Get A-Head Over The Years
Posted by Anne-Marie on June 15, 2020
Many of you will know of the work we currently do here at Get A-Head, but do you know our history!
The Get A-Head Charitable Trust was started 20th January 1994 by John Watkinson, Adrian Drake-Lee, together the late Roy Castle & Peter Scudamore and the first fundraising event was held on the same evening at California Pizza Factory, Harborne
The first Get A-Head Ball was held on 8th October 1994 at Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Over the years we have had many Friends support the charity in many different ways.
63 Skydivers 
65 Challenge Events 
38 London Marathon Runners 
466 Cyclists 
173 Walkers & Climbers 
6 Kayakers 
300 GAH Mini Stars (Kids) 
60 Golfers 
319 Singers & Musicians 
30 Belly Dancers 
3,531 Hours of Volunteering since 2008 
5,959 Ball Attendees since 2008
Since 1994 Get A-Head have raised over £6,000,000 and has provided Grants in excess if £3,500,000 towards the funding of Research, Education, Equipment and Complementary Therapy
3-D Printer for the Maxillofacial Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Research funding for project entitled: “In Vitro and In Vivo Tumour Profiling as a Means of Defining Novel Therapeutic Targets in High-Risk Salivary Gland Cancers ” for Prof. Kevin Harrington at The ICR
CyberKnife for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Olympus Endoscope Stack for ENT Outpatients Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Dedicated Head & Neck Complementary Therapy Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
NIOX MINO analyser for the Allergy Clinic at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Suction Unit for Ward 408, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
PhD Research funding for Project: “Novel Binding Partners of PBF in Thyroid tumourigenesis and Goitrogenesis”.
for Neil Sharma
OAE/Tympanometer test suite for The Hearing Centre at the ENT Clinic, Heartlands Hospital
Four Chemotherapy Chairs & associated medical equipment for the Haematology and Oncology Day Unit at Solihull Hospital
Two multi-drop dispensers for The ICR at The Royal Marsden Hospital
Endoscopic ENT Surgical Navigation System for the Head & Neck Team at Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Christmas Tree at the Cancer Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Oral Care Packs for the ENT Outpatients Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Research funding for project entitled: “Molecular genetic investigation of familial non-RET medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)” for Joel Smith
iPads & Speech Software for Speech & Language Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Electro Larynxes for Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, Barts Hospital, Heartlands Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Refrigerated micro-centrifuge for The Institute of Cancer Research at The Royal Marsden Hospital
Research Funding for a project entitled: “Immunoprofiling of Thyroid Cancer” for Dae Kim
Research funding for Prof Hisham Mehanna’s AcceleraTED Research Project at University of Birmingham
PhD Funding for a project entitled: “Intensive versus non-intensive speech and language therapy for dysphagia rehabilitation post-surgical reconstruction for oral and oropharyngeal head and neck cancer” for Camilla Dawson
Consumables for Research Project entitled: “Hitching a ride: Are vault RNAs selectively loaded into head and neck cancer derived extracellular vesicles?” at Sheffield University
