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HISTORY OF THE CHARITY

The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group started life as the Bath Cancer Unit Appeal in April 1979. The newly elected Chairman of the Shepton Mallet Round Table proposed that during his year in office he wanted to support cancer treatment in Bath. The target for the year was £10,000. The Round Table were unable to spearhead a new charity but agreed to raise funds for the cause. Several people were happy to become involved – Brenda, Jim Crane, Chris and Eleanor Norman. After discussions with the then RUH administrator the group were advised that the target fund would need to be at least £300,000 not £10,000. This amazing group of people worked extremely hard over a period of three years and raised the required amount.

Following on from this success the Trustees of the

Appeal wound up the charity, although to this day there is still a bank account with this name.

To harness the momentum which the Appeal had caused, a new charity entitled the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group was established but it has to be acknowledged without the efforts of those first fundraisers, the charity would not have the success it does today.

In 1985 John Carter helped with the establishment of the BCUSG becoming its Vice-Chair for 13 years and in 1998 was appointed Chair and Honorary Chief Executive, only retiring in 2017. It was with great pleasure that John was awarded an MBE in the Birthday Honours List in June 2018 and was also awarded the Mayor of Bath’s Citizen Award 2018.