Fundraising in the Community

fundraising community

Whilst the world was locking down, Team Beatson were rising up to the challenge of raising vital funds for Beatson Cancer Charity.

Our supporters have found innovative ways to continue to raise funds and awareness for the charity. From completing our viral snow angel challenge to running 5k a day and organising a variety of golf-based events - we’ve seen it all this year.

david goggins

David Goggins took on his annual 4 x 4 x 48 challenge. David, friends and supporters ran 4 miles every 4 hours for 48 hours. The young men wanted to be involved with the charity as they each had their own personal connections.

“The Beatson’s amazing work has allowed our families to recover, with Jack’s Gran and Brian’s Dad both beating cancer over the years. We’d love to give something back to the hospital as a thank you.”

The team successfully completed the challenge and raised over £7,000 for Beatson Cancer Charity.

hole in one challenge

Supporter and professional golfer at Kirkhill Golf Club, Duncan Williamson, planned to hit 1000 numbered golf balls, aiming to get a hole-in-one. Duncan hit a hole in one with the 330th ball and still hit all 1000 balls – he even came very close to getting a second. This challenge helped raise over £4,400 to support patients and families.

run the hill

Iain Brown of Jordan Hill AFC organised ‘Run the Hill’. They initially started with a target of running 800 miles in 48 hours through Strava. However, due to a rapid increase in participants, the target was quickly raised to 3,000 miles from Glasgow to New York.

48 hours later, 23 nations competing, 1,000 participants and 15,000 miles they managed to run across the world landing back in Glasgow with 33 minutes to spare.

“I’d say Run The Hill was one of the best things I ever did in my life. Our football captain was going through chemo with The Beatson and we decided to create an event to lift his morale more than anything.”

Iain Brown

coronabears

‘The Corona Bears’ are instantly recognisable figures in their home town of Largs. Owner Lynn Blacklock hosts the display of bears outside her house and around her local area. In July she dedicated all proceeds to us with the fun-loving, adventurous bears being kitted out in Beatson Tshirts, flags and balloons. A whopping £1,325 was raised via bucket collections. It certainly cheered many people up over lockdown.

facebook fundraising

Facebook fundraising has transformed the way our supporters reach out to their friends and families and showcase their fundraising. We look forward to continuing to connect with our supporters this way and help them with their fundraising as much as possible.