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You Gave Our Family A Wonderful Day Out

You Gave Our Family A Wonderful Day Out

Isaac is being treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. He attended our VIP Family Day Out during the X-Yachts Solent Cup with his mother, father and older brother. Isaac's mother Fiona…... Read Story

A Time To Reflect On Life

A Time To Reflect On Life

When Fran was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was the family's main breadwinner, so they knew it was going to be a tough time financially. Fran's treatment wasn't straight forward…... Read Story

You Put A Smile On My Son’s Face When I Wasn’t Able To

You Put A Smile On My Son’s Face When I Wasn’t Able To

Tom is only 19 years old, but has had more invasive treatment and surgery for his colon cancer than most people will endure in a lifetime. His mother, Sarah, wrote…... Read Story

Beautiful Happy Memories For My Family To Remember

Beautiful Happy Memories For My Family To Remember

Jenni is a single parent with 3 daughters aged between 3 and 19, and a terminal diagnosis of maybe as little as a few months. She's also now registered disabled…... Read Story

Thank You For What Your Amazing Charity Gave Us

Thank You For What Your Amazing Charity Gave Us

David had been living with cancer since 2001. He said his (now adult) children had spent much of their childhood with a Dad who was unwell - and obviously this…... Read Story

What You Do Is Fantastic

What You Do Is Fantastic

Kim had only just completed the surgery and treatment for breast cancer in her right breast when it was found to have spread to the other breast. The fear and…... Read Story

Words Can’t Describe How Happy You Made Us

Words Can’t Describe How Happy You Made Us

The first contact 4 Cancer had from Matt was an email he sent from his hospital bed. He was obviously struggling, not only with his shock diagnosis of AML (Acute…... Read Story

Sebastian’s Trip To The Seaside

Sebastian’s Trip To The Seaside

We were emailed recently by CLIC Sargent Health Worker, Janet, who was concerned about a little boy called Sebastian. He had been on continuous treatment for leukemia since he was…... Read Story

Thank You Most Sincerely For The Delightful Holiday

Thank You Most Sincerely For The Delightful Holiday

I am writing on behalf of myself and my wife Christine to thank you most sincerely for the delightful holiday we enjoyed recently at 'The Retreat', Sivota. Initially we were…... Read Story

What A Wonderful Time My Family Had

What A Wonderful Time My Family Had

I apologise for the delay in letting you know what a wonderful time my family had. Thank you so much in making it possible. Being diagnosed with cancer was an…... Read Story

We Really Enjoyed Our Day

We Really Enjoyed Our Day

Thank you so much for the day out on Monday 9th August. Although the weather was not kind to us we really enjoyed our day and all 3 kids keep…... Read Story

Thank You For Making The Difference

Thank You For Making The Difference

I am writing to thank you for arranging the sailing days for my son (Age 13), daughter and I. Thank you for taking the time to make the difference to…... Read Story

A Big Thank You To Everyone At Sail 4 Cancer

A Big Thank You To Everyone At Sail 4 Cancer

We just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone at Sail 4 Cancer & Neilson for making this holiday possible, including all the fundraisers who work so hard…... Read Story

Please Keep Up All Your Good Work

Please Keep Up All Your Good Work

You may remember us from last year, you were kind enough to arrange a fantastic day out for the Battle family. Unfortunately, our beautiful brave Sarah lost her fight against…... Read Story

The Holiday Has Really Boosted My Confidence

The Holiday Has Really Boosted My Confidence

On being diagnosed with cancer and the subsequent treatments and operations, I felt my body had let me down in a big way and I lost a lot of confidence.…... Read Story

The Mountains In Summer Are Magical

The Mountains In Summer Are Magical

In the aftermath of Jason's treatment, it was great to have something nice to look forward to. A week away was the perfect opportunity for us to get back out…... Read Story

Sadly It Will Be Her Last Opportunity To Build Memories

Sadly It Will Be Her Last Opportunity To Build Memories

You gave all the kids from Piam Brown Ward a fantastic day out on the 8th and 9th and we are indebted to you all for making it possible. Sadly,…... Read Story

The Greatest Day Out And We Even Got On The Telly!

The Greatest Day Out And We Even Got On The Telly!

I just wanted to say a big thank you to everybody involved in arranging our day out at Cowes. We had the most wonderful day - the weather was perfect…... Read Story

Sailing Will Help Her Rebuild Her Life

Sailing Will Help Her Rebuild Her Life

I want to thank you all in helping Laura and myself have such a wonderful experience with the London Sailing Project. I have watched Laura's progress through her illness to…... Read Story

Memories That I Know I’ll Treasure

Memories That I Know I’ll Treasure

There are some memories there (of facial expressions mainly!) that I know I'll treasure; I suspect they will too. I know I have said it already, but I wanted to…... Read Story

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