Sea Shanty group raise money for Children with Cancer UK

The News, Portsmouth

Sea Shanty group Rocks N' Groynes based in Lee-on-the-Solent, presented a cheque of £7,500 to Children with Cancer UK at Caffe Lee on Monday, January 6, 2025. In January 2024 sea shanty member Trevor Ricketts set a target of raising £5,000 for Children with Cancer UK. Sadly at the beginning of February 2024 Trevor passed away.

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00:00Hi, I'm John Gledhill, one of the Rocks and Groins Sea Shanty group from Leon the Solent.

00:04Yeah, I'm Jonathan Moore from the same group.

00:06Brilliant, tell me where we are and what we're doing here tonight.

00:08We're at Cafe Lee, which is a little cafe in Pearse Street in Leon the Solent,

00:13and we're here raising money for Children with Cancer UK.

00:17It's a special night for us tonight because over the last year we've been raising money for Children with Cancer UK.

00:23We've done lots and lots of gigs. I can't remember how many gigs we've done,

00:27but we've done lots and lots of gigs, and our total this year was £7,500 raised for Children with Cancer UK,

00:35which we're really, really pleased about. So this is our celebration evening.

00:39We've been doing it. We've been raising money at Summer in Lee.

00:46We've been raising money at Handball, Care Homes, all sorts of different places, pubs, clubs.

00:53You name it, we've tried to do it, and we always get a fantastic response from people,

00:58and it's really surprising when you go along and the same people keep putting money in the pot,

01:04and that just shows how much this sort of charity means to them.

01:07Children with Cancer UK being a national charity.

01:10And we've got the CEO gig.

01:12We have got the CEO gig.

01:13And also one of their major fundraisers.

01:15So we're really pleased. This has been a big wind-up for us this year.

01:20We lost a member of our troupe in February, Trevor, and he was one of our key players,

01:28and we actually didn't think we'd be able to go on, really.

01:31It was a big hit and miss, but he set us a target for raising this £5,000.

01:36But we smashed it. £7,500.

01:38£7,500.

01:39And we've got new members as well.

01:40So we're chuffed to bits, and Trevor's wife's here tonight with her son,

01:44so this is a real big celebration for us, and we're chuffed to bits.

01:47And it's the Cafe Lee crowd come along every time, put their own in the pocket.

01:51First Monday of every month, isn't it?

01:52First Monday of every month.

01:53So if you're free on the first Monday of the month, please pop down here on the Solent,

01:57Cafe Lee, Pier Street, and have a good evening.

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