Macmillan Chiswick - Macmillan Plant Fair 10th May 2012

In February Libby Balch and Liz Rigden hosted our Annual Soup Kitchen in two locations and started the year with donations totalling just over £680
In March Torin Douglas interviewed actor Graham Seed (the then recently late Nigel Pargetter) and raised
over £1300
On Friday 13th May our Plant Fair organised with the help of gardening journalist Constance Craig-Smith and writer Gay Search raised just over £7800
Later in May our spring Tennis Tournament with lunch raised £1070
On Bastille Day our annual Garden Party concluded with a very lively Auction and Fire Works in a garden near Ravenscourt Park and raised over £7500
September Tennis Tournament with lunch raised £1290
A new event in November - Ask the Experts where small items were valued by experts form Bonhams and High Road Auctions raised £681
In December, following the successful Christmas Plant Fair of 2010, a larger event was held in a Bedford Park house and raised over £3500.
During the year we also collected on Flag Day at the end of June, and received spontaneous donations, some of which were gift aided. These totaled over £3,800.

So far in 2012:
Our St. Valentine's Day Soup Kitchen raised £550.
The Bridge Evening in March raised over £1600.

Thank you!

Much of the above would not have been possible without the generous support of local retailers donating raffle prizes or food at cost. The tennis could not be so profitable without the use of Hartswood Lawn Tennis Club, neither would the Garden Party without the kindness of our hosts, and the generosity of those donating Auction Prizes - not forgetting the auctioneers and Antique Experts!

How is the money being spent?
We are currently helping to fund the training of a Neuro-oncology specialist nurse, who will provide support to patients diagnosed with cancers of the nervous system. A key focus is to provide patients and their families with high quality information about their cancer and the various treatment options, from the point of diagnosis and throughout their cancer journey. The nurse offers expert advice about how patients can best manage their symptoms and also provides emotional support to patients, their families and carers.



Links	May 10th 2012 - Macmillan Plant Fair
Home Our History Upcoming Events About Us Macmillan's Website Friends Contact Us		Our third annual Plant Fair will be upon us soon! These photgraphs are of the previous very successful Plant Fairs when hundreds of plants were bought by hundreds of people. Among the plants sold last year were:_ roses, clematis, delphiniums, poppies, foxgloves, irises, lavender, campanulas, heucheras, sedums, tree peonies, herbaceous peonies, hardy geraniums, pelargoniums, bronze fennel, courgettes, tomatoes, beans, peas, chives, basil, thyme, sage, cardoons .... Put the date in your diary now - Thursday 10th May 2012 8.3am - 3pm Please join us in the Bedford Park Garden at 2 The Orchard, W4 1JX Entrance £2-00 Herb Planting demonstrations from TV gardener Gay Search One of Britain’s most celebrated television gardeners, Gay Search will be joining us again to give a demonstration of herb planting at about 10am, and running a stall selling herbs throughout the day. Gay is well known for her work with the late Geoff Hamilton, and for her groundbreaking series 'Front Gardens' on BBC2. We are looking forward to some top tips from her. Beautiful Plants at Bargain Prices Please click here for a list of what plants will be available. Children's Books Delicious cakes, home-made sweets, jams & marmalade Refreshments on sale all day Please click here for map

	May 16th 2012- Spring Tennis Tournament with lunch
	at Hartswood Tennis Club
	July 5th 2012 - Macmillan Flag Day

	July 12th 2012 - Chiswick Macmillan Garden Party 7 pm - 9 pm
	at a garden known only to ticket holders
	September 12th 2012 - Autumn Tennis Tournament with lunch
	at Hartswood Tennis Club
	September 28th 2012 - The World's Biggest Coffee Morning

	Our thanks to Hartswood Road Lawn Tennis Club and individual kitchen and garden owners for their generosity in loaning us the venues for these events.

	2011 / 12 Update
	Thank you! In 2011 you raised £27,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support	Many thanks to all our supporters, new and long standing, for all the generosity you have shown over the past year. We appreciate that we regularly ask you to dip into your pockets and you always graciously help us make our events jolly and successful.
	Here are some of the events you supported in 2011/12 In February Libby Balch and Liz Rigden hosted our Annual Soup Kitchen in two locations and started the year with donations totalling just over £680 In March Torin Douglas interviewed actor Graham Seed (the then recently late Nigel Pargetter) and raised over £1300 On Friday 13th May our Plant Fair organised with the help of gardening journalist Constance Craig-Smith and writer Gay Search raised just over £7800 Later in May our spring Tennis Tournament with lunch raised £1070 On Bastille Day our annual Garden Party concluded with a very lively Auction and Fire Works in a garden near Ravenscourt Park and raised over £7500 September Tennis Tournament with lunch raised £1290 A new event in November - Ask the Experts where small items were valued by experts form Bonhams and High Road Auctions raised £681 In December, following the successful Christmas Plant Fair of 2010, a larger event was held in a Bedford Park house and raised over £3500. During the year we also collected on Flag Day at the end of June, and received spontaneous donations, some of which were gift aided. These totaled over £3,800. So far in 2012: Our St. Valentine's Day Soup Kitchen raised £550. The Bridge Evening in March raised over £1600. Thank you! Much of the above would not have been possible without the generous support of local retailers donating raffle prizes or food at cost. The tennis could not be so profitable without the use of Hartswood Lawn Tennis Club, neither would the Garden Party without the kindness of our hosts, and the generosity of those donating Auction Prizes - not forgetting the auctioneers and Antique Experts! How is the money being spent? We are currently helping to fund the training of a Neuro-oncology specialist nurse, who will provide support to patients diagnosed with cancers of the nervous system. A key focus is to provide patients and their families with high quality information about their cancer and the various treatment options, from the point of diagnosis and throughout their cancer journey. The nurse offers expert advice about how patients can best manage their symptoms and also provides emotional support to patients, their families and carers.







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