PRESS RELEASE
28th September 2016
LINCOLN CHILDREN’S CHOIR SING THEIR
HEARTS OUT AS THEY STAND UP TO CANCER
-Song officially
launched at fundraising ball on Saturday
1st October 2016 -
A children’s choir and a group of
fundraisers are hoping to sing their way to success as they launch a new single
to raise money to fight cancer.
The children’s choir from Millfield
Primary Academy in Lincoln were asked to sing alongside by a fundraising ladies
group, known as The Cancer Fighters, who have already raised over £50k for
Cancer Research UK through fundraising events, t-shirt sales and a charity
single.
The ladies, who have all been touched
personally by cancer, have also teamed up with this year’s Stand Up To Cancer
campaign to promote a NATIONAL non uniform day, after they successfully
involved 12,000 Lincolnshire children in 2015 in a local non uniform day.
Amelia Bailey, the founder of The
Cancer Fighters said: “We are keen to work with children as they are the
future. We want the next generation to grow up in a world where cancer is not a
scary word anymore. It’s a positive step to educate children as to how they can
make healthy choices in life, have awareness of cancer and be involved in
raising vital funds for the ground-breaking cancer treatments that will transform
lives in the UK. One day, our children will grow up in a world where all cancer
is curable.
“I saw the Children’s choir perform
and was so impressed by them, so I approached the school who were very
supportive from the outset. I liaised with SU2C who were writing lesson and
assembly plans promoting good health and from there I knew we should be working
together to combine the song and our non-uniform day alongside SU2C’s national
schools campaign. We are now working in partnership with SU2C who have included
our story in their National school packs, asking schools to join us in a
National Non Uniform Day as one fundraising option, following our hugely
successful Lincolnshire Non Uniform Day which raised an enormous £12,000.”
Amelia went on to say: “On the day of
the song recording, the children arrived at Insonic Recording Studios to
perform the song, and they were amazing, they sang like angels and loved every
second of it. Then when we filmed the video later the same day, they were like
seasoned professionals, they took it all in their stride, there were no signs
of nerves and they didn’t stop smiling.”
The single “We are the Cancer
Fighters” has been written for The Children’s Choir & The Cancer Fighters
by renowned song writer Robert Puzey who has written for Billy Ocean, The
Nolan’s and The Dooley’s. The video also features the doctors and nurses
from the Lincoln County Hospital Oncology Department.
Cancer survivor Amelia Bailey, who
started The Cancer Fighters after she and other members of her family were all
diagnosed with cancer, said: “Cancer affects 1 in 2 of us, people need to join
the fight so all of us can live world where all cancer is curable.”
“We are The Cancer Fighters” will be
officially launched on 1st October at The Cancer Fighters fundraising Ball in
Lincoln. The single is available for download from Sat 1st October on iTunes, Amazon,
Google Play.
All proceeds from single sales will
go to Stand Up To Cancer.
To Listen to “We are The Cancer
Fighters” and see the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2sMbF6wRb0
-ENDS-
For further information, contact: Sharron Ashurst, PR
Consultant to The Cancer Fighers on:
07775 801471 or
email: sharron@sharronashurst.com