Reg Coomber, who is receiving ongoing treatment at the trust and at St Wilfrid’s Hospice for his Head and Neck Cancer, recently carried out a sponsored 300 metre swim, raising an amazing £50,000 for our charitable fund and St Wilfrid’s Hospice.
Reg Coomber with friends and colleagues from the Trust and St Wilfrid’s Hospice.
Reg was motivated to start fundraising in order to help other cancer patients going through really challenging times. He trained for over five months to regain a suitable fitness level, and the swim took place at the Hillbrow Centre in Eastbourne.
After the swim Reg said: “I did it, I completed the challenge – swimming 16 lengths in the end, willed on by a fantastic bunch of supporters along with Colin and Sharon supporting me in the pool. I couldn’t have done it without you all. On behalf of St Wilfrid’s Hospice, East Sussex Healthcare Charity and all those fighting cancer, from the bottom of my heart, I thank you.”
Dee Daly, Governance and Quality Lead for Cancer and Core Services at the trust said: What Reg has done is amazing, and we can’t thank him enough, along with all the people who supported and sponsored him, for this fantastic donation.
“Our Cancer Charitable Fund supports cancer patients and their loved ones with small grants to help them with bills, support them with some of the significant impacts on their lives that a cancer diagnosis can have, and we also help people create happy memories with children and grandchildren.
“We also support our amazing teams with some of their training and with the purchase of highly specialist equipment and supplies for patients. We will be able to do so much to support patients with this phenomenal contribution. One of the first things we will be looking at is having supplies of mouthwashes and specialist oral moisturisers to support Head and Neck Cancer patients following surgery and radiotherapy.”