Crawley duo help cancer patients tick off bucketlist sports events
Bradley Flory and Matthew Heal have organised for almost two hundred people to go to sporting events ranging from football to F1
A pair of Crawley sports fans are helping cancer patients tick off their bucket list events.
Bradley Flory and Matthew Heal have organised for almost two hundred people to go to sporting events ranging from football to F1, through their charity Foxtrot Oscar Cancer.
It all started with a fundraising mission following Matthew's own diagnosis with prostate cancer, Bradley explained:
"He wanted to do something good, so the first couple of years we just used it as a beacon to raise awareness of all kinds of different cancer.
"We raised a bit of money, a couple of grand here and there, and we donated it to Prostate Cancer UK and Breast Cancer.
"Then we sat down and we were like, right, OK, look we're we're fairly small.
"But maybe we could be a little bit bigger."
Since, they've raised thousands to help families create lasting memories with their loved ones, even securing hospitality tickets.
Bradley continued:
"There's a lot of great charities out there that will send children to a theme park if they're unwell.
"But there's not always a great amount out there for older people that are living with cancer.
"If we can just make someone smile for 90 minutes, then, great."
Currently, the charity's gearing up for its landmark "100k in May", where they encourage people to complete a hundred kilometres of physical activity in whatever way they like to raise funds.
Last year, it raised £4900.
"I think that the amazing thing about sport is there can be an immense tribalism right where you support a particular team, faction, whatever it may be," Bradley said.
"But then you can take something that's unifying like cancer, and you can put those two things together and everyone will come together over that common cause.
"Despite their race, gender, belief or sports team, you can build a community of people."
You can visit the charity's website here.