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Assessor Vacancy
29th January 2015
Cavendish Cancer Care vacancy for an Assessor Cavendish Cancer Care has a vacancy for a part time post of Assessor. Cavendish Cancer Care offers professional care and support, free of charge, to patients with cancer, to their main carer and to children. We provide assessment, counselling and a range of complementary…
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Join our therapy team
27th January 2015
A New Opportunity at Cavendish Cancer Care Are you looking for a new opportunity to join a well established team and help to develop our work with children and Young People? Cavendish Cancer Care is looking for an experienced professional to work with children and their families on a sessional…
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Sheffield Wednesday legend is backing #Change4Cav
27th January 2015
Sheffield Wednesday legend, Carlton Palmer, has signed up to our Change 4 Cav campaign, vowing to give up booze for January. Carlton, who has supportedus for the last few years, tweeted to his followers: “Please support Mrs P and myself of the alcohol for one month give generously to…
Learn moreWe’ve got a wishlist…
26th January 2015
At the Cavendish Centre, we rely on the generosity of local people to keep our blue door open. We welcome all donations to keep the Centre operating; every penny counts. Recently, we received a suggestion to set up a wishlist of things for the charity that we simply don’t have…
Learn moreCavendish Wedding Fayre
22nd January 2015
Getting married ? you and your groom will find everything you need at the Cavendish Wedding Fayre
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Platform Festival
22nd January 2015
Platform holds an annual performance festival that takes place across the union for three days from March 7th - 9th. It’s aim is to raise as much money for Cavendish Cancer Care whilst providing a fantastic festival full of vibrant performances! Find out more and how to get weekend tickets for an amazing price HERE
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Cavendish Blog – 10 reasons why Sheffield is the best city on Earth
13th January 2015
Sheffield - it's our home. It's also officially the 'Happiest City in the UK'. So just what makes Sheffield so great? Here's our Top 10!
Learn moreWe’re the new 4Networking Sheffield charity!
12th January 2015
Victoria from Cavendish with Bob Brown and John Heslop from 4Networking. Local business networking group, 4Networking (Sheffield Meadowhall), has welcomed the new year in by pledging support for Cavendish Cancer Care, having chosen us as their area nominated Charity. Cavendish Cancer Care Fundraiser and member of 4Networking, Victoria Wood,…
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Your old phones and cartridges = cash!
12th January 2015
Fundraiser Victoria collects the donated phones from Bob and Sarah at inspire2aspire. Did you know that in the UK alone over 2 million printer cartridges are disposed of in landfill sites and 15 million unwanted mobiles are similarly discarded? In partnership with Reclaim it a leading Electronic Waste…
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Professional Group Seminars
6th January 2015
These are multi-disciplinary group meetings, held at the Centre and provide an overview of the work of the Centre, the patient pathway and our model of care. The meetings are for anyone who would like to see the Centre and gain more information about our work. This includes all NHS…
Learn moreCavendish Christmas Cracker Winners
17th December 2014
Many thanks to everyone who bought a ticket for our Christmas draw, your support has raised a massive £5300. We were lucky enough to have Sheffield Panto legend Damian Williams and CBeebies star Andy Day draw the winning tickets.
Learn moreDining in style at The Devonshire Cat
10th December 2014
The Devonshire Cat and Cavendish Cancer Care are joining forces for a one-off night of spectacular food and drink. Enjoy a three-course gourmet meal cooked with the freshest of seasonal ingredients sourced by our team of chefs from local producers and suppliers. To order your tickets please call The Devonshire Cat on 01142796700 or email info@devonshirecat.co.uk
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Cavendish Cancer Care receives £1000 from local business
9th December 2014
Nick Murphy hands over the cheque to Victoria Wood from Cavendish Cancer Care Sheffield Safety Company HS Direct are giving back this Christmas by donating £1,000 on behalf of their clients to local charity Cavendish Cancer Care. Nick Murphy and James Murphy handed over the cheque for £1,000…
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Successful collection at Sheffield Railway Station
8th December 2014
Our recent collection at the Sheffield Railway Station raised a fantastic £483! We would like to thank Josie Paszek for organising the day, everybody who volunteered their time and of course all the people who donated!…
Learn moreThank you Ride for Eric
24th November 2014
Organisers of Ride for Eric are delighted to announce that the Ride has raised over £10,000, Eamonn Hunt from the organising committee said 'when we first thought of doing a cycle ride in Eric's honour we never dreamt we would see so many people turning out on the day and raising so much money, Eric would be proud of everyone who helped make the event the fantastic success it was'.
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Great Yorkshire Run
10th October 2014
This is Mark Macreath he braved the un-seasonal heat and completed the Great Yorkshire Run on our behalf raising £1500. Mark ran the race to show how much he appreciated the support we had given his family while his partner Jane was ill. Jane said “We’d just like to thank…
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Madonna Madness Zumbathon
8th October 2014
Everyone at Cavendish Cancer Care would like to extend their thanks to the Zumba Sisters, Siobhan and Sarina and everyone who took part in the Madonna Madness Zumbathon. More than 70 Madonna inspired zumba lovers took part in this two hour fundraiser. We were delighted to receive donations…
Learn moreRide for Eric film
6th October 2014
We were honoured to be chosen as the benefiting charity of Ride for Eric. A fantastic day in celebration of of Eric’s life and road safety. This video gives a great snapshot of the 350 plus cyclists who took to their saddle.
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Ladies lunch and fashion show 2014
30th September 2014
Many thanks to all the ladies who attended our annual ladies lunch at Baldwin’s Omega. They enjoyed a fabulous fashion show from Izzi of Baslow and were extremely generous helping us to raise just over £3200 to support local cancer patients and their families. We were extremely lucky to have a…
Learn moreWarwick Ward Ice Bucket Challenge
22nd September 2014
The team from Warwick Ward (machinery) ltd decided to take the ice bucket challenge to another level and did so in style using one for their machines. They also donated a fantastic £150 to support our work with local cancer patients and their families. Many thanks to all involved http://youtu.be/iboOagy0Od0…
Learn moreRide for Eric this weekend
15th September 2014
The inaugural Ride for Eric has been organised by his friends, family and colleagues to mark the life of an amazing man, and to highlight road safety awareness in Sheffield and beyond. Sadly Eric was killed by a reckless driver whilst out…
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Vote for us – Lloyds Community Fund
10th September 2014
Please vote for us in the Lloyds Bank Community Fund to help us receive £3000. Following the link below to vote online or Text Vote JXG to 61119 or if you twitter tweet #commfund JXG. Vote for Cavendish Cancer Care…
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Donate online and by text
30th August 2014
Lots have people have asked if we will accept donations from Ice Bucket Challenges. If you would like to make a donation to Cavendish Cancer Care to support local cancer patients we would be delighted. You can visit our Just Giving site…
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Ben’s Big Bike Ride
19th August 2014
We were delighted to have Ben and his family come to the centre and present a cheque to us from the fantastic efforts at Ben’s Big Bike Ride. A group of Ben’s family and friends cycled from Nottingham to Sheffield and have so far raised a MASSIVE £5600. Such a…
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Sam’s Tough Mudder
16th August 2014
This is Sam…..he took on the challenge the Tough Mudder a 12 mile endurance obstacle course. With 24 obstacles including swimming 50m through freezing water and also crawling through a field with live electrical wires dangling overhead! In his own words “I did this crazy stuff…
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