Since our inception in 1988, Trowbridge & District Committee have raised in excess of  £298,500 in aid of the Bath Cancer Unit.   All of which has been absorbed into the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group’s Appeal to purchase an additional Linear Accelerator (officially opened in August 2000), plus refurbishment’s of the various departments and wards for cancer patients, in the Royal United Hospital, Bath.  This fantastic sum has come from organising such events as a Picture Auction, an ‘Howzat Appeal’, Supper/Dinner/Dance/Coffee and Disco functions, Fun runs, annual Trowbridge Town collections as well as at Supermarkets such as Tesco, Safeway, Sainsbury’s and the like.  To enable us to make these collections, we enlist the help of our band of 25/30 volunteers, (we always require additional helpers) who are able to devout 1-2 hours of their time, manning stalls etc on any given day.

Private organisations, such as Trowbridge Lions, HSBC, Trowbridge District Council, Trowbridge Chamber of Commerce, Lloyds TSB  and other outlying towns/villages, such as Devizes, Melksham, Southwick, Warminster and Westbury etc. all have their own fund raising events and contribute to this worthy cause.  Companies/Offices/Banks and Factories also contribute with either monies or gifts/articles to raffle.  Another means is from Collecting Boxes in Pubs, Clubs, Shops and Garages.  Donations and Bequests are another source of revenue, from grateful patients and their families and these, thanks to recent tax changes can be very beneficial to charity organisations, if these Donations and Bequests come from taxpayers.  Our Chairman will be only too pleased to advise you.

HOW CAN I HELP?
By contacting our Chairman – we are always grateful for any offers of help/ideas or suggestions.  Alternatively, if you have any ideas, constructive comments to make, then please do so on our visitors page, be sure to leave your name and contact  telephone number or email address and we will get back to you.

By supporting Fund Raising Events.

• By organising an event/function of your own – if you need any ideas or help then give us a call.
• Why not set up and manage your own circuit of collecting boxes in your area ?, again, just give us a call or sign in on our visitors page.
• We are always requiring articles for the Fayres that we attend.  Items such as ornaments, glass, china/brass/copper, costume jewellery etc. are all good fund raisers, so why not check out that attic and give us a call.
• We would also appreciate any of your left over foreign notes or coins.  Why not have a word with your local mini bus and taxi drivers!.  Local garages and shops also seem to get landed with these unwanted items and with the advent of the Euro even you could be stuck with foreign currency.  Stamps, used British or Foreign, are also another source of revenue, so do please telephone or  post to our Chairman, if you have any of these items.
• You can also assist us by helping to distribute copies of the Supportline Newsletter, our very informative newspaper, around your local area.  This is published twice a year and is a font of information on the Bath Cancer Unit, with photographs of events and news from the Bath catchment area together with information on expenditure and the latest progress on fund raising and the Royal United Hospital.
• Making a Donation.  You can further assist us in our objective by making a donation, by post making your cheque payable to:
  Bath Cancer Unit Support Group, c/o of our –  Chairman:
  Tino Polledri
  Pentagon House
  51/52 Castle Street
  Trowbridge
  
• Or you can donate On-Line via the Charities Aids Foundation website to the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group,  www.bcusg.org  where you will be invited to donate either by Credit or Debit Card.
  
  Meanwhile, may we take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the years and long may it continue. Please accept our sincere thanks.