# Cilla Black appointed President of Friends of Cancer Research UK

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/05/20/cilla-black-appointed-president-friends-cancer-research-uk/
- Published: 2006-05-20T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Singer and entertainer Cilla Black, whose husband Bobby died in 1999 after a long
battle with liver and lung cancer, has been appointed President of Friends of Cancer
Research UK.
Cilla will be the public face of the new Friends of Cancer Research
UK programme, which has been launched by the charity to provide recognition and 
thanks to its supporters.

 

 

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Her first engagement within her new role will be to host a charity dinner in September
and to front a campaign for Cancer Research UK’s high value donors.

 

 

Cilla Black commented: “Cancer Research UK is a charity that’s very close to my 
heart. Unfortunately most people in this country, including me, have lost someone
close to them to cancer or know someone who has been through the disease. Raising
money for research to try to improve this situation is something I believe is vitally
important.”

 

 

Paul Abbott, Head of Friends of Cancer Research UK, added: “We’re really grateful
to everyone who supports Cancer Research UK, whether through signing up to a monthly
direct debit or volunteering in one of our shops. Friends of Cancer Research UK 
has been established to provide us with another way to say thank you to some of 
our key supporters for everything they do.”

 

 

Cilla will be talking to Terry Wogan about her new role tonight on Wogan: Now and
Then, which will be shown on UKTV Gold at 19.00.

 

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