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Penzance Bingo Evening

In March Deborah Seddon kindly hosted a Bingo Evening for us at The Bath Inn, Penzance. Deborah approached local business for raffle prizes and her very successful evening raised the wonderful sum of £1,060.00. A big thanks to Deborah and everyone who helped make the evening such a success.

Ami’s Head Shave

Well done to Ami Tindal of Bodmin College, who has raised £335.00 from sponsorship for shaving off her lovely hair, in memory of her mum. Many thanks to everyone who supported her with this challenge.

Simon’s Gig Rowing

Well done to Simon Walker who has thus far raised an amazing £4,025.56 from his efforts in the annual Gig Rowing Championships held on the Isles of Scilly over the Bank Holiday weekend. A fantastic effort and our thanks to everyone who contributed to his challenge.

New Superficial treatment unit offers enhanced skin cancer treatment

Patients in Cornwall needing specialist radiotherapy treatment for superficial skin cancers no longer face lengthy journeys for treatment out of county, thanks to the arrival of a new treatment unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital’s Sunrise Centre. The £180,000 investment has been made possible by donations from The Sunrise Appeal, The

Janet Shephard BEM

On Friday 20th April some of the Trustees were delighted to accompany Janet & her husband Richard to County Hall in Truro, where Janet was presented with her BEM, awarded in the New Year’s Honours List, for Services to Cancer Care in Cornwall. Janet can be seen here with Colonel Edward

Cornish MP’s meet with NHS England

We were very pleased to receive the continued support for our campaign from the Cornish MP’s who met with NHS England and note that they received some positive news. However, we already knew that there was never any suggestion the unit would close and very rare tumours are already sent

Francis Clark LLP

A huge thanks to the Truro office of accountants Francis Clark LLP, who raised £2924.29 for The Sunrise Appeal when we were chosen as their charity of the year.

My Sunrise App

The Sunrise Appeal is delighted to announce its involvement in the “My Sunrise App”. This App is a joint project between The Sunrise Appeal and the Royal Cornwall Hospital and is the first of its kind. It has been designed by the team at the Sunrise Centre to support and inform all

Prostate Cancer at The World Pilot Gig Rowing Championships

Can you help Simon Walker raise money for this great cause by donating directly to his fundraising page? Click here to visit Simon’s JustGiving page. JustGiving sends your donation straight to The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a

Campaign Update

Freedom of information request South West has its say on national NHS proposal South West forms overwhelming majority in response to cancer service centralisation scheme A campaign by The Sunrise Appeal charity, which rallied support to keep all radiotherapy services in Cornwall, resulted in thousands of passionate people from the