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Frank Donovan

Birthday Celebrations

Huge thanks to one of our Founding Trustee's, Frank Donovan. Frank raised over £3,000 for Bloom through his 80th Birthday Appeal!

Frank has been involved in fundraising for blood cancer for decades and we are delighted that he has raised so much for Bloom. We are extremely lucky to have him as a trustee.
Thank you for all your hard work Frank!

Dave Jones' Book

Helping to raise funds for Bloom

The fantastic Dave Jones, co-owner of The Cavern, has released a book, with a percentage of the proceeds coming to Bloom!
The title is "Liverpool Music Roots, The Memorabilia Collection of Bob Wooler". The book is all about the man who became The Cavern Club DJ in the late 1950s and 60s, and includes lots of memorabilia from the exciting music scene of the time - the groups who played and the lineups. The book cost is £29.99 plus postage where applicable.
Dave Jones has generously agreed to donate his fee for each book sold through us (a percentage of the cost). Please contact fundraising@thebloomappeal.org.uk to order your book.
Limited stocks will be available!
A donation to the charity can be made online here: tinyurl.com/45tc3cdm
Thank you!

Santa Fun

Merry Christmas

We want to say a big thank you to Richie, Craig and the team for their fabulous Santa sledge around South Liverpool on the 21st December.

The team helped Santa make an early appearance by building him a sleigh 🎅🏽

The Children absolutely loved it and his visit helped get them even more excited for the big night.

And we are excited to let everyone know that the team managed to raise over £700 for The Bloom Appeal for which we are truly grateful.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at The Bloom Appeal 🎄🎅🏽 🎁

Christmas Cards

All proceeds go to the Bloom Appeal

We've got ours! Have you got yours? Bloom Appeal Christmas cards are here so if you want any please message us at info@thebloomappeal.org.uk 🎅🎄

Penny Lane Barber Shop

Tony Slavin's Barbers, Smithdown Place

We would like to say a big thank you to the wonderful Penny Lane Barber Shop for all their support, and their generous donation to the Bloom Appeal. The Barbers was made famous by the well known Beatles song, "Penny Lane". So if you would like to experience some Beatles history then a visit to the shop where the fab four had their hair cuts is a must!

Thank you to Alan and Marc

for completing 261 km cycle ride

What an absolutey fantastic cycle through Switzerland, Germany and France by Alan and his son, Marc. The incredible due cycled 261 km in total. Alan is the cousin of our trustee, Frank Donovan. Alan has generously given to Bloom a huge donation in memory of his mum, Vera. Such incredible kindness in remembering her birthday. Vera would have been 100 on Christmas Eve. So, we would like to pass on our enormous thanks to Alan and Marc from everyone here at Bloom :)

Break for Breakfast

Our Trustees looking after our nursing staff

Our Bloom Trustees wanted to encourage our nurses to look after themselves and take a much needed break so bought them some breakfast as a big thank you for all their hard work. I must say it looks lovely!

As this was outside the strict terms of the charity, but very much in accordance with the ethos behind it. Our trustees all contributed out of their own pockets to provide the breakfast. They're a great bunch :)

Easter Treats

Homemade Easter Treats by Lesley

We want to say a huge thank you to the very talented Lesley who raised funds by making these lovely Easter treats. Thank you Lesley!🐣

Thank You

To Our NHS

What a lovely touch to our roundabout outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital 🌈💙

Well Done Beth Highet

Thank You

It was a very good hair day for the Bloom Appeal today! Beth Highet popped in with mum Vicky to donate £550! In 2019 Beth faced the chop and raised funds for us and Merseyside Head and Neck Cancer by cutting off a whopping 16" of her hair, which she donated to the The Little Princess Trust. Professor Joseph Slupsky accepted the cheque on our behalf. He and Beth are pictured with Drs Gill Johnson, Indrani K Rollinson and Mark Glenn and PhD students Jawad and Humood. Well done Beth and thank you!

Bloom is Supporting

The Liverpool Blood Diseases Biobank

The Bloom Appeal has agreed to support the The Liverpool Blood Diseases Biobank for the next two years. On hand to accept our cheque was Dr Mel Oates and Jessica Bithell of the biobank pictured with other members of the team, Prof Joe Slupky, Prof Kalakonda and Dr Andrew Duckworth. Of the biobank Prof Slupsky commented, "The Liverpool Blood Diseases Biobank is central to research on blood cancer performed at the University of Liverpool. This is a tremendous resource that has helped researchers at Liverpool achieve national and international recognition." Happy to help you guys.

Thank You

FACEvents

We are not going to mention the C word, and we are going to forget about the rain! Because today our Monday was made better by our friends at FACEvents. 2500 times better to be precise! Following their latest event these guys continued to support us and other local good causes. Thanks guys! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏽🙌🏿

Bloom Donations

Helping in the fight against COVID-19

Following a request for equipment to aid with the COVID-19 testing, we are happy to help by loaning our PCR machine. This was purchased with money from donations made to The Bloom Appeal. I think you will all be happy to know that your donations are not only helping local patients who have blood diseases, but also with the national fight against COVID-19.

FACE5

Saturday, 8th February 2020

It looks like a great year for events starting with FACEvents 5th Birthday on Saturday, 8th February (8pm till 3am). You won't want to miss out on this fantastic event so get the date in your diary and your tickets now from Skiddle as they are sure to sell out fast.
All proceeds raised are for the Bloom Appeal

Newsflash

The Rockin At The Roan Roadshow

Another great event coming your way is the Rockin` At The Roan ROADSHOW on the 14th February 2020. They are holding a fabulous Valentines Night Bash at the Liverpool RNA, 38 Bowring Park Rd, Liverpool, L14 3NN. It's free entrance and there will be 6 live bands, raffles, spot the balls and much more. So you can enjoy a great night out whilst helping to raise funds for Bloom. Sounds like a win win to us!
There will be lots more information on whats happening closer to the event so please be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page and website for any updates....and don't forget to put this in your diary, it going to be a great night!

Thank You

For your generous donation

We would like to thank an anonymous donor who has made a wonderful donation of £5000 to The Bloom Appeal! As a registered charity, we rely on voluntary donations to support our work supporting blood cancer patients in Merseyside, and this donation will make such a big difference. Thank you!

Valentine’s Night Bash

at the RNA on 14 February 2020

We want to say a huge thank you to Andy Gamble, Rockin' at the Roan and the six bands who kept a full house entertained on Friday, 14 February. It was a fantastic evening, with plenty of dancing and a fabulous £810 was raised for Bloom. We also want to thank everyone who attended to make it a great night and for all their generous donations.

Bloom Christmas Lights

Help us light up our tree

Were you at the Liverpool Christmas light switch-on?
Now Liverpool's lights are on, it's time to switch on Bloom's too! Help us decorate our virtual tree by switching on a light or adding a bauble. But be quick... the tree topper has already been donated!

All donations will help us to make life better for blood cancer patients in Merseyside. Thank you so much.

https://visufund.co.uk/bloom-appeal-christmas-tree?fbclid=IwAR1v-HBlgjx_AxHfld7oe9_28nKUJUIYNDd7MoAAWIkU-YxA_9uF3Ma649I

Village Road Runners

Thank you for your donation

Huge thanks to a running club that has supported us since we started in ways too many to mention. Tonight it’s was Cake & Cards post run for the Village Road Runners and they bought or donated a huge £176.95 to us. Thanks guys.

Ecclesiastical Grant

Please help and nominate us via the link

Please nominate The Bloom Appeal to win a grant of £1000 from Ecclesiastical this Christmas! It won't cost you a penny and, if we win, you'll be helping us to support even more blood cancer patients in Merseyside.

To nominate us, just visit https://www.ecclesiastical.com/movement-for-good/12-days/ and fill in the short form. Thank you!

(PS: You'll need our charity number too: 1157459)

2019 Christmas Cards

Help raise funds for Bloom

hey are here! Drum roll..... Our Christmas cards for 2019! With proceeds going to the Bloom Appeal and helping our patients, health care professionals and our research scientists they are £3.25 per pack of 10. If you'd like to get your hands on these please message or get in touch via our contact form or Facebook page.

John Jorgenson is back

1st October 2019

Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity to see the fantastic John Jorgenson. He is currently touring with Elton John but will be playing at Haig House Club on the 1st October 2019. Tickets are only £20, with all the proceeds going to Bloom.

If you would like a ticket then be sure to contact Frank (Mob: 07786 908 410) before they are all gone! The Bloom Appeal will receive 10% of ticket sales and all the proceeds of fundraising activities on the night

The date for the diary is 1st October 2019 at Haig House Club, Woolton Road, Garston, L19 5NQ.

To read more about John and hear his music follow the link
https://johnjorgenson.com/

Premier Lubricants

25th Birthday Celebration

It was great to meet Mary and Geoff Lawton of Premier Lubricants today and accept a donation of £4000 from the recent ball celebrating the company's 25th birthday. A quick tour of the labs followed, and on hand to accept the cheque was their scientist son, David, Dr Nagesh Kalakonda, Dr Rak Salim, Dr Gill Johnson and fellow scientists Angela Pellow and Olivia Hadley. Thanks again guys. The ball looked amazing and this donation will go a long way to helping our blood cancer patients and scientists.

Family Fundraising

Well Done to Linda, Mark, Sam & Harry

Congratulations and well done to Linda, Mark, Sam and Harry for taking part in the Liverpool Spring 10K and kids 1K. We would like to say a huge thank you to them, everyone from the Haematology Support Group and Rompers Nursery for their generous donations in supporting them, to raise a fantastic £1,237. The money raised will go to support patients and staff in the Haematology wards at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and to research at the University of Liverpool. This unit is a world class facility for the treatment and research of all forms of blood cancer. Once again many thanks to all.

£929 Raised for Bloom

John Jorgenson Event on 1st October

A recent concert by USA Grammy winning guitarist John Jorgenson helped to raise £929 for Liverpool based blood cancer charity The Bloom Appeal. The stellar musician and his Electric Band certainly know how to Rock out. The capacity audience at the Haig House Club were spellbound by his fantastic fretboard wizardry, and he sent them home smiling.

Bloom Sponsor Nurses

Attend EBMT Conference

At Bloom one of our aims is to help improve the well-being of patients, whilst supporting & investing in the development of medical staff. So of course we jumped at the chance to sponsor nurses, Clare, Sian, Leah, Andrea & Angela to attend @The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation conference in Germany. They were able to expand their knowledge about the latest developments in stem cell transplantation, which will help them improve patient care & help limit post transplant complications.

Spring 10k & Kids 1k

Well Done to Mark & Linda

Thank you & well done to Mark & Linda for completing the Spring 10k yesterday, 5th May 2019 in the wind & rain to raise funds for Bloom. Also a huge well done to their grandchildren, Harry & Sam for completing the kids 1k on Saturday, 4th May 2019🥇

Why not let us entertain you, if you dare!

Brian would like to invite you to the Greatest Show Charity Gala on Friday, 16 August 2019

The Greatest Show Charity Gala is fast approaching and we have a new venue this year and we have some fantastic prizes on the night to be won.

As you all know, I’ve been recovering from cancer over the last two years and as always I want to give back something to the nurses that helped me along that journey as well as others who are going through that journey currently.

This year, the event will be held at The Cinnamon Brow Farm in Cinnamon Brow, Warrington on Friday 16th August from 7.30pm the night will consist of live entertainment and music from the fantastic Danny Fallows along with a prize draw with several showcase prizes to be won on the evening including donations from the world famous Ritz Hotel in London, Virgin Trains, Lyons Holiday Parks, Show & Theatre Tickets plus lots lots more plus some items to auction on the evening plus we will have a delicious Gourmet Pie & Peas Supper provided by our donors Pieminister Award Winning Pies of Bristol.

We will have side stalls etc on the evening including my Carousel Candy Cart with lots of Treat Cones, Treat Boxes and The BIG TOP Beauty Treat Boxes plus Popcorn & Candy Floss to complete that carnival feel.

All proceeds will go to the Bloom Appeal Liverpool and The Clatterbridge Cancer Nurses on Ward 7Y at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

There is no ticket price, just a donation at the door, so that it is affordable to everyone to come along and enjoy young and old, so that we can help raise awareness and fight this terrible disease.

If you are interested, please let me know, so I can place your name on the guest list and I will send you reserved ticket details at a later date or request tickets through the link below.

Last year we had a great evening and we raised over £2000 which was fantastic.

The link for tickets is below :

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-greatest-show-charity-gala-2019-tickets-64020377673

If anyone would like to donate any prizes for the Grand Raffle or if anyone has any contacts with regards to Entertainers, Performers or Auction Items please private message me.

Thankyou and I hope to see you on the evening.

Eddie x

Boultings Ltd Team

showing off their skills

Some other red men with fabulous football skills! Boultings ltd had their annual football tournament and one team in particular caught our eye! Hope your skills were as good as you looked guys!

RAVINFIT

Saturday, 16 March 2019

How excited? On a scale of 1 -10? 100!!!!

The fabulous Lee Butler and fantastic Steve Cocky are joining forces with the amazing FACEvents to bring their Ravin Fit to the Liverpool Olympia on March 16th. if you are over 16 and want a workout that feels like a night out then this is for you. They are generously splitting the proceeds between us and the Liverpool Women's Hospital

📆 16th of March
🕐 6pm - 7pm

This is going to be our BIGGEST production yet! 🙌

🖥 Video walls
🔈 Massive state of the art sound system
🎆 Stunning lighting system
🎤 Live PA to be announced
👩‍🎤 FREE face glitter

Tickets are on sale NOW! Get to Skiddle

The fabulous John Jorgenson is back

1st October 2019 at Haig House Club

Don't miss the only opportunity this year to see the fabulous John Jorgenson's Electric Band. John last visited Liverpool in 2014. He is a world-class musician best known for working with the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters. He's collaborated with Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti and Bob Dylan to mention just a few. There has been huge interest and the tickets are selling fast with all the proceeds going to Bloom.

So if you'd like to get your dancing shoes on and grab a ticket before they are all gone - contact Frank 07786 908 410

The date for the diary is 1st October 2019 at Haig House Club, Woolton Road, Garston, L19 5NQ. Tickets are only £20 with the proceeds going to Bloom.

To read more about John and hear his music follow the link
https://johnjorgenson.com/

Making Scientists Smile

Bloom Fund New PCR Block

One thing guaranteed to make scientists smile is new equipment! So we were very happy to fund a new PCR block for Professor Dave MacEwan's lab in the Institute of Translational Medicine at the University of Liverpool. Prof MacEwan's group study survival pathways in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia with the aim of identifying new avenues for therapy. Pictured beside the shiny new gorgeous machine are Masters of Research students Elisha and Jack.

Boulting Ltd

Choose Bloom as their Corporate Charity

We are delighted to share that we have been chosen to be Boulting Ltd’s corporate charity this year! With HQ in Warrington and local offices around the UK they provide engineering solutions for Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Control services to a range of industries in the UK and internationally. With more than 900 employees, we can’t wait to see what they get up to!

https://www.boulting.co.uk/…/boulting-ltd-the-bloom-appeal-…

Hospital

10th January 2019

Don't forget to tune into BBC Two for the new series of Hospital on the 10th January to see the wonderful work the hospitals in our region do. The series was filmed between October and December 2018 and shows the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Alder Hey, the Walton Centre, the Women's Hospital, Aintree and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital.
https://www.theguideliverpool.com/liverpools-hospitals-get-set-to-take-centre-stage-in-6-part-bbc-two-documentary/?fbclid=IwAR0xY7afER3fvk2ieovvYkwcKMXJHoIkYcjTAkDhi77_uJsV1XYzIJP80kc

FACEvents are back

St Patrick's Night

So, get ready to dance away the January blues and hurtle towards St Patrick’s night! The team from FACEvents are back and taking over the Liverpool Olympia!
Tickets available at Skiddle but be quick as it's already looking like a sell out.

Bunkers Golf Society

Huge thank you to them for choosing us as their Captain's Charity for 2019

We’ve scored an absolute hole in one with Bunkers Golf Society! We'd like to say a huge thank you to them for choosing us as their Captain’s Charity for 2019! In 2012 Bunkers Golf Society was set up and through their love of the game they find the best golf deals and packages for their members. This year they are going to be fundraising for us at their 16 days out, their end of season trip and any social events they hold throughout the season. To keep up to date with how Bunkers are getting on be sure to keep an eye on our website and Facebook page or visit them at https://www.bunkersgolfsociety.com/

TEP

Huge thanks to all the team

Huge thanks to Amanda and all her colleagues at TEP - The Environment Partnership. They are pictured here presenting a cheque to our trustee Frank after making us their charity for the year. This donation will go towards helping blood cancer patients in Merseyside and also funding the new blood cancer Teenage and Young Adult Suite.

The Spooktacular TEP

The Environment Partnership pulling out all the stops again! Looking great guys!

TEP Warrington office held a Halloween Spooktacular bake sale and fancy dress competition, with all donations going towards The Bloom Appeal. Amazing effort everyone and thanks to all who donated and took part!

Table Top Sale

Court Hey Methodist Church

Massive thanks to Gillian Macklin-Percy, her aunty Dot and Mum who raised a tinseltastic £260 at the Christmas fayre at Swanside Community Centre. If you missed a chance to get some Christmas gifts they will also be at the Court Hey Methodist Church table Top sale on Saturday, 24th November, so why not pop along and say hi!

Why not slim down for Christmas & help raise money for a great cause

Starting 1st December 2018

Starting on the 1st December you can walk, dance or run your way to a million steps in 100 days and help us and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre & Charity raise £100,00 for a new cancer unit in Liverpool for Teenagers and Young Adults.
You need to take at least 10,000 steps a day to reach your million and can record your progress using a Fitbit, pedometer or smartphone.
If 10,000 steps a day seems a bit much for one person, then why not make it a family or workplace challenge and split the steps between you to reach your goal.

It's free and easy to sign up, just call 0151 556 5566 or email fundraising@clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk for your free fundraising guide and set up your Virgin Money Giving page to start raising funds!
If you would like to strut your steps in one of our lovely Bloom t-shirts or send us your photographs to help keep your fellow steppers motivated, then please email us at info@thebloomappeal.org.uk or message us on Facebook.

Before you get stepping, you’ll receive your free fundraising guide (available soon!), it's packed with fundraising tips, advice on increasing your steps, a handy log to record your activity and that all important sponsor form.
Why take part?
Not only will you be moving towards a healthier you, but you'll be helping two of Merseyside & Cheshire's best loved charities.

Last year, treatment for solid tumour cancers and blood cancers were brought together in Liverpool for the first time. Now, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is building a brand new cancer hospital in the heart of the city.

Many teenagers and young people are affected by blood cancers, so we've teamed up with Clatterbridge to fund a brand new unit at the hospital for these patients. It'll be a dedicated space for youngsters to receive their cancer treatment, with access to the facilities and services they need, specialist staff and a space where they can chill out and socialise with people their own age.

But we need your help! Every step is a step closer to that £100,000 we need to build this incredible unit.

Christmas Fair

St Margaret's School on 1st December 12 - 3pm

Our lovely craft ladies from St Anne's will be selling their gorgeous creations and raising funds for Bloom this Saturday, 1st December. So why not head along to St Margaret's School, Aigburth Road where you can pick up some lovely personal gifts or some of our fantastic Christmas cards.

Exciting News!

Bloom & Clatterbridge Cancer Charity Join Forces

We are thrilled to be joining forces with CCC in a bid to raise £100,000 for the Teenage & Young Adult (TYA) unit at Liverpool’s first cancer hospital. Due to the risk of infection after treatment, young patients can spend weeks in hospital. The TYA is a place they can go to relax, communicate with friends, through Skype and use the game consoles. Chris shares his story about his journey to diagnosis, treatment and the benefits of having access to the TYA.

If you would like to get involved and help raise funds for this fabulous project then please get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/worldwide-bone-marrow-search-launched-15259102?fbclid=IwAR3p3zCeM_NPVpf7x7mb6oW_st2LIgVgcXNxIfdmRNdejCyEmFOflZOLfRQ

Bloom Appeal

Goes to America

Dr James Austin, a post doctoral researcher in the University of Liverpool, recently received a Bloom Appeal travel grant. Here he is presenting his work on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Well done James, we are sure your hard work was well received.

Christmas Cards

Now available at Liverpool Cathedral

So pleased that our Christmas cards are being sold at the Liverpool Cathedral. Each pack contains 10 cards of one design. They are flying off the shelves here so if you fancy some then just message us.

Conference with Bloom & Lymphoma Action

Postponed to early 2019 - Keep checking this page for an update

Early 2019, sees the return of our, Whats New in Lymphoma day with Lymphoma Action. One of our speakers is Dr Arvind Arumainathan. Dr Arumainathan is a consultant haematologist with an interest in Lymphoma/CLL, and is the NHS lead for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre’s Lymphoma/CLL team. He has had a significant role in the integration of haemato-oncology (blood cancer) into The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. He will be speaking on the recent developments in high grade non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

17th November

Swanside Community Centre Christmas Fayre

On the 17th November Swanside Community Centre are having their Christmas Fayre. Pop in and say hi to Gillian and her family who are being fabulous and raising funds for us there selling lovely crafts, knitted items and things to get sorted for Christmas. 🎄🎅

TEP Event

Fun, Games & Cake

Thank you to TEP from every one at Bloom.
It looks like you had a great day raising funds for us with your World Cup themed bake sale and games day.

TEP

Do it again

The Great North Run and brave staff abseiling from a crane at Newcastle Quayside

10 November 2018

Conference with Bloom & Lymphoma Action

November 10th, sees the return of our, Whats New in Lymphoma day with Lymphoma Action. One of our speakers is Dr Arvind Arumainathan. Dr Arumainathan is a consultant haematologist with an interest in Lymphoma/CLL, and is the NHS lead for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre’s Lymphoma/CLL team. He has had a significant role in the integration of haemato-oncology (blood cancer) into The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. He will be speaking on the recent developments in high grade non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Christmas Cards

Is it too early to mention the C word? CHRISTMAS

This year we have our very own Christmas cards. We know its early but imagine how smug you can be telling all your friends that you are already organised! The cards are really pretty. They are £3.25 for a pack of 10 and one design per pack. If anybody wanted to get one, three or thirty that’d be great!
We are looking forward to sending out Christmas wishes to our friends and family with a card that helps others and means something to us as well.
If you are interested in getting some please message us via facebook or email info@thebloomappeal.org.uk.

FACEvents

Amazing Donation

Some very happy doctors and scientists who accepted a cheque for us today from the amazing FACEvents team. This fantastic donation will go a long way to helping us make a difference for blood cancer patients and research into these diseases here in Merseyside.

FACEvents - 06/10/2018

The guys from FACEvents are back and are bigger than ever!

TICKETS ON NOW!!!!! Proud to announce our next show in the Legendary Liverpool Olympia Theatre! All our Residents & Massive Special Guest TBA! 👀 We are Teaming up with ScanGuardian who will be providing Full airport style Security with Body Scanners / Metal Detectors & ID SCANNERS! ☝🏻 We want everybody to have the best time but also in the SAFEST environment! ✌️Expect everything from our last shows but with an even BIGGER Production 😬😃😜

Llangollen Canel Walk - Aug 18

Barbara says thank you by walking the Llangollen Canel

Barbara is walking to raise money for the Bloom Appeal as a thank you to the teams who helped saved her life. Her aim is to raise enough money to contribute meaningfully to on-going research and care.
Barbara’s dog, Kiwi is also completing the walk to raise funds for her second charity, Animal Free Research UK. Barbara says, “I am painfully aware of the cost of my treatment to animal lives. I did not have the courage to refuse treatment for conscience sake but now want to help work towards a time when the use of live animals can be replaced by micro-technology and other alternatives”.
To read Barbara’s full story and/or support her and Kiwi in their challenge. follow the link below:
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=BarbaraLord&pageUrl=1
To see how Barbara's challenge is going or even join her on part of the walk, then please follow the link to see where she is:
http://kiwibarblog.simplesite.com/

TEP

We would like to say a big thank you to all the staff and their families at TEP for all their fundraising events.

TEP is an award-winning consultancy providing multi-disciplinary environmental services to clients in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Each year TEP staff vote to support a specific charity and their chosen charity for 2018 is The Bloom Appeal, a charity close to their hearts. So far, TEP staff and their families have raised funds for The Bloom Appeal by taking part in the Liverpool Kids 1k and the Great North Run, abseiling from a crane at Newcastle Quayside, and holding a World Cup themed bake sale and games day.

Great to have TEP on board!

TEP - The Environment Partnership

For the 2019 fundraising year, TEP are supporting The Bloom Appeal.

TEP Senior GIS and Environmental Consultant, Amanda Plumb and her daughters have already got the fundraising off to a fantastic start by taking part in the Liverpool Kids 1k, raising a brilliant £185 so far! If you would like to make a donation we have a Just Giving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tepbloomappeal

New Light Box

Supporting our Scientists

We ❤️ seeing our blood cancer research scientists smile. They did today when the new light box arrived from us. It’s a tiny piece of equipment but this pocket rocket is essential to allow them to view proteins and DNA, and will be used routinely every day. Thanks to all our supporters who help us and our scientists.

Lily Grace & Emma Rose

Liverpool Kids 1k

We received a lovely letter and donation from Lily Grace & Emma Rose in memory of their super mum, Sandra. The girls were sponsored for the 1k at the Liverpool Spring 10k, 5k, Kids 1k and then they visited mum Amanda at TEP - The Environment Partnership to sell our pin badges. Keep up the good work girls and thank you for supporting us so well.

Liverpool Provincial Club

Special thanks to all the local children

Another amazing donation has been received from the Liverpool Provincial Club. Local children participated in multiple activities that helped raise a whopping £1,000! We are extremely grateful for this generous donation and hope the children had lots of fun along the way. Awesome work, well done!

November 2017

Alix Bee &Gill Johnson attended

Stresa, Italy. A lovely location for the second European Research Initiative on CLL workshop on TP53 Analysis in CLL. Our NHS scientists are learning more about clinical diagnostics to provide a better service for our patients..

November 2017

Longer Faster Running Club

Looking fit and ready for the RunTatton Park - 10K are the Longer Faster Running Club! Some great times were achieved. Well done everyone!

November 2017

FACEvents 10th November

Fantastic pic stolen from Cheshire Elite Photography of Lee Butler from the unbelievably brilliant night put on by FACEvents. The work these guys do and support they give is outstanding! Thank you so so much.

November 2017

FACEvents are doing it again..

MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT:
We’re doing it all over again in the Camp And Furnace on the 2nd March 2018. 👌🎉😜
All our Residents + 2 massive headliners 😮😮
Get your tickets to avoid disappointment 🔥😜🎉

October 2017

Scouse 5K

These trustees of ours! Good luck to Emily her friend Amy taking on the scouse 5K today. Green really is your colour darling.

October 2017

FACEvents SOLD OUT

It was bound to happen. If you’ve got your tickets then we’ll see you for one of the best nights in the city arranged by FACEvents and their great team.

October 2017

Researchers University of Liverpool

Christmas has come early for our University of Liverpool researchers in Haematology. Thanks to the hard work of our supporters and the guys at FACEvents they have a new and essential refrigerated microcentrifuge. Road testing the new machine are Dr Mark Glenn, Dr Andrew Duckworth and students Anil Mondru and Martina Sykorova.

October 2017

FACEvents

We are hugely fortunate to be supported by FACEvents. Unless you've been living on the North Pole you'll know that they are hosting another massive night in the city with sets from Lee Butler, Mark Armstrong, Paul Bleasdale, Alan Hartley, Real Ricco and so many more. If you want to know more about what drives these guys then click on this link.
Thanks again - can't wait for the 10th November. See you at Camp and Furnace.

October 2017

FACE EVENTS

Thanks Mark Armstrong. The support from FACEvents is amazing. With your help we've bought some new equipment for the research labs so when it arrives we'll get you in to see it and meet some of the scientists you've made VERY happy!

October 2017

Alder Hey 10k

Congratulations to Liverpool Harrier and Bloom Appeal friend Dejene Gezimu. He's only gone and won the Alder Hey 10k in an eye watering 32:08! Feet of flames! And well done to his coach Tony, from FACEvents, AMAZING RUNNING!

October 2017

HMRC Bootle

A massive THANK YOU to HMRC Bootle office who raised £216.79 For us by doing Afternoon tea in their lunch time... looks yummy too !

October 2017

Aigburth Cricket Ground

Spending the day with some of the Liverpool University Haematology scientists hearing about their current research.

September 2017

Team Bodge It are back

They are back and bigger than ever! Team Bodge It take on the Screw ball rally again in memory of their great friend Dan Thexton and to support the Bloom Appeal! May the force be with you!.

September 2017

Donation from the Terry Family

Thanks to the family of Christine Terry who came in to see us today and made a generous donation in memory of Christine. It was lovely to meet them and thank them personally for their support. They are pictured here with some of the staff who cared for Christine while she was a patient in the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

September 2017

CLL & Lymphoma Conference Liverpool

A well attended educating day. With talks from Dr Arvind Arumainathan, Dr Kalakonda, and Professor Pettitt to name a few. "Understanding your CLL and Lymphoma", treatments available, managing fatigue and psychological aspects of cancer care all featured in the talks. We aim to make this an annual event.

September 2017

Ormskirk 10k

Well done to Paul Johnson who supported The Bloom Appeal at the Ormskirk 10K. Hope you enjoyed the race!

Thank you FACE

Sept 2017

Thanks to FACEvents and all our amazing supporters, a new qPCR and microfuge will be heading to the Liverpool University Haematology Research labs. This will really help our scientists.

Good Luck Flo

Sept 2017

Flo is Steve's Mum, the owner of THISISLIVIN in Crosby. All of us at The Bloom Appeal wish you a fantastic time on
The Great British Bake Off. We are sure you will do really well. Thanks also to THISISLIVIN for your continued support.

Match Funding

Sept 2017

Fantastic News! After our coffee morning at THISISLIVIN in May we are proud to say that Louise Latham, a friend of Bloom and helper on the day, helped to secure matched funding from Barclays Bank with an extra £500 being donated.
THANK YOU LOU.

Tickets still available

Sept 2017

Really looking forward to this event.. Have you got your tickets yet? We will be there having a dance. Hope to see you there too ! .

Punch Bowl Fun Day

August 2017

What a FANTASTIC day we had at our family fun day. We raised just over £700 which will be match funded by Barclaycard. THANK YOU to everyone involved with the day; Susie Bluebell, the stall holders, Time for Ted, Super Signers, Fishtails group, Dave Brennan, Stewart, Ben and all the staff at The Punch Bowl Lunt... the list is endless.

Good Luck Lauren

August 2017

One of our aims is to invest in the education of our healthcare professionals. Lauren, specialist lymphoma nurse at the Royal, is about sit her Clinical Examination allowing her to develop her clinical skills and make clinical assessments. She is doing this with the full support of the Bloom Appeal to help her help our patients. She's pictured here with Bloom Appeal Trustee Emily. Good luck Lauren!

September Blood Cancer Month

Sept 2017

Help spread the word and raise awareness by using the campaign hashtag #BeBloodCancerAware

September Event

Sept 2017

With less than 2 weeks until our CLL/Lymphoma conference with Lymphoma Association, have you registered? For further info or help please email us info@thebloomappeal.org.uk
We'd love to see you there

July 2017

CLL Itinery for September 23rd

8 weeks until the Understanding your CLL/Lymphoma with Lymphoma Association. Regsiter at https://www.lymphomas.org.uk/Liverpool and come and speak to physicians and health care workers who can help you.

July 2017

Congratulations Elkan

MAY 2017

Liverpool Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon

Good luck to Tom and Sonia, both running the Rock 'n' Roll Liverpool Marathon & 1/2 Marathon today! Go guys!

MAY 2017

Well done Sonia! Completing her first ever half marathon in memory of her friend Mibbs. She has raised a fantastic amount for us, so also a huge thanks to all who supported her. You still can support by going to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/SoniaBassey
Here she is, still smiling, during and after the race with enjoying some well earned rehydration!!!!

MAY 2017

ThisisLivin Crosby Coffee Morning

Great morning at Thisislivin Crosby for The Bloom Appeal....Great raffle with donations from Thisislivin , The Punch Bowl, K&K Butchers Old Roan and Maghull Square...family and friends who donated homemade cakes and other raffle prizes and books...£536.10p raised ...Delighted !!

MAY 2017

Liverpool 5k & 1k Kids Run Saturday

Well done to everyone who ran for us in the Liverpool Spring 10k, 5k, Kids 1k in Sefton park this morning. It was great to see so many Bloom tshirts running past, your support is much appreciated- thanks everyone! See you tomorrow, same time & place for the 10K!

MAY 2017

Liverpool 10k Run Sunday

Glorious morning at Sefton park today for The Liverpool Spring 10k (Liverpool Spring 10k, 5k, Kids 1k). Thanks to everyone who took part in support of The Bloom Appeal, you all did fantastic & it was great to see so many of you there. Hopefully see you all again next year!

MAY 2017

Good luck to our amazing scientists going to New York to present their work at the iwCLL conference

MAY 2017

iwCLL Conference NYC

Here is Dr Gina Eagle presenting her work at the iwCLL meeting in New York 👏🏻🗽🇺🇸

April 2017

Thorntons Easter Egg Raffle

Well done to Dave, Mel, Maria and James. Proud winners of the Bloom Appeals Thornton's Eggs! Pictured are James and Dave with their choc. Thanks to all who bought a ticket and helped us raise £74!

April 2017

Magical Mystery Tour

.What a great evening on the Cavern Club Liverpool magical Mystery Beatles tour with the Liverpool Haematology Patient support Group.

March 2017

Research support

We are very happy to say that for the next year we will be supporting our local Liverpool Blood Diseases Bank for leukaemia and lymphoma research. For nearly 30 years they have collected material from patients who have kindly donated samples for research. Biobank manager, Dr Melanie Oates (pictured) said that they are thrilled by the Bloom Appeal's support as the samples they collect are currently being used in approx 20 projects in the research labs. Also pictured are some of the items required to collect and process these samples.

Feb 2017

New lab equipment purchase

This is Jenny. Jenny is an MLA Associate Practitioner in the Immunophentoyping Lab at the Royal. Every week they receive in excess of 100 patient samples and an average of 5 slides for each sample is stored. Part of Jenny's work is preparing the slides for curating and archiving. Its a big job but the Bloom Appeal has bought Jenny a machine that will help her lots so she can spend her time helping diagnose blood malignancies. Jenny is very happy...and so are we. Thanks to all our supporters who helped us help Jen!