Archive for category: Events
26
April
2018

Big Shops Showdown

Local organisations have signed up to raise cash for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland by taking over their charity shops on 27 April 2018 for a high-powered Apprentice-style challenge.  Teams taking part in the Big Shops’ Showdown will be required to get creative and take over the running of the charit...

09
January
2017

Marathon Match

AFTER a gruelling 24 hours of football action, it looks like a new record has been set for the longest GAA match in history. Two teams pounded the pitch through the night at Tyrone GAA’s Garvaghey Centre in a bid to set the new Guinness World Record. Players from across Ulster and Ireland took...

20
March
2015

Support access to drugs meetings

Cancer Focus NI is urging local people to attend their local public meeting to voice their opinions on how to improve access to specialist drugs. The DHSSPS has organised a series of meetings across Northern Ireland (details below) intended to provide an opportunity for public discussion of the rece...

05
November
2014

Tyrone cousins’ battle with breast cancer

Tyrone cousins Yvonne Hendry and Therese O’Gorman, who’ve had double mastectomies, have helped Cancer Focus NI raise £500 for vital breast cancer research by holding a Girls’ Night In. Yvonne, from Sion Mills, and Therese, from Strabane, both opted to undergo the surgery after they discovered...