Charity Fundraising

Our 2026 charity of the year is… Prostate Cancer UK

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Fanderson to support Prostate Cancer UK in 2025/6

Thanks to our members who nominated and then voted for Prostate Cancer UK to be our charity for 2025/6.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. 1 in 8 men will get it, and if you’re Black, your risk is double. We’re standing together with Prostate Cancer UK  who support our dads, brothers, partners and friends – by raising awareness, funding lifesaving research, campaigning for change and providing helpful support and information.

We’ve started raising funds for Prostate Cancer UK now, with some new items in our Shop for which you’ll be making a donation to the charity. In December we’ll have our now-traditional advent calendar too, with raffles, auctions and other ways to do your bit to support Prostate Cancer UK.

Prostate Cancer UK was chosen by Fanderson members from six charities, also nominated by club members.

Fanderson members have a fantastic tracks record of raising funds for charities. In our 44 years, over £61,000 has been donated to a variety of good causes, including Actors’ Benevolent Fund, Alzheimers Society, Baby Lifeline, Children In Need, Demelza, Diabetes UK, The Film And TV Charity, Guide Dogs For The Blind, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, International Rescue Corps, Macmillan Cancer Support, Orchid, Silverline, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and many more.

 

Thanks to Fanderson members, kids supported by Demelza are WINners!

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Young Joe McClaine presents our donation to Demelza

Over the last year Fanderson members have helped to raise an amazing £1234.11 for Demelza, helping them provide extraordinary care to children and young people with serious or life-limiting conditions, providing expert clinical care and helping to create extraordinary moments along the way. Activies have included our 2024 advent calendar, 44 FAB Years and items available for a donation to the charity.

Professor Ian McClaine took his son Joe along to Demelza to present our donation cheque.

Demelza’s CEO, Lavinia Jarrett, said,

“We’re so grateful to Fanderson for your generosity to Demelza.

“Without the support of organisations like yours, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do.

“Every donation we receive makes a difference to the children with serious or life-limiting conditions and their families who use our services.”

Fanderson has a great reputation for supporting worthwhile causes, and over the club’s 44 years members have raised in excess of £62,000 for Alzheimers Society, Baby Lifeline, Children In Need, Demelza, Diabetes UK, The Film And TV Charity, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, International Rescue Corps, Macmillan Cancer Support, Orchid, Silverline, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and many more.

With special thanks to Chris King for the presentation photo.

Thank you all so much – are you a winner?

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Thank you to everyone who took part in our 2024 advent calendar – raising funds for our charity of the year, chosen by Fanderson members – Demelza.

Throughout December we offered a variety of lucky dips, charity raffles and charity auctions. Together, we’ve made a great start in our fundraising for the year. We’re still in the process of totting up all the takings, but will confirm the figure in FAB Express.

Thanks also, once again for the generosity of donations from Najmie Allette, Stephen Brown, Dan Buckley, Matt Buckley, Catherine Ford, David Leach, Christina Lima, Andrew Staton and Nick Williams. If you have something that you’d like to donate for next year’s fundraising efforts, please get in touch at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com with details.

Below we’ve listed the lucky winners of each item. We’ll be in touch with auction winners in the next few days to arrange payment, and will then post the items. We’ll start posting raffle and lucky dip prizes next week.

CHARITY AUCTIONS

Highest bid from Lyndsay Jones

Highest bid from Stephen Carson

Highest bid from Martin Ackroyd

Highest bid from Robert Hill

Highest bid from Lyndsay Jones

Highest bid from Nigel Williams

Highest bid from Stephen Bushell

Highest bid from George O’Hara

CHARITY RAFFLES

Winning ticket bought by Ian Haworth

Winning ticket bought by Gary Davis

Winning ticket bought by Andrew Biggs

Winning ticket bought by Christian Tarpey

Winning ticket bought by William Squires

Winning ticket bought by Lyndsay Jones

Winning ticket bought by Chris Drake

Winning ticket bought by Elizabeth Stanway

Winning ticket bought by William Squires

Winning ticket bought by Mark Wrighton

Winning ticket bought by Keith Jones

Winning ticket bought by William Squires

FREE LUCKY DIPS

Won by Keith Jones and Mark Wrighton

Won by Andrew Scott

Won by Andrew Scott

Won by Dean Bommer

See our ongoing Charity Fundraising items, sales of which are also helping Demelza.

Advent Calendar terms and conditions apply, in addition to Fanderson’s standing Terms and Conditions.

Cor blimey, mi’lady, what a whopper!

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Over the last 12 months Fanderson members have helped to raise an amazing £6978.81 for Actors’ Benevolent Fund, from activities including 2023 advent calendar, Summer Solstice Spectacular and special items available for a donation to the charity.

Parker’s on his way now to ABF with a whopper of a cheque!

Alison Wyman, CEO of Actors’ Benevolent Fund, says:

“A huge THANK YOU from the Actors’ Benevolent Fund (ABF) to all Fanderson members who have kindly donated to support the work of the ABF. The trustees of the ABF are very grateful for your support which will enable us to help more actors and stage managers in need.

We know these are challenging times for the performing arts profession, with fewer opportunities for actors and stage managers. This has created significant financial pressures as well as challenges with mental health and wellbeing.

In 2024 we launched a new strategy for the future ‘Acting for Impact, which has the aim of helping more people in more ways to achieve meaningful and sustainable change. So far we have developed new types of grant support and also launched wellbeing workshops and webinars. This year we are on track to directly help more people than last year, and we aim to help even more people next year!

The support from Fanderson members will help us to achieve that, and so from us to you a great big THANK YOU!”

Fanderson has a great reputation for supporting worthwhile causes, and over the club’s 43 years members have raised in excess of £60,000 for the likes of Alzheimers Society, Baby Lifeline, Children In Need, Diabetes UK, The Film And TV Charity, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, Macmillan Cancer Support, Orchid, Silverline, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and many more.

Our 2023/4 fundraising is in aid of Demelza. Our first fundraising even for them is our 2024 Advent Calendar with offers right up to Christmas Eve, and many then running until 31st December.

Special thanks to Chris King for the cheque presentation.