The events below represent just some of the many ways in which people gathered much needed funds.
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4th Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf day
For the fourth year running, the Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf day raised funds for us, this year making £2,600. This brings the total that Trevor's family and friends have raised to over £12,000, a really fantastic amount. Enormous thanks go to Trevor's wife Mary and daughter Pip, who organise these events, for the wonderful support they give the Sussex Cancer Fund.
Pictured above is (left) one of the teams before tee-off and (right) the prize-giving with Trevor's brother.
Simon Pepper - London 10k run Sunday 6th July
"Early in 2007, I was diagnosed with Lymphoma. After a course of chemotherapy and then radiotherapy, the cancer was brought under control and I am now feeling well again. I would like to say how caring all the staff were in both chemotherapy and radiotherapy departments. Thank you. Sue Pepper"
Simon's mum has been successfully treated for cancer at the Sussex Cancer Centre. By way of thanks to all those who cared for and supported her over this time, Simon decided to find a way to raise some money for the Fund. He entered into the London 10k run, and is despite a recurring calf injury which has limited training, Simon still got round in one piece. Well done Simon.
Katherine Garner sponsored walk
On March 19th 2008, Katherine Garner started a sponsored walk along the South Downs Way in support of the Sussex Cancer Fund. She completed her walk in Eastbourne on 27th March in Eastbourne. The walk was masterminded by Matt and Art from Utah, and Margaret, nicknamed the 'Bionic Woman, since she managed 70 miles, despite having had a hip replaced! Katherine raised a total of £210 which is great news. Thank you to Katherine and her family and friends for their support. 
Charity Paintball Event
As the weather got more spring-like, folks at Chapel Studios, a co-working and desk space creatvie studio in Hove, were looking for something to get them out of the office and into the sunshine. Ralf Fletcher, who founded Chapel Studios, remembered the fun he had playing paintball at Holmbush Paintball fields. He also remembered the fantastic treatment and positive outcome he had received in early 2008, thanks to the skill, dedication and facilities of the Sussex Cancer Centre, and decided to try and give something back. As a result, on the afternoon of Sunday 20th April 2008, he hosted paintball games open to all (age 16+). A large proportion of the players game fee was given to the fund, along with donations on the day.
Details on the total raised to follow... 
Paris Marathon
Unfortunately, one of Stephen Green's friends was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and had treatment at the Sussex Cancer Centre. Stephen felt that he wanted to help in some way to enable the centre to continue its excellent treatment and facilities. With this in mind, he (foolishly?) entered the Paris Marathon. This took place on April 6th 2008. His 18 week training module began in December and he hopes that people will give generously for such a great cause… as well as laughing at Stephen's expense for entering for such a gruelling challenge.
The Paris Marathon Route - 42.195 km, from the Champs Élysées Avenue to Foch Avenue.
To support Stephen you can donate online by clicking here
Art event
Inspired Mosaics held an Inspired Cafe at their open studio during the Artists Open Houses event this May. Inspired Mosaics is a member of the Hove Arts Trail which consists of 16 open houses and studios in the area.
Visit Inspired Mosaics for an inspiring experience. They offer inspired commissions, inspired courses and inspired cakes. Proceeds of the cafe went to the Sussex Cancer Fund. An fantastic £836 was raised which is a lot of tea and cake!
You can find Inspired Mosaics at: 5a St Johns Place, First Avenue, Hove BN3 2FJ 01273 775350 www.inspiredmosaics.co.uk.
Sussex Beacon Half Marathon - 17th February (13.1 miles)
Becky Hewlett decided to raise money for the Fund in memory of her mother, Hazel Upward, who sadly died in August 2007 and thanked the Centre for the great care her mother received during her illness. Running the half-marathon in February, she raised a brilliant £535 through sponsorship. Thank you so much to Becky for her support. There are rumours she is considering a marathon next year, so watch this space!
Pictured above left, from left to right: Rob Upward, Malc Hewlett, Becky Hewlett with Matt (baby) and Laura, Hazel Upward with grandaughter Abby on her lap. The photo was taken on a windy day in the summer of 2006 in North Devon. Pictured right is Becky at the finish line.
Tennis Tournament Southdown Sports Club
A big thank you to Gill Anderson from the The Weald Lawn Tennis Club and Mrs Mia Hilton from Southdown Sports Club in Lewes for organising this event on the 27th December 2007. Also thanks to Mr Cliff Ayris proprietor of the White Hart in Lewes, for provided free of charge a three course lunch for all the participants. This event raised £606. A very successful day. Thank you from our Charity.
Annual Brighton Seafront Sponsored Walk
The 2007 sponsored walk held in September raised £12,903.04 for an important equipment (specialised patient couch) for the Impression Suite.
A BIG Thank you to: Hilary Moore Flowers, High Street Lewes, for donating the helium balloons, the Seaford Cancer Support Group for marshalling and registration and to all those who took part and donated funds to this project to enable us to achieve this amount and start the process to purchase. 
Ansty Sports and Social Club
An event held in the summer with many games, walks, hair shaving etc organised by Sue King and Phil Hoad and members of the club, raised a fantastic £4710.10 for the Charity in memory of Sue Hoad. Many thanks from the Fund.
Clarinet Recital (Christmas)
Thank you to Rebecca Teager and pianist David Ollosson who raised £246.28 for the Charity by holding a clarinet recital in Lewes. Thank you on behalf of the Charity.
Memorial Golf Day - In memory of Stuart Cattaneo
Penny Cattaneo, family and friends raised £2700 at this event in memory of her late husband. Thank you to Penny for her continued support to the Fund. Penny has already scheduled her next Golf Day for the 25th October 2008.
The Spring Challenge - Sponsored UK Cycle Ride
A UK 1200 mile cycle ride. AWAITING UPDATE ON FINAL TOTAL FROM THIS EXCITING EVENT! Cycle successfully completed. Well done Tom and Helen.
Ruby Wedding Donation
Congratulations to Malcolm and Sandra Faulkner on their Ruby Wedding Anniversary. Thank you to them, their family and friends for the donations received by the charity (£370.27) instead of receiving presents at their party on 3rd November 2007. A very nice gesture, Thank you.
Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf Day
Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf Day raised £3150 in June 2007. Pictured above is Trevor's wife Mary presenting the winners cup.
Mick Patrick Memorial Golf Day
The Mick Patrick Memorial Golf Day was held in August 2007. The total raised was £4053, a fantastic day! Thank you to Mick's wife and family for this excellent event. As requested by the family, a number of items from our Wish List are being bought and can be found in the "purchased" section of our WISH LIST. Shown above left is Mick with his wife Gay and on the right, Dave Miller, the winner of this years trophy.
Lewes Artwave
Thank you to Katherine Garner and all the exhibitors who gave a percentage of their sales to the fund. The event raised £1370.
Many thanks from the Fund!
Plate shown above is made by Jonathon Chiswell Jones of JCJ Potteries.
Badgers Tennis Club - Kemp Town
This event raised £295. Thank you for all your efforts in this event.
Wedding presents!
Maggie Clune and Tim Blissett married in June 2007. They did not wish to have wedding presents but asked their guests if they would like to make donations to the fund instead - a wonderful gesture from Maggie and Tim. The total received by the Fund was a fantastic £1010. thank you very much from the Fund.
Maggie writes: I was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2006. I
thought my world had ended. "A year later, I've finished treatment, I'm back at work - and Tim and I are getting married on June 23! Sussex Cancer Centre guided me through the trauma of a cancer diagnosis, provided me with the treatment I needed and helped me to visualise a life after cancer. It's the best wedding present we could ever receive - there really is no need for anything else. So, that's why we're asking you to donate to the Sussex Cancer Fund.
With love and thanks to you all,
Tim and Maggie
Sandra Goulet
Sandra passed away on 17th January 2007 at home, after the most amazingly courageous and dignified battle with cancer over the past three years. Sandra together with her husband Paul, raised funds for our charity showing classic cars at Petworth House (see picture further down). Even through this very difficult time, Paul continues to support the charity, recently raising another £370. Pictured above right is a great fun picture of Paul and Sandra together along with a favourite picture of Paul's dear wife. Many thanks to both Paul and his late wife for all their support to us.
Skydiving
Pictured above left is Christine Connor pictured with her daughter and organiser of the event. On the right pictured left to right, is her son Scott, daughter Karin, her boyfriend Ryan and another friend Tony. All helped raise funds by doing a sky dive, raising £1448. Fantastic!
Sponsored Reading Half Marathon
In March 2007 Sarah Baker (pictured above) undertook a 13 mile run in Reading, Berkshire to raise funds for our Charity. Our new chemotherapy department is close to her heart as a friend is being treated for secondary ovarian cancer. She raised £145. Thank you Sarah.
London Marathon
One of our registrars, Rachael Hornigold, took part in the London Marathon in April 2007 raising £511 for our Charity. 
Golden wedding anniversary donations
Alan and Jill Bass have asked that friends donate to the SCF instead of giving them presents for their golden wedding anniversary. Alan writes:
``When it was decided that Jill needed Chemotherapy and then Radiotherapy, she found herself in the hands of very competent, sensitive, efficient and caring teams of nurses, radiographers and all those involved in her treatment. Her Oncologist, Dr Richard Simcock, whose care she is still in, was also wonderful. We wanted to show our appreciation for all their efforts to get Jill on the road to recovery and, as our anniversary was coming up, felt that this was a way of showing this''.
Tombolas for Charity
Ray and Pearl Luxford organise and run many Tombolas throughout the year to raise funds for the fund. Shown above is Pearl at one of their events.
Christmas card
In December 2006 Phil Robinson from a local tennis club (www.grasshopperstennis.co.uk) organised a large Christmas card for people at the tennis club to sign as a substitute for the exchange of Christmas cards between members. Thank you to Phil for this fantastic idea.
Folk Event
Thank you to Stuart Reed who is organising a raffle at a local Folk Event held at the Brighton Trades and Labour Club in December 2006. This event raised £145.
Penny Acton
Penny Acton from Norwich Union IT raised £1137.96 during their Christmas festivities. Brilliant and thank you. We are now able to purchase some IT equipment for our engineers.
Brighton Bike Ride
Flick Moore completed the Horsham to Brighton Bike Ride in Nov 2006 covering the 21 miles in 2hrs 20minutes and raising £500 for the fund. Flick (above left) completed the ride with her trainer (and independent adjudicator) Ben Davis from Olympos Gym at The Dolphin Leisure Centre in Haywards Heath.
Golf Day
In October 2006, A golf day in memory of Stuart Cattaneo Held at Singing Hills Golf Club, Nr Hurstpierpoint. This event raised £1300 which was arranged by his wife Penny as an annual event in loving memory of Stuart Cattaneo. thank you to Penny and her friends.
Sponsored Sky Dive
In September 2006 Adrian Bulkley raised a fantastic £824.50 in his sponsored sky dive despite being terrified of heights! Adrian is shown above with one of our patients, Sue Hoad.
Sponsored Walk
In August 2006 a sponsored walk organised by Georgina Walker, Youth Worker, Hangleton and Knoll Project raised £220. Many thanks to all that partcipated.
Arches Health and Beauty
Sarah Best (above in white) and her team, held a second fund raising event in August 2006 at her salon "Arches Health and Beauty" and raised £511.
Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf Day
Trevor Brentnall Memorial Golf Day raised £2700 in 2006. Pictured above is Trevor's wife and three daughters, from left to right: Tessa Brentnall, Sarah Williams, Mary Brentnall, (with winners cup) and Pip Brentnall.
Country Market & Plant Fair
On Sunday 21st May at the Country Market & Plant Fair In the pleasure grounds at Petworth House, Petworth, Paul and Sandra raised £350.
Sponsored Walk
The Fundraising Team's sponsored walk in 2006 was another successful event. The final amount raised was £10,424.09. Thank you to all our walkers, especially on such a wet day.
Charity Auction
Kevin Keenan organised and hosted an auction in April 2006 and raised £3,600
Handcrafted Handbags
Pam Brookshaw hobby is making and selling handbags at craft fairs. She regularly contributes 20% from her sales, donating £100.
Raffles & Discos
Four of the porters representing a group who raised £510 from raffles and discos at their local pub.
Musical Concerts
Andrew Creegan and his wife Lesley organized musical concerts during his year as the Mayor of Telscombe and raised £3175.91.
Skydiving
Karla Del Castello's Sky Dive from 1500 feet raising £140.
Brighton Rock Concert
Tim Morris raised £2350 organising and participating in a Rock Concert with local Brighton bands.
Classic Car Rally
Paul Goulet raised £1650 organising a Classic Car Rally "A Drive For Life" from Amberley Working Museum to Petworth House.
Carol Singing
1st Henfield Guides raised £250 by carol singing.
Thank you to all our other supporters who are too numerous to mention
