Category Archives: Charity Events & Fundraising

The Kilimanjaro Team Arrive In Moshi

Holly King's Video Diary for The Kilimanjaro Fundraising Trip

Looking refreshed and ready for the long trek ahead the KilimanjaroTeam arrive safely in Moshi They are taking on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to support The John King Brain Tumour Foundation charity. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, standing at 4,900 metres (16,100 feet) from its base, over 5.895 […]

Charity Skydive Event

Charity Skydive Event

Charity Skydive Event – Skydivers jump to it to raise £10,000 for the neurosurgical department at St. George’s Hospital, Atkinson Morley Wing. A team of 9 made a leap of faith as aerial dare-devils in the first skydive in aid of the John King Brain Tumour Foundation. The group took the plunge from 12,000 ft above […]

New Chairs for McKissock Garden

New Chairs for McKissock Garden

We are so happy to say the new chairs have arrived for the McKissock Garden and are now installed for all to enjoy. The famous Brain Surgeon Henry Marsh CBE commissioned the gardens to help with patient recovery however following Henry’s retirement in 2015 the garden was in serious need of some TLC. With the agreement […]

Sky Dive – John King Brain Tumour Foundation

Sky Dive - John King Brain Tumour Foundation

To all you fantastic people who sponsored me. It was amazing but very scary doing the first 40-second free fall.  I was first out so had no choice but to leave the plane!! Huge huge thanks for all your wonderful donations.  We are hoping as a team to raise £10,000 so well on or way. […]

Charity Skydive Event

Charity Skydive Event

20th October 2019 at Headcorn Aerodrome Skydivers jump to it to raise £9,500 for the neurosurgical department at St. George’s Hospital, Atkinson Morley Wing. A team of 9 made a leap of faith as aerial dare-devils in the first skydive in aid of the John King Brain Tumour Foundation. The group took the plunge from 12,000 […]

John King Brain Tumour Foundation Fundraising Event

John King Brain Tumour Foundation Fundraising Event

Many thanks to all who attended the John King Brain Tumour Foundation event recently held at Fortnum & Mason ‬in Piccadilly. ‪Big thanks to neurosurgeon Tim Jones from  St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ‬ ‪Brain Surgeon Henry Marsh CBE and amazing support from Tony Woods of Garden Club London.‬ ‪We have raised over 200K already and on […]

Climb Kilimanjaro In Aid Of The John King Brain Tumour Foundation

Climb Kilimanjaro

Climb Kilimanjaro in aid of the John King Brain Tumour Foundation 27th Feb to 8th March 2020 Join Holly King for a challenge you’ll never forget and help us raise funds to advance treatment and research into Brain Tumours! Take on a fantastically-rewarding trek up Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing […]