Introducing Conall, our new Young Ambassador
We’re thrilled and proud to welcome Conall Riley as our new Gold Geese Young Ambassador! Conall embodies everything our new Young Ambassador programme is about: courage, honesty and a commitment to helping others. About Conall Conall is 18 years old and currently training as an engineer at Southend Airport. He enjoys mountain biking and he’s recently passed his […]
Volunteering event on 5th June
Have you volunteered for Gold Geese or thinking about volunteering with us? This Volunteer Week we’re holding an event at Bits on the Side in Leigh on Sea. It’s a thank you to our team of amazing volunteers and an opportunity to hear about volunteering opportunities coming up. From one-off help with events, to a […]
Gold Geese turns 8!
It’s Gold Geese’s birthday this month. We’ve come so far from being a seed of an idea, to helping over 150 local families affected by childhood cancer. We’ve raised awareness of the signs and symptoms, expanded to meet demand from families at Broomfield Hospital, swabbed dozens of people to help them join the stem cell […]
Nuclear Races x Gold Geese raises over £12,000!
This year’s epic muddy fundraiser at Nuclear Races has raised more than £12,000 for local families affected by childhood cancer. Around 100 participants, including several Gold families, took part in the 2k obstacle course. They swung across muddy ponds, crawled through tunnels, balanced on lily‑pad pontoons and tackled rope ladders and climbing walls, all before […]
Jack, Matt, gold shorts and mud – Gold Geese comes to the Maldon Mud Run!
We were at the Maldon Mud Run for the first time on Sunday, did you see us? We were so stoked to be joined by Jack and Matt, who decided to take on the challenge to raise money for Gold Geese after we helped Jack’s family. Jack told us: “The Maldon Mud Run was great […]
THANK YOU to our amazing Marathon runners
We can’t thank Team Gold Geese enough for taking on the London Marathon. This amazing bunch of humans has raised over £14,500 to help local families facing childhood cancer! Roll Call of Honour Samantha Neary, Leo Parry, Sam Spratt, Christian Wheeler, Louise Phillips and Sarah Jane Johnson. If you’d like to run for Gold Geese […]
Westcliff Station’s Gold Geese Lounge
Check out the brand new Gold Geese Lounge at Westcliff Station! The waiting room on platform one has had a very Gold Geese yellow spruce up thanks to c2c, with a fantastic Wes Anderson-inspired design painted by the Leigh-based artist Letters Be Together. We’ve also got artwork on the walls by local artists from our […]
We’re on the Southend Monopoly Board!
Today is the launch day for the official Southend edition of Monopoly and we are on the board! We have our very own Community Chest space, and we’re on the board with more than thirty other iconic Southend landmarks and organisations, including Southend Pier, The Palace Theatre, the Cliff Lift, Cliffs Pavilion and the Central […]
National Cancer Plan – Gold Geese response
This week the Government unveiled its new National Cancer Plan. For the first time it highlights the unique challenges faced by families fighting childhood cancer. Here Katie, our CEO and founder, shares her thoughts: “Cancer sucks at any age, but imagine losing your childhood or your teenage years to painful cancer treatments and side effects, […]
Lola beats bone cancer and stars in our Christmas appeal
This is Lola Tucker from Thundersley, and she and her brother Louie star in our Christmas appeal video. Lola is 11 and was diagnosed last November with spindle cell sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, after months of misdiagnoses including an ear infection, growing pains and muscle contortion. She bravely underwent almost a year […]