Alfie Morland’s Trust - Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust

Money raised to date -over 57,000 Pounds

When we started this website and fundraising we set our initial goal was 10,000 pounds. We are pleased to say that in a period of just 4 months we have reached that target and the amount we have raised to date is over 55,000 GBP and we (Lucy and Rob Morland) would like to thank everybody for their generous support.

Future Fund Raising- upcoming events
Choral and Orchestral Remembrance-Tide Concert, Sherbourne Abbey, 8th November 08
Thanks to William Slogrove for organsing this musical feast
Tickets in advance from the Dorset Music House 01935 816 332

Collection at London Irish vs Leicester Tigers March 09

Preview Charity Fashion Show, Wincanton - Spring/ Summer Collection- final dates TBC

Past Fundraising Events

Vyella Fashion Show in Digby Hall, Sherbourne 8th October 08
Raised 646 pounds. Thanks to Pauline Squires, the branch manager for organising this exciting event

Collection at Waitrose Gillingham, Dorset 25th October 08-all day
Raised 0ver 700 pounds

Musical and Poetry Gala in Memory of Alfie, Redbourn, Herts Friday 19th September 08
St Mary’s Church Redbourn-With many talented performers and the chief flautist from the Royal Opera House, raffle with prizes such as a champagne tea for 2 at the Renaissance Hotel in Chancery Lane, London

Lands End to John O’Groats Cycle Ride June 2008
Rob (Alfie’s Dad) Lucy, Joey and Aaron started the ride on Friday 30th May 2008 and AFTER 1032 MILES AND 13 DAYS IN THE SADDLE THEY ALL MADE IT TO JOHN O'GROATS. They have raised over their 25,000 GBP target for Alfie’s Umbrella Trust of the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumout Trust!

Lands End to John O'Groats Cycle Ride
Part of the cash collection made by Paddy Hughes, Alfie's Grandad, along the route. £493.35

Impromptu Sponsored Walk on Dartmoor
Thanks to Diana Cherry, Deborah Luke, and Tom and Eleanor Stannier of East Sheen and Alfie's Granny, Anthea. £260

Collection at a London Irish RFC home match at the Reading Majedski Stadium
Thanks to many generous rugby fans.£378.87

Cash Bottle collection and small collections
By Alfie's Gran, Grandad and Uncles, Anthea, Paddy, Paul and Joey Hughes £443.45

'String Whistle' folk group concert at Horsington, Somerset
Many thanks to the great generosity of the Horsington and South Cheriton community and this outstanding folk group. £2248.00

'Brain Tumour Awareness Month' Collections
Thanks to the generous donations by local Somerset and Dorset folk. £175

Appeal to ex-RAF Colleagues
Thanks to the following colleagues of Paddy Hughes, Alfie's Grandad, from 84 Entry RAF College, Cranwell:
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Cousins
Air Commodore Graham Maynard
Wing Commanders Terry Earl, Graham Herring & David Holliday Squadron Leaders Mike Atkinson, John Ball & Richard Lilley Flight Lieutenant Martin Hughes £280.00
Squadron Leader Richard Wallis £50
Squadron Leader Peter Morrison £25

Collections
Thanks to Richard at Templecombe Newsagents and Andrew at 'The Half Moon Inn' Horsington. for £80.66
ASDA in Yeoville Sept 08 £610
Collection At Morrison's Supermarket, Wincanton, June 08
Many thanks to Alan Crane, Jeanette Vincent and the staff at Morrison's for their cooperation and support.
Great gratitude to their customers for their astonishingly generous donations.of £1,128

Steve Newton, a Harlequins supporter is busy training for the Windsor half marathon, later this year and is kindly going to donate all his fundraising efforts to Alfie's Fund.

Reading 1/2 Marathon, March 08
Dave Singer a work colleague of Rob ran the Reading half marathon on the 2nd March 08 and raised about 750 poundsfor Alfie’s Fund. Here is a pictue of Dave with Alfie’s picture on his T shirt.

 Richmond Mini Rugby Tournament, March 08
Lucy Morland and her father Paddy Hughes arranged for a bucket collection and raised over 1700 GBP, thanks to the generosity of all that kindly donated

Elston Village Football Match- Boxing Day 2007
There was a bucket collection and £175 was raised for Alfie's fund. Here is a team photo of the players. 

London Irish v. Treviso, 1st Heinken cup game 10th November 2007
A bucket collection raised 1,700 pounds, thanks to the generosity of all the supporters.

Personal Donations
Pam Jukes from the Somerton Litary and Poetry Society £25
Alfie's great grandmother, Pamela Hughes has donated £500
Alfie's grandparents, Anthea and Paddy Hughes have raised £316 from collection tins locally.
Alfie's godmother Dr Niamh McConnell makes a monthly donation to Alfie's fund.
Tony Morgan (Rob and Lucy’s neighbour) is donating £250 a year through KPMG also in addition to this a further donation was made of £250 in December ‘07
Veronica Higgs an ex work colleague of Lucy's from the Mary of Sheridan has collected in excess of £200 towards the fund. 

Tea Party Elston Village Hall, 27th October 07
The tea party was a great success and in excess of 200 people attended the event. The event organised by Alfie's grandmother Fiona Morland and raised £1500 on the day. Also in conjunction with Diane Hofton, (a friend of Fiona's) they sent out letters to local businesses asking for small donations and in return raised over £1000.

Walk around the World, October 07
Paddy and Anthea Hughes, Alfie's grandparents did a 10 mile walk in Devon and raised £250.
Andrew and Zoe Hughes, Alfie's uncle and aunt, walked 10 miles around central London and have managed to raise £1285. Andrew who is a paramedic collected the money with his control centre.

Great North Run- Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, September 07
This year Judy, Jonathan and Langley ran the Great North Run on 30th September 2007 in memory of Alfie to raise money for his fund supporting brain tumour research.
Judy Langley and Jonathan all managed to complete the Great North Run 2007. Judy managed to beat both the men with a time of 2hrs 11mins followed by Jonathan at 2hrs 15mins and Langley at 2hrs 25min . For all their efforts they managed to raise £1500.
 

Bovis Lend Lease Guvnors Club have donated £2000 towards the fund and a collection was done at Bankside project , where Rob had worked, and raised £450 in addition to the £150 already given.

Alfie Morland Bridge, Hemel Hempstead
There is a new pedestrian bridge being built in the new Image Development in Hemel Hempstead that is going to be called the Alfie Morland bridge. Brett Leahy who is a friend of Lucy and Rob is the Planning Adviser for the local council for this development and due to his involvement in the project was given the rights for naming the bridge and has decided to name it in honour of Alfie which is fantastic. It is not just a normal bridge but a single span cable stay bridge that will become a feature of the new development. It will go across the Leighton Buzzard road with a span of 39m. There will be a large suspension mast that will be 21m high, the footbridge will be suspended from this mast using galvanised steel cables. There will be a plaque made mid span to be mounted on the bridge stating 'Dedicated to Alfie Morland 2007'.
The bridge is still in the design stages and construction will not be complete to 2009. We will keep you posted with the progress of the bridge, but hopefully it will generate a lot of interest for the Samantha Dickson Trust.

Army Dress Down Day, August 07
Major Sarah Ferguson donated the money from the Army’s monthly charity collection for the month of August for their dress down day towards Alfie's fund it raised £163

The Tough Guy Challenge, August 07
Nick Smith an ex work colleague of Rob decided to do something positive towards Alfie's Fund, so during the summer he decided to do The Tough Guy Challenge 2007. Nick managed to become a Tough Guy and raised in excess of 1400 GBP in the process.

Race for Life - Cancer Research, July 07
Just over 2,500 women took part in the first Race for Life to be held at Newark Showground. That one event is expected to raise about 150,000 pounds for Cancer Research UK and will be added to money raised at similar events throughout the country which it is hoped will total GBP 60M this year. Three members of one family across 3 generations ran the distance (5km) and completed it in 23 minutes. Marian Green, her daughter Kate Fisher and granddaughter Anna Fisher wanted to take part because they all knew somebody who had cancer. Marian Green ran for Alfie Morland who died when he was 5 1/2 months old and is the grandson of a friend.

Our thanks would also like to go to Jenny Breedon who also ran the race for life with Alfie's name on her back.

Hemen and Julia Tseyo’s Wedding, July 07
There was a sweep stake at the Wedding of Hemen and Julia Tseyo on the 13th July 2007 for the overall length of the speeches with the money raised going towards Alfie's Fund. The sweep raised £140. The overall time of the speeches was 53 minutes, and this was won by Lucy. The prize was a bottle of champagne that was passed onto the married couple to share.

Alfie’s Star
Tony and Monika Jayaker have named a star in Capricorn after Alfie

Alfie’s Tree
Alfie's friends from the village have planted a tree in memory of him in the gardens in Redbourn.