Go Gold is here!
September is childhood cancer awareness month. And every year we turn our community GOLD to raise awareness of childhood cancer symptoms and show support for local families affected. Did you see our amazing gold car convoy in Leigh on Sunday? Here’s lovely Piper, previously a Gold girl, joining in too! Will you join us and […]
Gold Geese Sunflowerfest 2024
In the hard slog fighting childhood cancer we aim to offer a little light and joy to our Gold families. That’s why earlier this month we held a special Sunflowerfest near Chelmsford to bring fun and sunshine to twenty-one Essex families affected by childhood cancer. There was live music, face painting, horse and carriage rides, […]
Gold Geese Goslings event raises £20,000!
We held our first ever kids’ seafront fundraiser on Sunday and wow, what a day! Over 100 kids scooted, walked, cycled or ran along Chalkwell seafront to raise over £20,000 for Gold Geese! Thank you SO MUCH to our little Goslings and their families. One family taking part were the Lyons from Westcliff, who incredibly […]
Southend High School for Boys’ bee club fundraiser
A big thank you to the staff and students at Southend High School for Boys’ bee club for their bee-rilliant fundraising efforts! They are selling jars of honey from the school’s very own hives to raise vital funds for Gold Geese. The fifty jars of honey will be sold for £10 each at the school. […]
Gold Geese Goslings – join our new seafront fundraiser!
Gold Geese Goslings, our first seafront family fundraiser – Sunday, 21st July 2024! Children up to 16 are invited to scoot, cycle or walk the course which will start from Joscelyn’s Beach by Chalkwell Station. The younger children’s course covers one mile and kids over 11 years old will cover two miles. Each child will […]
“We are all beyond grateful”
Skye, from Rayleigh, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia two years ago and has just finished treatment. Here she is ringing the bell at her end of treatment party! Christina, Skye’s mum, shares here how Gold Geese has supported them throughout their cancer journey. Christina said: “We couldn’t have done this journey without Gold Geese. […]
Gold Geese turns 6!
Did you know, we started out as Hattie’s Heroes? This was a community rallying to support our founder’s family’s own childhood cancer journey. Then six years ago we launched Gold Geese with the aim of supporting every local child affected by cancer and encouraging more people to recognise the signs and symptoms. And thanks to […]
Caireann’s Swimathon raises £450 for Gold Geese
A huge well done and thank you to eleven-year-old Caireann who recently swam 500m non-stop in 35 minutes at Runnymede Sports Centre, to fundraise for Gold Geese. Caireann explains: “I challenged myself to take on a difficult task – to be able to swim 500m to help Gold Geese who have helped many children across Essex and […]
Nuclear Races x Gold Geese raises £14,000!
Our annual 2k Nuclear Races event in Brentwood last weekend has raised an incredible £14,000! Around 80 Gold families, community nurses, friends and family joined us for a brilliant day. Rope-swinging across muddy ponds, climbing through tunnels, jumping across giant lily pad pontoons and scaling rope ladders. All culminating in a steep ‘Death Slide’ into […]
Sarah and Rebecca’s Three Peaks Challenge
Two friends from Southend are taking on the Three Peaks Challenge this summer to raise money for Gold Geese. Rebecca Williams and Sarah Duggans will climb not one, not two, but three mountains in 24 hours – including overnight! Gold Geese has supported two families they know, so they decided to take on the challenge […]