News & Events
Another great golf day!
Sunday 25th June saw our 8th annual golf day take place at Birstall Golf Club. It was a gloriously sunny day and we were delighted that the event raised around £6,200 - beating last year's total of £3,700! We welcomed 26 teams who competed to win our fabulous prizes....
Trustee delivers cancer workshop
Birstall BAGs trustee, and Consultant Nurse Liz Darlison MBE, visited Nylacast, leader in engineering polymers, at its Thurmaston offices to give a talk on cancer recently. Invited by Nylacast’s Occupational Health Nurse, Teresa Harrison, Liz talked to the team about...
Support from local groups
We've been fortunate enough to receive not one, but two donations from local groups this week. Firstly, the Birstall Badminton Club gave us £260. Sadly, the club is winding down but members wanted to donate any money the club had left to three local charities,...
The White Horse rides high in the sky for Birstall BAGs
Jenny Gallie, senior supervisor at The White Horse suggested the idea of a charity skydive back in 2019 and the staff all leapt at the idea! 18 of them signed up to do the tandem skydives for local cancer support charity, Birstall BAGs. Unfortunately, the Covid-19...
Jubilee Street Party Donation
We're so grateful to Charles Poole, of Birstall, and others who attended the Curzon Avenue platinum jubilee street party, for donating money they raised on the day to us. The neighbours managed to raise a brilliant £300 which will go towards supporting local people...
Another successful golf day!
Thank you so much to all who attended, donated and played at our 2022 annual golf day on 12 June. We are truly grateful for the continued support and delighted to say that, thanks to your generosity, we made a fantastic £3,700! We would like to thank Birstall Golf...