Latest News

'In My View' - Photography Book by Debbie Hickmott

Congratulations to Debbie, our chairperson, who has designed a collection of her beautiful photographs, which is now available to purchase online for a fantastic price - at least 50% from each sale will be donated to LLR. Get your copy now - this beautiful book will be right at home on your coffee table! Please click here to purchase.


Wedding Bells... - February 2010

Just a quick thank you to The Beaches Hotel in Prestatyn for inviting us to take part in their bridal fayre...

We have changed our name! - January 2010

As you may have noticed on our home page, Leukaemia Research has had a name change! Our Head Office made the decision to change the name of the charity to 'Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research', which better reflects the work that we do.

Please be assured though we still stand for the same things, and our work continues to raise much needed funds to find a cure...

Meet the Antons

We have teamed up with childrens author Tony Mythen the creator of The Antons. The Antons early learning books provide more than just learning your ABCs. This unique approach to reading helps encourage simple moral values and standards without the child realising it. 
Everytime you buy a book you can choose us as your chosen charity
and we receive a donation from every sale.
So click on the below link.
http://www.childrensbooks.co.uk/supported-charities/leukaemia-research.htm 

'What Women Need' event a huge success - Wednesday July 22nd

Our beauty evening was a big success - see below for a list of those who attended. With the help of the sponsorship from Michael McKinlay (who dyed his hair bright red on the night!) and Darren Lear (who had his legs waxed in front of an audience of women!), the final total raised on the evening was £924.34! We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Beaches hotel and staff for all of their support, and all of the businesses who took part on the evening:

Carabijoux Handmade Jewellery
The Nail Lounge
Mantones Party Supplies
Princess Pamper Parties
All Together Beauty by Cath
The Body Shop
Tipyn Bach Handmade Chocolates
Brallien Beauty Products
Vintage Love Affair
Doodleso Craft Supplies
Head Office Hairdressers
La Belle Femme Beauticians
Natures Way Health Foods
Chocolate Fantastic Chocolate Fountain
Sam McDonald Professional Make Up Artist
Wordzwork Hypnotherapy
We Travel 2 U Travel Agents
Baroque Fashion
Head 2 Toe Beauty by Ella
Head 2 Toe Hairdressing by Marie

See links for contact details on the 'Our Supporters' page

Lisa from the Body Shop held a prize draw and the winner won £50 worth of Body Shop products, and the winner Lindsey Keyes

Paranormal Investigation as scary as always!- March 2009

Our overnight paranormal investigation at Stanley Palace was absolutely fantastic - please see our 'Past Events' page for more information!

Fancy Dress Halloween Ball a success! - 1st October 2008

Our fancy dress Halloween Ball was a great success, raising lots of money for Leukaemia Research. We even had a celebrity drop in - Dr Cieran O'Keeffe from Most Haunted called in to see how we were getting on, as well as donating a couple of signed books for our raffle. Many thanks Cieran!
Paranormal Investigation now booked - 30th March 2008

We are really pleased to announce that we now have a new paranormal investigation booked at the Wheatsheaf Inn near Abergele. See our 'Upcoming Events' page for more information.

 Denbighshire and District Branch hits Autumn News! - 11th February 2007

Each quarter, Leukaemia Research Head Office publish a "Branch Newsletter", which gives up to date information about events and news from around the country. We are really proud to see that our successful first year of operation has been recognised - we appear on page six of the newsletter complete with photograph! Please visit our Press Release page for more information.

New ideas and new volunteers needed! Apply within! - 11th February 2007

As I am sure you will be aware, we are always looking for new volunteers to come and join our fundraising branch, and welcome all those who want to be involved. Now that our chairman and treasurer, Debbie & Terry, have settled in to the Denbighshire area we are full steam ahead to make 2008 a great fundraising year for our branch, to really make that difference to those with cancers of the blood. We are currently inviting anyone who has new ideas or suggestions to get in touch, and new volunteers to come forward and give us as little or as much of their time as they are happy to give. Please click here for more details on how you can help.

Brave Pam to jump from the skies! - 11th February 2007

Ever heard the phrase "Oh I'll do anything for charity?"?? Well, Pam Hodgson from Time for Me Health and Beauty in Ruthin is doing just that, by doing a parachute jump in April. More details to follow!

Congratulations Debbie & Terry on your 25th Wedding Anniversary! - 28th January 2007

Today is the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Debbie and Terry, our branch chairman and treasurer. Congratulations! (oh, and happy birthday to Terry for the 31st Jan!)

Move Update! - 9th January 2007

As promised, here is the update on Terry & Debbie's house move! The couple have finally begun to settle into their house in the Kinmel Bay area, having moved in on the 7th January. The move went as smoothly as could be, and they are now busy decorating and putting their own stamp on their new house.

Bells & Bows Christmas Dinner Dance a complete success!!! - 22nd December 2007

Last night was our first large event as a fundraising group, and I think it's safe to say that it went off with a bang (in more respects than one!). The evening raised an absolutely fantastic £2500, which is more than we could ever have hoped for. Please click here for more information about the evening's frivolities!

Happy Birthday Dee!!! - 28th November 2007

Committee member Dee Williams celebrates her sixty-something (not giving too much away!) birthday today, so a big happy birthday to Dee!

Great news for Debbie & Terry! - 28th November 2007

Well, today we have some absolutely fantastic news - Debbie and Terry have sold their house! For those of you who don't know Debbie and Terry, they are our branch chairman and treasurer respectively. Terry is a sufferer of CML leukaemia. As a result of his illness, the pair have had their house on the market for a couple of years so that they can move to the Denbighshire area. After a long frustrating wait, a couple have placed an offer on their house, which they have accepted. Of course we will keep you updated on their progress!

Tesco Collection a success! - 23rd/24th November 2007

We were very pleased to be offered a spot to have a collection table at the front of the Tesco store in Abergele last Friday and Saturday. Debbie & Terry covered all of Friday, raising a fab £180 throughout the day, followed by Cerries, Andy, Dave & Dee supervising the collection on Saturday. At 5pm on Saturday we had £200 in the bucket, so all together the two days raised a fantastic £380. We met some lovely people (as we usually do on our collections!) - including a couple of leukaemia sufferers, or relatives of patients. If you did chat to us, do come and say hello in our forum - it'd be great to hear from you! Thanks to all who donated.

Forum now live! - 18th November 2007

We have all been eagerly awaiting the launch of our site forum...and it's now open for business! The forum has been designed to provide a place for both volunteers and patients alike, and is a place to relax and chat with others who have been touched by this disease. We really do hope that in time we will build a strong community for those in the North Wales area faced with cancers of the blood, and are looking forward to meeting you all soon! Click here to visit our forum.

Bells & Bows Christmas Dinner Dance date announced! - 18th November 2007

We are very excited about our Christmas event for 2007! We are holding an evening of fun, festivities, food and...well...surprises! The evening is to be held at the Northop Golf & Country Park on Saturday 22nd December. Tickets are £35 per head, and this includes a fabulous Christmas buffet! We have a raffle organised with some amazing prizes, along with a charity auction on the night...up for grabs are a day working at Dee Radio, a day as a vet and even a fully signed Liverpool football shirt! Please click here for further information.

Do you have any of these lying around your home?? - 8th October 2007

We are now able to turn any of the following into funds for Leukaemia Research:

• Old mobile phones – without charger is fine!
• Used printer cartridges (no EPSON or fax machine cartridges, please)
• Any old currencies

Do you happen to have any of these articles lying around your home? If so, give us a call and we will provide you with the details of where to send them to!!!

Calling adventurous UK citizens! - 4th October 2007

We are really pleased to announce that we are now able to offer the opportunity to parachute (or tandem skydive) and raise money for our branch at the same time! If this sounds like something you’d like to do, do email or call us for more details. Or alternatively click here for more info!

Paranormal Investigation a huge success! - 4th October 2007

We held our fourth paranormal investigation at Stanley Palace on Saturday 29th September, which proved to be a big success. Make sure you visit our ‘Past Events’ page to read more about our experiences!

We are proud to present our brand new website! - 4th October 2007

We are so proud to introduce you to our brand new website! We hope that you are enjoying navigating round it so far.

We have, for some months now, been looking for a sponsor to fund a website for our group. With the internet being such an integral part of daily life, we have always felt that a website would be crucial to our success as a fundraising branch. All of the money that we raise goes direct to Head Office, where it is then used to fund the vital research taking place. Therefore we have been waiting for someone who is willing to sponsor us to pay for a website on our behalf.

On recommendation of a friend, we contacted Jan & Terry of JK Design Services, who are based on the Wirral. They have very kindly donated their time, effort & expertise to set our website up, and NameHog Ltd have also very generously donated the domain and hosting (www.namehog.net). We are so grateful to them for all that they have done – if you wish to contact them you can visit www.jkdesignservices.co.uk or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .