Suitable for individuals and teams who want a shared fundraising page. Support one or multiple charities in a single event. Gift Aid, QR codes, widgets, galleries, strava integration and more.
Sell tickets for a charitable event. Create registration questions, promo codes, and more for ticketing, tailored to any event.
Designed for teams and mass participation events. Multiple individual pages, linked with a combined target. Choose to set beneficiaries at a series or page level.
Sell tickets for a charitable raffle. Create registration questions and ticket batches. Automatically generate raffle winners.
Choose to set up a Strava challenge, such as collective distance covered or total activity time. This can be a collaborative effort with a team target, or a friendly competition between participants!
Design and auction digital and physical items for your charitable event. Run blind-bidding and open-bidding auctions.
At GiveWheel, we're building the most customisable fundraising platform. We love supporting incredible fundraisers and hearing your inspirations and motivations.
The GiveWheel blog aims to provide fundraiser insight, uplifting stories, and information on new features and developments.
Visit the GiveWheel Help desk to find answers to frequently asked questions, or contact us directly. We can also add new charities that you wish to fundraise for.
Not registered? Sign up
Support one or multiple charities in a single event. Gift Aid, QR codes, widgets, galleries, and more.
Multiple individual pages, linked with a combined target.
Sell tickets for a charitable event. Create registration questions, promo codes, and more.
Sell tickets for a charitable raffle. Automatically generate raffle winners.
Auction digital and physical items for your charitable event.
At GiveWheel, we're building the most customisable fundraising platform.
Fundraiser insights, uplifting stories, and information on new features and developments.
Find answers to frequently asked questions, or contact us directly.
Sam Brandon
From Cancer Diagnosis to Ultra Marathon
6232
Thank you for taking the time to visit my fundraising page.
For me life took an unexpected turn in May 2024 when I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the oesophagus. As an active 40-year-old, father of two, with no awareness of cancer of the oesophagus or the symptoms - the news came as a total shock. Whilst I had experienced intermittent problems swallowing, which caused the initial trips to my GP and the following endoscopy, the real issue was persistent heartburn – which like many I ignored, excused (stress, busy life, eating fast, a couple of drinks) or treated with the many easily available over the counter products.
- Cancer of the oesophagus is considered one of 6 Less Survivable Cancers https://lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/ - UK has one of the highest rates of cancer of the oesophagus in Europe at 14.9 cases per 100,000 people- Currently on the rise, about 9,200 cases of oesophageal cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK- Only 15% of adult oesophageal cancer patients survive for 5 years or more
Following my diagnosis I have been through a journey of treatment, supported by many incredible people and medical professionals. To kick off with, 8 weeks of pre-operative (neoadjuvant) FLOT chemotherapy, followed by major surgery (RAMIE procedure) removing the cancer along with most of my oesophagus and stomach in October and then for good measure, a further 8 weeks of post-operative (adjuvant) chemotherapy. A long 9 months after diagnosis, I had an all-clear CT scan with No Evidence of Disease in January 2025!
One of the many, many impacts of the initially challenging news and the months of treatment that followed, was that I had to pause my training and preparation for my first 50km Ultra Marathon (massive thanks to those who kindly donated and supported Pilgrims Hospices). With treatment now complete, I am recovering and will be completing my promised *50km Ultra Marathon in October 2025* - exactly, one year since the robotic surgery to remove my cancer!
https://www.ultrachallenge.com/kent-downs-50-challenge/
Along the way, I hope to raise as much awareness of this cancer, its often-ignored symptoms and to support a few organizations who have helped me and many others.
- Heartburn Cancer UK https://heartburncanceruk.org/ - Action Against Heartburn https://www.actionagainstheartburn.org.uk/ - Fountain Centre - supporting cancer patients and their loved ones. A donation of £20 can support a therapy session for a patient or carer https://www.fountaincentre.org/
I would greatly appreciate anything you can spare to support the above and their important, incredible work to raise awareness, improve early detection of cancer of the oesophagus and support those living with cancer.
As I prepare for the big 50km in October and continue my recovery, I will be completing several other events throughout 2025 and I will keep updating you all my progress and plans!
Thank you for your support.
Next up..... *Chilterns 3 Peaks 29.7k* - Sept
Completed......*Henley Trail 10k* - April (6 months since operation & 6 months to Ultra)*Oxford Town and Gown 10K* – May (one year since diagnosis)
My story as shared in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sa-se/sam-brandon/
Health | N/AAAH
20%
We are a group of charities, organisations and individuals campaigning against Oesophageal Cancer, one of the UK's most devastating diseases. We campaign for earlier diagnosis, more effective treatments and improved care to help those who suffer from the illness.
Health | 1136413
40%
We exist to raise awareness of the dangers of persistent heartburn. Earlier diagnosis of a more serious problem helps save lives.
Health | 1089086
The Fountain Centre is an independent cancer charity located on level B within Royal Surrey Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey Hospital. Our aim is to provide holistic and emotional support, information and signposting, both online and face to face, to as many patients and their families navigating a cancer diagnosis as possible.
154 activities
109.73 hours
745,550 steps
621.29 km
+ £1,018.25 Gift Aid
£5,000 target | 124 supporters
Oct 11, 2025
Thank you for taking the time to visit my fundraising page. For me life took an unexpected turn in May 2024 when I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the oesophagus. As an active 40-year-old, father of two, with no awareness of cancer of the oesophagus or the symptoms - the news came as a total shock. Whilst I had experienced intermittent problems swallowing, which caused the initial trips to my GP and the following endoscopy, the real issue was persistent heartburn – which like many I ignored, excused (stress, busy life, eating fast, a couple of drinks) or treated with the many easily available over the counter products. - Cancer of the oesophagus is considered one of 6 Less Survivable Cancers https://lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/ - UK has one of the highest rates of cancer of the oesophagus in Europe at 14.9 cases per 100,000 people - Currently on the rise, about 9,200 cases of oesophageal cancer are diagnosed each year in the UK - Only 15% of adult oesophageal cancer patients survive for 5 years or more Following my diagnosis I have been through a journey of treatment, supported by many incredible people and medical professionals. To kick off with, 8 weeks of pre-operative (neoadjuvant) FLOT chemotherapy, followed by major surgery (RAMIE procedure) removing the cancer along with most of my oesophagus and stomach in October and then for good measure, a further 8 weeks of post-operative (adjuvant) chemotherapy. A long 9 months after diagnosis, I had an all-clear CT scan with No Evidence of Disease in January 2025! One of the many, many impacts of the initially challenging news and the months of treatment that followed, was that I had to pause my training and preparation for my first 50km Ultra Marathon (massive thanks to those who kindly donated and supported Pilgrims Hospices). With treatment now complete, I am recovering and will be completing my promised *50km Ultra Marathon in October 2025* - exactly, one year since the robotic surgery to remove my cancer! https://www.ultrachallenge.com/kent-downs-50-challenge/ Along the way, I hope to raise as much awareness of this cancer, its often-ignored symptoms and to support a few organizations who have helped me and many others. - Heartburn Cancer UK https://heartburncanceruk.org/ - Action Against Heartburn https://www.actionagainstheartburn.org.uk/ - Fountain Centre - supporting cancer patients and their loved ones. A donation of £20 can support a therapy session for a patient or carer https://www.fountaincentre.org/ I would greatly appreciate anything you can spare to support the above and their important, incredible work to raise awareness, improve early detection of cancer of the oesophagus and support those living with cancer. As I prepare for the big 50km in October and continue my recovery, I will be completing several other events throughout 2025 and I will keep updating you all my progress and plans! Thank you for your support. Next up..... *Chilterns 3 Peaks 29.7k* - Sept Completed...... *Henley Trail 10k* - April (6 months since operation & 6 months to Ultra) *Oxford Town and Gown 10K* – May (one year since diagnosis) My story as shared in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/s/sa-se/sam-brandon/
Charities Supported
Your donation is protected by the GiveWheel Guarantee. All donations are disbursed to the recipient charities as allocated by the fundraiser. Donations are made either directly to each charity or to Charities Trust (charity no. 327489) for disbursement.
Donate
Enter a donation amount. Select your local currency and optionally toggle the visibility of the donation amount.
UK
Please enter an amount of at least £2
Payment method
All payments include an automated receipt.
Bank transfers are currently only available for donations in GBP (£)
Invoice details
Add data to your invoice such as company address
Add a Message
Attach a message to your donation on the fundraising page, or leave both fields blank to remain anonymous.
Gift Aid Declaration
Adding a Gift Aid declaration gives UK charities an extra 25p for every £1 you donate! Find out more
I confirm
Review Your Donation
Here's a summary of your donation. Please check the details below before proceeding to payment.
Page:
Amount:
£0.00 Edit
Name:
Anonymous Edit
Message:
N/A Edit
Gift Aid:
Enabled
0% Platform Fees (Learn more)
There are no hidden platform fees, or costs charged to the charity. Adding a small contribution on top of your donation means we can support more people.
Invoice Fees
Unlike card payments where Stripe card merchant fees may vary dependent on card type and location, for bank transfers a flat 4.35% covers all handling and merchant fees.
Charities Supporting