After a very successful coffee morning at Alive Oasis this September, we are happy to donate an amazing £500 to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Wellbeing and Support Centre.
On Tuesday 28 November, Suzi Pimlott, a long term and valued member of staff at Alive Oasis, who holds QEH Cancer Care Centre close to her heart, will present Vicky Mitchel, QEH’s Macmillan Information and Support Manager with the cheque for the monies raised from her events.
Suzi Pimlott, Alive West Norfolk Fitness Instructor said “I’ve been teaching at Alive Oasis on and off since I was 17, 33+ years ago. I’ve sadly lost a number of my Aqua class members to various cancers and seen many more bravely battle through surgeries and treatments. Additionally, my husband is currently in remission from bowel cancer. Many of the class members stay for a coffee after my classes, so I started the Macmillan coffee mornings in 2016 by asking them to bring in a few cakes to have with our coffees. As we did before Covid 19, this year we also raised money for the QEH to support them for their local work as well as the national Macmillan charity. The event has grown year on year and now includes a raffle, tombola and books etc for sale too – kindly supported by the Norfolk Lavender Lounge, Snettisham (Deer) Park, Tesco’s Hunstanton and Imagine Spa amongst others this year.”
Fitness Staff at Alive West Norfolk have been working alongside Vicky and her team over the past few years, with the physical activity programme for patients with cancer which has been so successful, so we are so pleased to also be able to give them some extra support towards the centre.
Vicky Mitchell said, “We are very grateful to Alive West Norfolk for holding this event and to everyone who donated, the money raised will help us provide services and initiatives that enable patients living with and beyond cancer improve their wellbeing”.
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