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The second ever Bowel Cancer Awareness Charity game took place between #TeamDDB and UTS Foundation. Picture: Sofranc Films THE organisers of a second charity football match for people with cancer have praised the public s truly humbling support for their ongoing awareness campaign. The game, at Heswall Football Club last Wednesday, was between #TeamDDB and UTS Foundation and raised more than £3,000. Also playing was ex-Tranmere player Clint Hill.
The game underway. Picture: Jade Andreas The inaugural bowel cancer awareness game was held in May 2019 at Prenton Park, arranged months after #TeamDDB s founder Danny De Brabander was diagnosed with Stage 4 Bowel Cancer.
‘I Never Expected to Get to This Point’: Man Told He Had Just Weeks to Live Beats Cancer
After being told he had just weeks to live, a 39-year-old man battling stage 4 bowel cancer has beaten his diagnosis. Moved to let others know that cancer need not be a death sentence, he claims that a positive mental attitude was the key to his recovery.
“I never expected to get to this point and to be fair, it is only through seeing the experiences of others that I realized it was possible,” Danny de Brabander, of Claughton in Wirral, North West England, told the Liverpool Echo.
Angela Gilmore with her Wirral Award from Wirral Council Wirral Council has honoured 10 local volunteers and a Bebington-based community group with a prestigious Wirral Award for 2021. The Wirral Award is given for an outstanding achievement over the previous 12 months, or for distinguished service to the community over a period of 20 years or more. The Mayor of Wirral, Councillor Tony Smith, said: “The Wirral Award is a way for the Council, on behalf of all local residents, to show its appreciation for the contribution volunteers make to local people and communities. “Every recipient has gone above-and-beyond to support and improve the lives of others and all are great examples of Wirral’s long tradition of voluntary service.