Brigg Matters Issue 53 Winter 2018

Macmillan Cancer Support
The Brigg & District Committee of Macmillan Cancer
Support would like to thank everyone who attended our
recent afternoon tea and talk by Hannah Dale of
Wrendale Designs. We sold all 60 tickets and we would
again like to thank Hannah for her interesting and
inspiring talk about her career to date. A total of £707
was raised at this event and a big thank you to everyone
who attended. The following week we held an Autumn
Fayre at Broughton Village Hall – a number of local
crafts people attended and the hall looked amazing. As
well as the usual cakes on offer we also provided hot
dogs, which went down very well! Also many thanks to
Jim for putting out tables and chairs and generally
looking after us. From this event we raised £338.
Our last event of the year will be a Christmas prize
draw on Saturday 1 December at St John’s Church Hall
from 1 1 am–2pm. 1 st prize is a £50 Love to Shop voucher
donated by Humberside Airport and 2nd prize £25 cash.
Many more fantastic prizes are on offer which have been
donated by local businesses. We will again be having an
interesting array of local crafts people attending and will
be serving teas/coffees and mince pies. If anyone is
interested in having a table (£5 per table) to sell their
crafts please contact any of the 3 people named below.
The draw will take place at 1 .30pm on the day and draw
tickets can be bought from Gerry (075383271 39),
Kathryn (078898751 81 ) or Anne (01 652 65351 6 after
6pm).
Once again the Brigg & District Committee would
like to thank everyone who has supported us
throughout the year including B&M, who have allowed
us to collect outside the store on a number of occasions
and who now have our collection tins near the tills, and
Tesco and Brigg Garden Centre who continue to show
their support. There are too many local businesses to list
here but you all know who you are and we very much
appreciate everything you do to help our fundraising
efforts – thank you.
We are a very small committee and would therefore
love to hear from anyone who has a bit of time to spare
and would like to help us raise money for the Macmillan
nurses who give support both financially and
emotionally to people with cancer and their families in
the Brigg and surrounding area. If at any time you are
considering holding an event for Macmillan please get in
touch with a committee member as we will be able to
help with advertising, bunting etc and any money raised
will be spent locally.
On behalf of the Brigg & District Committee we
would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
The Macmillan Cancer Support Long Service
Awards event
As another year comes to an
end we hope that you have
all stayed safe and well so far.
As you read this article you
will have already enjoyed the Christmas Lights switch on
in town and hopefully be all stocked up on Christmas
presents from ours and other stalls. Thanks to those of
you who dropped by to show your support, it is very
much appreciated. We cannot do what we do without
your continued help.
You may have heard in the news the reports of Glenn
Hoddle (former England football player and manager)
collapsing while on set during the filming of some
football matches for which he was providing summaries.
Due to the training and awareness of the on-set sound
engineer he was successfully resuscitated and taken to
hospital. In this case there was an on-set defibrillator
that was able to be used to help the first aider. Early
intervention with a defibrillator and CPR were two of the
main contributing factors in saving Mr Hoddle's life. Even
if you have no previous experience of using a
defibrillator, the machine will take you through
everything. The most important thing to recognise is
that the collapsed person is not responding and not
breathing. If you can gain access to a defibrillator, all the
better. We are lucky enough to have 9 defibrillators sited
around our town.
Please familiarise yourself with where they are as
they may help you save someone's life one day! As ever if
you wish to join as a responder please get in touch via
brigglivescoordinator@hotmail.co.uk or or contact LIVES
HQ on 01 509 525999. Merry Christmas!
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