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Bath Cancer Unit Support Group
 BCUSG is a small local charity which raises money to purchase equipment and provide facilities and services unable to be funded by the NHS to benefit cancer patients at the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
 
 

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Trustees being shown the Varian Proton Therapy Unit
 
The Charity is run entirely by volunteers, meaning there are no paid staff. Approximately 95% of all monies raised goes straight into equipment and resources for the RUH Cancer Unit. The other 5% is spent on vital administration costs - the production of our annual magazine and its distribution. During the past 33 years over £5 million has been raised by our enthusiastic band of volunteers.
 
 

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Making a Donation
 
Making a Donation Online Giving Utilise our easy to use online payment portal via the Charities Aid Foundation website by clicking here to access the CAF website and then click on “Donate to this charity”. Alternatively you can donate through Virgin Money Giving. JustTextGiving Instructions First decide on how much you wish to donate. The amount must be either £1, or £2, or £3, or £4, or £5 or £10. If you decide to donate £10, text the message...
 
 
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Leave a Legacy
 
Including Bath Cancer Unit Support Group in your Will could be the most amazing gift you ever give. Your legacy will improve the quality of cancer services delivered by the Royal United Hospital. What are the options? There are three main types of legacies. You can give a share of your estate eg 20%, a specific sum of money or a specific item. How to word your Will It is essential that the full name of the charity, namely Bath Cancer Unit Support Group and the...
 
 
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New Trustees

The Chair, Mike Taylor, is delighted to announce the appointment of three new Trustees.

Dr Emma de Winton who is an oncologist at RUH specialising in Colorectal, Gynaecological and Head and Neck Cancers.

Tracy Langton who is a Macmillan Cancer Information Specialist Nurse working at the RUH.

John McAllister, a retired Chartered Surveyor, who has practised in this area for a number of years and is a member of the Trowbridge fund raising group.

Mike Taylor - Chair

Welcome Message

Welcome to the  website which I hope you will find is user friendly and make it easy for donations to be made via the Donate page.

The Trustees have a good working relationship with the Cancer Unit’s consultants and nursing staff and it is from them that new projects will be suggested. It constantly surprises me the ingenuity of some of the items of equipment which we are asked to support.

Many of these items achieve huge gains for the patients, both in terms of the quality of the diagnosis or treatment and its effectiveness and also in reducing the length of time that these treatments take which can then of course have an impact on reducing waiting times.

 

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During my time as Chair, I am keen to encourage new branches to be established to cover all areas under the RUH’s remit.  We have a very successful branch in Trowbridge which carries out fundraising activities there as well as Bradford on Avon, Melksham, Westbury and the surrounding villages.

Meet the Trustees

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Mike Coombs – Treasurer

Sue Coppin

Emma de Winton

Les Dymond

Caroline Gilleece

Tracy Langton

 

Jane Margetts - Supportline

John McAllister

Sue Oliver - Vice-Chair

Alex Herring – Secretary

Mike Taylor - Chair

Alan Webb – Fundraiser

SPONSORS

Thanks are given to our sponsors:

Pearson May Accountants

Novia Foundation - providing year long sponsorship of the flowers in A12

Tireless charity fundraiser steps down after more than 30 years

 

The face of the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG) in West Wiltshire has retired as chairman of its Trowbridge branch after several decades with the charity.

Tino Polledri steps down after 33 years on the local committee during which time the small branch has raised more than £600,000 for the cancer unit at Bath’s Royal United Hospital (RUH).

Tino, who was branch chairman for 30 years, has also retired as a trustee of the main charity, having been vice chair for many years.

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Mike Taylor, chairman of the BCUSG’s trustees said: “We all owe a huge debt to Tino who has been inspirational and hard working for all of those years.

“The substantial sums which he has helped to raise have made huge differences to many of those who have received cancer treatment at the RUH during the last few decades.

“Much of the equipment which he helped us to purchase will be in use for a number of years yet, so future and current patients are benefitting from his hard work. I will really miss his wise advice at trustees’ meetings and his boundless enthusiasm.”

Tino is not retiring completely, however, and says he will continue to help whenever needed at BCUSG fundraising events.

Tino said: "My time as chairman of the Trowbridge branch and vice chair of trustees of the BCUSG has been very rewarding over the years and with the outstanding support of my committee, I believe we have achieved a great deal.  It's a highlight every time that we can purchase new equipment for the RUH.

"Colleagues, friends and the public have always supported our fundraising events and have been extremely helpful when needed. Looking back, it has been a great time and I am extremely proud to have been associated with the BCUSG.”

Would you like to help continue Tino's work?

To donate to the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group, or to discuss becoming a corporate partner, please email Alan Webb at [email protected] or phone 07896 741233.

Bethany Mogan - Media

Thanks given to Bethany who was instrumental in setting up and maintaining our Twitter and Facebook accounts over the three years but has now resigned as a Trustee

Thanks to Stephanie Cole

Unfortunately, Stephanie Cole has had to step down as President of the Charity.  Our thanks go to her for the events which she has attended and the support she has given during her time with us.

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Charity registration No. 292643