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Cycling from Bucharest to Budapest: £2,500 raised
11/08/2013
If you fly from Bucharest to Budapest it will take you just under two hours. Or you can cover the 850km by bike in 6 days, with no support. Richard Haring chose the latter option and whilst struggling up the Transylvanian hills in 35C heat he realised someone should be benefitting from his pain and […]
Nicki’s Smile presents ‘The Elves and The Shoemaker’
02/07/2013
Have your children heard the one about the elves and the shoemaker? Well, now’s their chance! Nicki’s Smile is presenting ‘The Elves and The Shoemaker’ at the Radlett Centre. This staged adaptation of the classic children’s story will be retold with stunning puppets, music and surprises aplenty in a show for everyone aged 3 and […]
Nicki’s Smile – Marathon Update
25/04/2013
They may not have crossed the finish line first but the Nicki’s Smile runners will have felt like winners by raising an incredible £39,000 at the 2013 London Marathon. On an unexpectedly warm spring day nearly 40,000 runners took to the streets of London including eight wearing the purple of Nicki’s Smile and Pancreatic Cancer […]
Running for Nicki’s Smile!
16/04/2013
The final training runs have been completed and with the London marathon just five days away eight athletes are now set to raise thousands of pounds for Nicki’s Smile. The effort is spearheaded by the team from XL Insurance who have chosen Nicki’s Smile as their UK Charity of the Year and consisting of […]
Nicki’s Smile Research Project Update
11/03/2013
By Dan Summers, Nicki’s Smile committee member In July 2012 Nicki’s Smile committed £125,000 to a research study aimed at the earlier detection of pancreatic cancer. On 29 January 2013 I visited Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York where this research is being conducted under the supervision of Dr David Tuveson MD, PhD. On […]
Vinson & Elkins choose Nicki’s Smile as their UK Charity of the Year for 2012
05/03/2013
Nicki’s Smile, which is a fund of Pancreatic Cancer UK, is delighted to announce that for the past year they have been working with Vinson & Elkins as the firm’s UK Charity of the Year for 2012. The firm has already raised £5,000 for Nicki’s Smile! Vinson & Elkins is a global law firm, […]
Nicki’s Smile Supper Quiz Raises Over £6,000
10/02/2013
On 18 November 2012 more than 300 people packed out Hasmonean Girls’ High School in Mill Hill, London for a supper quiz to raise money for Nicki’s Smile. The event raised more than £6,000 and has taken fund raising past the £300,000 mark since the fund launched in early 2011. The quiz, featuring teasers such […]
Charity Auction for Nicki’s Smile
15/10/2011
Someone has kindly donated 2 corporate tickets to Arsenal v Stoke on Sunday 23rd October. Club level seats, includes pre-match food & drink and dessert served at half-time. Arrival time is 11.30, kick-off 1.30. Highest bidder wins – Please spread the word. Closes 5pm Tuesday. All proceeds to Nicki’s Smile!
Launching Nicki’s Smile
28/08/2011
Dear Supporter, My wife, Nicki, lost her battle with Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer on 11th November 2010, aged just 33, leaving behind our three year old son, Joshua, and me. I wish this was all just an horrifically bad dream, but it wasn’t and I don’t want other people to suffer what we went through. The continuing […]