Basingstoke Rugby Football Club for supporting the event and to everyone who took part helping to raise nearly £2,000.

Thank you to all the customers and team at the Village Vibes Café in Old Basing, for raising £1,200 from their sale of delicious cakes and treats.

Thank you to everyone at the London Street Reformed Church, Basingstoke for raising £293.51 from their retiring collections over the Christmas period.

A huge thank you to Waitrose, Basingstoke for choosing Ark Cancer Charity to benefit from their Green Token Community Matters Scheme, and to all our supporters for going into store to vote for us.  We are delighted to announce we were the winner of the last quarter receiving £1,500.

The wonderful members of the Basingstoke Hospital Male Voice Choir, continue to support us through their uplifting concerts and performances.  Their Christmas event raised over £200.

It is with deepest sadness we announce the death of our friend and colleague, Myrddin Rees founder and trustee of the Ark Cancer Charity.

Merv provided the vision, leadership and endless enthusiasm to build the charity which recently refurbished the cancer treatment centre in Basingstoke and has put wellbeing at the heart of cancer care, through the delivery of a range of alternative therapies and counselling.

As a pioneering liver surgeon within the NHS and through his passion for the Ark Cancer Charity, Merv has touched the lives of so many people and leaves a lasting legacy.

Our thoughts are with his wife Fenella and his family and friends at this sad time.

Martin Earwicker. Chair Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Greenham Oncology Centre officially opens!
Thanks to The Ark Cancer Charity and a grant from the Greenham Trust, £2 million has been invested into our formerly known Rainbow Unit to be redesigned and reopened as the Greenham Oncology Centre!

Opened in July, by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the centre focuses on delivering high quality, effective and compassionate care. The staff aim to meet the patients’ needs by providing holistic and personalised care and each year up to 100,000 treatments will take place within the centre.

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The fabulous Jenny Thurgut is celebrating her 80^th birthday by taking part in a Wing Walk in aid of the Ark Cancer Charity.  To read Jenny’s story and support her challenge please visit www.justgiving.com/page/Jenny-thurgut-1

Thank you to the Basingstoke Loddon Rotary Club for inviting Fundraising Manager, Helena and Ark Cancer Charity Ambassador, Lin Osborn to give a talk about the work of the charity to their members.

We were delighted to be part of the recent Health & Wellbeing Event in Festival Place, Basingstoke, promoting the services of the Ark Cancer Charity.  Thank you to everyone who took part in our tombola and came over to say hello.

Thank you to local author Richard Hornblow for donated copies of his collection of animal poems, Animal Shorts! to the Ark Cancer Charity.  If you would like to receive a copy for a small donation, please contact info@arkcancercharity.org.uk

The Basingstoke and District Invitation Pool League recently held their Spring 2025 Presentation Evening, raising an incredible £1,066.30 for Ark Cancer Charity and Neuroblastoma UK through their raffle and auction.

A huge thank you to the Armstrong Family, Rosemary, Helen and Bruce for generously donating £20,000 for the refurbishment of the Garden Room, an additional wellbeing treatment room in the Ark Cancer Charity Wellbeing Centre. 

We are currently looking for locations to expand the number of Charity Textile Banks we have in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire area.  If you could host a textile bank for the Ark Cancer Charity, please contact info@arkcancercharity.org.uk

The fabulous Lin Osborn took part in her 80 4 80 challenge on Wednesday 4th June, riding 80 miles from Poole, Dorset to Old Basing, Hampshire on her 80th birthday to raise awareness and thank the Ark Cancer Charity for the services she received during her cancer treatment.  Originally setting herself a fundraising target of £800, Lin smashed this raising nearly £4,000 for ACC, with donations still coming in.

Lin recently received treatment in the Wellbeing Centre following her cancer diagnosis last year and found the therapy and counselling during and after her cancer treatment enormously helpful during such an uncertain and difficult time. To read Lin’s full story please visit https://www.justgiving.com/page/lin-osborn-2

Thank you to the Cancer Services Partnership CSP for their generous donation of £564.10.

Thank you to the organisers of the Revive + Thrive, Health, Fitness & Wellbeing Show, for choosing the Ark Cancer Charity as their nominated charity.  We were delighted to attend the event and raise awareness of the services we provide to cancer patients receiving treatment at HHFT.

The Team at the Basingstoke Healthcare Library, based at the Ark Conference Centre raised £262.79 from their sale of donated books throughout the year.

Customers at Tesco, Chineham, generously donated to a bucket collection at the end of April in store, raising £385.91, which was fantastic.