Birstall Breast Cancer Awareness Group
24 teams took part in the sporting challenge on a gloriously sunny Sunday 24th June at Birstall Golf Club. Players and supporters all bought a lot of cakes during the day (!) and the golf was followed by prize awards, … Continued
Supporters of a local cancer charity, Birstall BAGs, have raised funds for a state of the art ultrasound scanner for the respiratory medicine department at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. The £14,500 donation from Birstall BAGs funded an ultrasound scanner that … Continued
We recently hosted a black-tie ball to kick off our 20th anniversary celebrations and mark £100,000 of fundraising since we began. The evening, which raised £1,490, saw Birstall Golf Club transformed for the glamorous occasion which included a raffle, casino … Continued
We’re very grateful to everyone involved in the Cedars Academy student dance show held in December 2017. The show was held on two evenings and Liz Darlison and Rachael Boyall both gave talks on the charity, explaining how it started … Continued
Thanks to our team, trustees and ever-generous supporters who joined us for our ladies Christmas meal at The White Horse in Birstall. As well as enjoying a lovely meal, we managed to raise £556 for the charity with a quiz … Continued
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Richard Sillett who ran the Leicester half marathon to raise money for Birstall BAGS. Richard’s wife, Emma, was due to do the run but was injured so Richard stepped in. We’re … Continued
We held our Ladies’ Gift Night on 17 November at Birstall Social Club and are delighted to say we raised over £1000 thanks to around 200 ladies who came. We had 15 stalls selling a range of unique Christmas gifts … Continued
Supporters of Birstall BAGS, have helped to raise enough funds to purchase two new syringe pumps for local hospice, LOROS. The £2,600 donation from Birstall BAGS paid for the much-needed syringe drivers which are small pumps that enable the safe … Continued
Ian Hay and a group of friends, all of whom had been affected by cancer in some way, set themselves a fundraising challenge to raise money for BAGS and the Marie Curie. The team bought and refurbished old Honda C90 mopeds … Continued
Thanks to our local Co-Op Food and the lovely people who shop there, we will receive an amazing £3,670 through the Co-Op’s Local Community Fund. BAGs was lucky to be chosen as the local charity to receive 1% of what … Continued