MORE than £8,000 was raised for Bloodwise when a Land Rover was raffled off, among other prizes.

Organised by Ocean Leisure Storage in South Brent and supported by Devil’s Choice, Salcombe Sailing, Turnbulls, Ribquest, BLS and Aune Valley Meats, the raffle raised £8,395 for Bloodwise, a charity that raises money for children’s cancer research and Steve Jones was the lucky winner of the Land Rover.

Bloodwise is the UK’s specialist blood cancer charity. They were founded back in 1960 by the Eastwoods, a family who lost their six-year-old daughter Susan to leukaemia.

At the time, most people thought that nothing could be done, but Susan’s parents saw things differently. 56 years on, more than half a billion pounds has been invested in research through the charity’s work, and today, two-thirds of everyone diagnosed with blood cancer will still be with us in five years time.

Blood cancer is the UK’s fifth most common cancer and the most common cancer in children and young people. There are 137 different types of blood cancer and each year 14,000 people die from it in the UK.

Bloodwise doesn’t get any government funding, so every penny spent on life-saving research comes from the charity’s supporters.

Anne Valley Meats donated a meat voucher, won by Jeremy Wright and Devil’s Choice donated a case of six bottles of Prosecco and 12 hand-dived scallops, won by Steve and Yvonne Scrivener.

Salcombe Sailing donated a service of outboard engine up to 100hp, won by Dave Cotterill, BLS donated a car service, won by Tracey Carter and Turnbulls donated a tracking device, won by Marc Lowery.

Ribquest donated a night at South Sands Hotel with rib ride, won by Alan Welch and Ocean Leisure Storage donated the 1986 Land Rover Defender 90, which was won by Stephen Jones.

You can find out more about Bloodwise on their website: bloodwise.org.uk.