Membership of CLL Support is free and there is no charge made for publications or for attendance at our patient conferences. We are enormously grateful for the support of our members, without whose efforts we could not carry on our work.
We are reliant on obtaining funds from several areas. These include grants from major pharmaceutical companies, legacies, events, and regular donations. However, this page is aimed at our supporters and how you can actively become one of our fundraisers, or contributors, and help in maintaining the funding of the ongoing works of your organisation. Yours, because we are a member-led group with a team of unpaid voluntary trustees holding the whole thing together.
The money raised by our fundraisers helps us to continue to support our members and their families. Examples of how your fundraising helps below:
Information packs – £5
One hour helpline call – £15
Mailout – £45
Support ACT one-to-one session – £65 per hour
A place at one of our conferences – £80 approximately
Support ACT group drop-in session – £300 per session
We had a fantastic year last year with our 20th Anniversary and Challenge 20 raising around £33.5K including Gift Aid which well exceeded our target of £20K. We didn’t have a theme for 2025 but we have had some amazing fundraising taking place with a combined target of £22,100. The team at CLL Support are so grateful to our fundraisers for raising awareness and for fundraising for us. Your support is so important to us as it helps us to help others with CLL/SLL and their families.
There are many ways in which you can fundraise for us. It doesn’t have to be physically challenging although this year some of our fundraisers have indeed been getting physical. Please read on to find out what people have been doing in 2025. For those of you who might like to support them we’ve included links to their fundraising pages where you will also find information about their individual events and fundraising totals.
Yorvik Vikings – this is a group of Triumph motorcycle enthusiasts. One of their members is Jezz Booker who was recently diagnosed with CLL and is also one of our Associates. Jezz and the club have been organising various events throughout the year to fundraise and raise awareness. These have included a number of ride-outs and motorcycle meets, a weekend Spring rampage, Curry night, Quiz night, bike show, Race the Waves and a BBQ. You can donate to their JustGiving page here.
The Edinburgh Kiltwalk – Tracy Singh signed up to do the Edinburgh Kiltwalk on 14th September. Her life has recently been touched by CLL as someone close to her has been diagnosed and is currently on watch and wait. Her JustGiving page can be found here here.
The Big Half – Grace Sleightholme and her partner Matthew took part in the ‘Big Half’ on September 7th. Grace has chosen to fundraise and raise awareness for CLL Support in memory of her wonderful Dad who had CLL. The Big Half follows a 13.1 mile closed road course starting at London’s iconic Tower Bridge and finishing at the Cutty Sark, Greenwich. Grace’s Enthuse fundraising page is here.
Iron Man Challenge – at the end of July Aidan Harris took on Iron Man Leeds. He had to complete a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 run. He wanted to raise awareness of CLL as his Uncle, one of our Associates, has CLL. Aidan’s fundraising page is here.
BBQ – one of our fundraisers, Andrew Frapwell, recently held a fundraising BBQ to raise awareness and fundraise for us. This is a great example of fundraising not needing to be a physical challenge. The aim was to support research into better treatments, improve support services for those living with the disease and to contribute to the hope that one day there will be a cure. Fundraising page is here.
Bantham Boomerang – one of our members, Mark White, recently took part in the Bantham Boomerang. This involved swimming upstream from the mouth of the River Avon in Devon with the incoming tide until the tide turns and then swimming back to the start. His JustGiving page is here.
Skydive – on 12th July, Michelle Brotherton took to the skies to show her support of a very close friend of hers has been diagnosed with CLL. Her Just Giving page can be found here.
MOKRUN – Ian McLaren has taken part in the Mokrun raising funds for CLL Support in 2024 and 2025. This involved running 10km around Campeltown. Ian was joined by his family. His JustGiving page is here.
London Marathon – Matt Gibson, another of our Associates took part in the London Marathon this year. He has CLL and is a keen runner. You can find his Enthuse page here.
Paris Half – Katie Savino took part in the Paris Half Marathon this year. Last year she ran in the Leeds 10K for us. She wants to raise awareness because her dad has CLL. You can find her JustGiving page here.
Look out for our newsletters and fundraising bulletins throughout the year where we will be including more information about each of our fundraisers and please get in touch if you have been inspired to fundraise for us this year. We would love to hear from you. It doesn’t have to be on the scale of those mentioned here, you might just want to hold a small coffee morning with some friends or maybe hold a plant sale. With Christmas around the corner, perhaps those of you who like to craft could make things to sell? There is a list of ideas at the end of this item.
Well, first you need an idea. This can be something you organise or you can sign up for an organised event, open your Just Giving page and email your supporters. There are other platforms such as Enthuse or you could just use one of our moneyboxes to collect funds with. We have fundraising packs waiting to be sent out to you.
Good luck with your fundraising and have fun. Remember we rely on you!
For information regarding fund raising please contact info@cllsupport.com
Boot sale – many boot sale organisers will allow you a free place on production of a letter from us stating that you are raising funds for CLL Support and quoting our charity registration number.
Coffee morning/afternoon tea/BBQ – this could be something small with friends or perhaps something bigger in the workplace.
Table sale – perhaps you have a surplus of plants, or you’ve just cleared out your garage or loft space.
Organised walks or runs – these could be local or national.
Donations in lieu of gifts – this year we have had some donations to celebrate significant birthdays and anniversaries.
Craft and hobby ideas – we’ve had knitted chocolate orange/crème egg covers, bookmarks for children to colour in, auction of paintings. Christmas is a great time for making things.
Bake sale
Homemade dog biscuits
Personal challenges – a challenge to read a number of books, walk a set number of steps every day, etc.
Have a sunflower competition
The list of ideas is endless. We look forward to hearing from you.
This page was last reviewed 18th June 2025. Next review June 2028
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