My Diary – July 2009
Wednesday
22nd July 2009
I’ve been very busy lately!
On Thursday 9th I gave a five minute
speech at another Diana Award ceremony, which was held at one of the largest
banks in London, and I made the manager cry!
Oops! They handed out around 80
awards to young people who have made a big difference to their communities, and
Robin Gibb, who is an ambassador for the Diana award, was also there too. That night I went to Linda, my auntie’s,
house for a BBQ because my other auntie, Lesley, and uncle and cousins are down
from Scotland at the moment, so I’ve been seeing them quite a bit this
month.
On Friday 10th I gave the opening speech
at the Try Angle awards, which was held at Seasalter Christian Centre. There were some great young singers
performing on the night, and the colour theme was hot pink and lime green, so I
was very happy with that! Thirty awards
were given out, plus overall winners, and it’s fair to say it was an emotional
night by the end. Good job we had party
poppers and maracas to keep it lively!
I had a meeting about my ears at St
Thomas’ Hospital last Monday. I had an
hour long test done where sticky pads were stuck behind my ears and one on my
forehead, and it was to test how my hearing reacted to the sounds. I then had ear plug type things put in my
ears for a similar kind of test. I’m
back there next week for another meeting, and I’ll probably have more tests.
After my hospital appointment, I went
for a job interview! This is my big
announcement! A few weeks ago Teenage
Cancer Trust offered me a job, so last week I went to their head office in
London to discuss it. It wasn’t actually
a job interview as I had accepted the offer straight away when they asked. I’m going to be doing exactly what I’ve been
doing for years - raising money and promoting charities as much as
possible. I’ve been involved with TCT
for a year now, and they appreciate the hard work that I put in, so offered me
the job. My title is ‘Regional
Fundraiser - South East Appeal’, so if you need any help or advice about
fundraising for TCT, I’m your girl! It’s
so exciting!
I had an early start last Tuesday, I had
to be at a school in Ashford for 9am, but I didn’t mind because it was my first
day at work, and I love my job!! The
school had raised over £1,000 for TCT, so I went to collect the cheque and give
a speech. I also gave out certificates
to the students who had done well that year.
Last Friday I had a meeting at the
Pavilion in Broadstairs, where my chocolate ball is being held in
September. Everything is pretty much
organised now - it’s going to be amazing!
There’s still a small number of tickets available, so if you’d like to
come along, please check out the end of my fundraising page for how to book
tickets.
On Monday this week, I had my hair
cut. It’s chin length now which is quite
short for me! I still find it difficult
to get rid of my hair, but it’s too hot at the moment to have it shoulder
length. I had it straightened
afterwards, but it just didn’t look or feel right on me, so I’m back to being
curly again now! Phew!
The next few months are going to be busy
with my new job, and I have lots of fundraising events coming up, so I will
update when I can.
Love Nicole xxx
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Tuesday
7th July 2009
My big announcement will have to wait
for a little while longer while I sort it… sorry!
I had a great night last Wednesday at
the launch of the South East Appeal for Teenage Cancer Trust. The appeal is to raise £3 million to build
TCT units at Guy’s and King’s College Hospital in London and The Royal Marsden
Hospital in Surrey. The event was held
in the garden at Hever Castle, and I gave a speech along with another teenage
girl with cancer, and some people who work for TCT. The singer Newton Faulkner was there to
perform, and he has agreed to be the patron of the appeal. After he sang, he spoke to Mum and me for a
long time. He was so nice and was really
interested in the deafblind sign language.
Mum taught him some of it because he wanted to ‘talk’ to me
personally. He also let me feel his hair
- dreadlocks down to his waist - and he even has little rings and a tiny watch
in it, and at the end of the night he gave me a bit of his hair which had
fallen out for me to bring home!
Yesterday I went to Canterbury High
School to meet about twenty pupils who have been reading my book. I spent about an hour and a half there, and
answered their questions and signed some of my books for them. Afterwards I had my second committee meeting
for Nicole’s Fund. Plans for my
chocolate ball are going well, and the tickets will be available at the end of
this week.
I will be updating my fundraising page
soon with some events to raise money for Nicole’s Fund (please check at the end
of my fundraising page), but one I’d like to mention now is happening on
Thursday 6th August, and it’s a concert of easy listening music with Matthew
Lombart and friends. It will be held at
Seasalter Christian Centre, 49 Faversham Road, Kent, CT5 4AX, from 7pm. It will be attended by the Lord Mayor of
Canterbury and the Lady Mayoress. It’s
free entry, with a collection at the concert.
Refreshments will be available, and there will also be a raffle. All money raised will go to Nicole’s Fund to
help me reach my target.
To
book tickets, please email me on: nicole@c-h-o-c.org.uk
or by
calling Ralph Lombart on 01227 479337 or 07961 366757. Thank you.
Finally, I’d just like to let you know
about the brilliant new book that my publisher is bringing out in October. It’s about the Dogs Trust, and you can read
more about it and pre-order a copy by visiting the link below.
That’s all for now!
Love Nicole xxx
