Team Hibbsy enjoyed another fabulous day raising awareness and funds in Cannock Shopping Centre during Cannock Carnival today. We held a tombola stall and as you can see from the picture we had a great time. We met and chatted to lots of people with Lupus and spread the word to those who had never [...]
Last Tuesday is a day that I’ll remember forever. I had the greatest pleasure of enjoying a coffee with World Footballing Legend Paul Gascoigne! Paul had generously offered to help my fundraising for Lupus by signing a portrait by Wendy Mallas. Every time I see one of Wendy’s paintings I say it is the best [...]
It feels like only 5 minutes since the prospect of running 5k, never mind raising £5000, seemed nigh on impossible but with the help of Team Hibbsy and the support of Cannock folk, yesterday saw the total fundraising for the marathon fund hit a whopping £5000. The usual gang, now joined by my cousin Shell [...]
Today saw us complete our biggest run so far, 10 miles! As you can see from the picture the route took us around parts of Cannock Chase, ‘An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’, not sure we shared that same thought for two hours this morning though! We set off at a fantastic pace and managed [...]
It is a great feeling when someone comes up to you and says “how do I donate?”. Well it’s really simple thanks to JustGiving. There are many ‘Sponsor me’ links on this site which will take you to our secure sponsor page. LUPUS UK gets your money straight away and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, [...]
Cannock’s finest indian restaurant has agreed to hold a charity night in aid of our bid to raise funds for Lupus West Midlands. On Monday 22nd March 2010 the Padma Lounge will be host to 70 diners for a buffet indian menu – English food is available upon advanced request. Diners will be entertained by [...]
The auction for the fantastic signed Steven Gerrard portrait ended on Saturday evening. After a series of frantic last minute pleas, which boosted the fund raising – it went for a very generous £650. An amazing amount which has now been credited to the just giving website www.justgiving.com/johnhibbs . The picture will be hand delivered [...]
This Friday & Saturday we managed to raise an amazing £500 for Lupus with the generous donations of Cannock’s shoppers. Nan and Bill very kindly gave up their time to sell tickets to passers by who entered a draw for one of two hampers. The prizes were jam packed with treats for Christmas and people [...]
This Friday proved to be another great experience on my journey to raising funds for Lupus UK as I travelled to the Liverpool training ground with my sister Viki to get this fantastic portrait of Steven Gerrard, by Wendy Mallas, signed. When we arrived we were greeted by a representative from the Liverpool Press Office [...]
Woawh! What an amazing day. We set off from Wolverhampton bound for London Euston mid afternoon. Joined by Bostin Bloke Donato Espisito, who has been supporting my campaign to raise the profile of Lupus, we pendalinoed into the big smoke around 4.30pm. With an hour to calm our nerves we made our way to Trafalgar [...]
