LIGHT A CANDLE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
News release
31st March 2011
Lincoln-based PR agency Shooting Star PR has announced its Charity of the Year for 2011.
Each year the agency provides free advice and expertise to a different local charity or not-for-profit organisation which would not otherwise be able to afford ongoing PR.
Candles is a fundraising charity for cancer research founded in 2001 by Pam Connock and Dyllys Firth from Skellingthorpe after they underwent treatment for the disease.
Shooting Star PR for will offer its services to Candles for the remainder of 2011 including news releases, feature writing, event planning and media monitoring to help promote their fundraising efforts and raise their profile.
The charity fundraises for Professor Oleg Eremin, based at Lincoln County Hospital, and his research into immunotherapy – an alternative cancer treatment that uses the body’s immune system to fight disease rather than treatments such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
Pam Connock, MBE, co-founder of Candles, said: "We are thrilled to bits to have won the services of Shooting Star PR for the coming year – this also being Candles tenth anniversary. It’s a year in which we hope to be able to give the research project as much support as possible.
“The funding needed is in excess of £150,000 to enable this vital third stage of research to go ahead. The skills and expertise that Shooting Star PR will be able to offer us will, I am sure, give our team the best possible chance of achieving our goal.”
Jez Ashberry, Director at Shooting Star PR, said: “We all know someone who’s been affected by cancer. We chose Candles in particular because they are a local charity that invests a lot of time and effort into pioneering research that could change the way that cancer is treated. It’s a very worthwhile cause.”
Chosen charities in recent years have included Lincoln Women’s Aid and Strut in the Community.
Notes to Editors
- To date Candles (Registered Charity Number: 1125834) has raised in excess of £500,000 to fund Professor Eremin’s research which is carried out in conjunction with the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham.
- To contact Candles visit the website www.candlescharity.webeden.co.uk or call the Founders, Pam Connock on 01522 683997 or Dyllys Firth on 01522 685220.
- Shooting Star PR was founded in 2006 by Kate Strawson and Jez Ashberry and became incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 2007.
- Based in Lincoln, Shooting Star PR works for local and national public and private sector clients across a wide range of sectors including education, leisure and tourism, property, retail, finance, manufacturing and construction.
- The company offers a full range of PR, marketing and editorial services and is a Quality Assured supplier on the East Midlands Service Provider Register - www.embrokerage.com
For more information about this news release please contact:
Holly Tyrrell
01522 528540
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