We're fundraising for Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Stephen Paul Wild, my Dad, the most wonderful man in the world, died on 4th October 2023.
Dad was unfortunately diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the end of July 2023. He died peacefully at home just two months later.
Dad wore many faces over the years. A darts player, a scientist, a football fan, a husband and of course my dad.
Through all his faces, however, there was always an element of mischief to him. Whether he was annoying mum in New York, beating my uncle at pool, starting a snowball fight in the playground of my primary school (we had to have an assembly about that, so thanks for that Dad 😂), or reminding his twin sister that she was technically older than him, he loved to cause trouble.
Dad was not the first of his family to suffer from Pancreatic Cancer, his older brother passed away from it about 20 years ago. Because of this, we always thought we would be able to spot the signs quickly... but like many others Dad's cancer crept up on him, first diagnosed as nothing more than side effects of medication. It was only thanks to a lovely locum Doctor (on the 5 or 6th time of asking) that we ended up going for investigations.
By then Dad's cancer had spread and there was little more to do than make him comfortable and make sure he was surrounded by love. We spent many a day rewatching Lord of the Rings (the extended versions obviously) with Dad causing mischief from his hospital bed at home.
I found PCUK as soon as Dad's investigations started (I Google everything, I know it's bad) and we received some leaflets from the charity as well. I relied very heavily on the support pages in the days after his diagnosis and then again after his death.
After one of his doctor's appointments when he was first diagnosed, I fell over in the hospital car park. Everything I had been holding in came rushing out... on the floor... in front of a car trying to get out of the car park... it was not my finest hour. But it was the PCUK pages that made me realize that Dad was not alone, and we would get help.
That is one of the reasons why I want to help, if PCUK can stop one person from missing the new series of their favorite show (death in Paradise was Dad's favorite), or they can stop someone's daughter lying in a car park without the strength to get up and face what's coming... then I will have changed the world.
Of course, I don't do this alone, Frodo had the fellowship and so does my Dad. Together we are taking on several walks starting with Moel Famau in February and ending with the big step forward in July (of course Tolkien's trail is also in there.)
Money is tight right now but if you can give anything to my fund-raising page you will be helping PCUK with research, support, and awareness raising.
If you cannot donate that is fine, but please do me a favour? Can you make sure you know the symptoms of early-stage Pancreatic Cancer? It is one of Britain's fastest and biggest killers and together with our help Pancreatic Cancer UK wants to fight back... but the first step to that is awareness
My donations could fund...
50 hours with a nurse on our Support Line
or
22 hours of early diagnosis research
My Achievements
Reached 100% of goal
Reached 50% of goal
Shared page
Self donated
My Updates
The Big Step Forward!
Share@noideabuttrying 6 months, 6 walks! One final walk that ended up being 15 MILES rather then 13 miles 😂😂😂 Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ Champion - ROKKA
This would not have been possible without the fellowship! - Thank you
Share@noideabuttrying The last five months have been many things… brilliant, wonderful, emotional, difficult, overwhelming I couldn’t have made it through without the fellowship, thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything! Now let’s go smash #thebigstepforward Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ original sound - Vicki
its time for #theBigStepForward
Share@noideabuttrying It all comes down to thebigstepforward One last walk, one last push! The last five months has led to this! 13 miles, from Wallasey to Ellesmere Port (via Prenton Park) Let’s do this! Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk fundraising fundraiser pancreaticcancerawareness pcuk thebigstepforward cancerawareness cancerresearch CancerSupport pancreaticcancer
♬ original sound - r & m <3 ⸆⸉
The Wirral Coastal Walk - Miss you Dad!
Share@noideabuttrying 5/6 walks complete! Miss you Dad! 💜💜💜 Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ See You Again(Remix) - 林先生&气质隆Sir
We Did it!!!! - 5 down 1 to go!!!
4 DOWN, 2 TO GO!! - Miss you dad!
Share@noideabuttrying Walk 4/6 complete! we suffered our first wash out but still made it 8 miles!💜💜💜 #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #cancerawareness #thebigstepforward #pancreaticcancer #monsaltrail #peakdistrict
♬ See You Again(Remix) - 林先生&气质隆Sir
We Are Off Again!
3 down, 3 to go, miss you Dad!
Share@noideabuttrying 3 down, 3 to go! 💜💜💜 miss you dad 🥺 Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ See You Again(Remix) - 林先生&气质隆Sir
3 down! 3 to go!
We’re stepping it up!
TWO DOWN, FOUR TO GO
Share@noideabuttrying 2 down 4 to go! 💜💜💜 Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ See You Again - Melodia Simples
ONE DOWN - MOEL FAMAU
Share@noideabuttrying One down! Five to go! 💜 for the best dad in fhe world 💜 miss you Want to learn more and donate? Visit our fundraising page - https://fundraise.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/fundraisers/vickiwild/the-fellowship-of-steve--stephen-paul-wild-1952-2023- Visit pancreatic cancer UK - https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk #fundraising #fundraiser #pancreaticcancerawareness #pcuk #thebigstepforward #cancerawareness #cancerresearch #CancerSupport #pancreaticcancer
♬ See You Again(Remix) - 林先生&气质隆Sir
We are returning to the spiritual home of the Shire
We Did it!!!!
INTRODUCING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE FELLOWSHIP! 🚨🚨🚨🚨
First Adventure confirmed!
The Fellowship of Steve has its first adventure organised!
We are walking up Moel Famau on the 18th of February 2024!
This is our first adventure as the fellowship and Kara the dog will be joining us. Keep checking this page to see our updates and to confirm whether or not we got lost on our way to the top!
Money is tight right now but if you can give anything to my fund-raising page you will be helping PCUK with research, support, and awareness raising.
If you cannot donate that is fine, but please do me a favour? Can you make sure you know the symptoms of early-stage Pancreatic Cancer? It is one of Britain's fastest and biggest killers and together with our help Pancreatic Cancer UK wants to fight back... but the first step to that is awareness.
So... who are the members of the fellowship?
So be it... You will be the fellowship of Steve
Stephen Paul Wild, my Dad, the most wonderful man in the world, died on 4th October 2023.
Dad was unfortunately diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the end of July 2023. He died peacefully at home just two months later.
Dad wore many faces over the years. A darts player, a scientist, a football fan, a husband and of course my dad.
Through all his faces, however, there was always an element of mischief to him. Whether he was annoying mum in New York, beating my uncle at pool, starting a snowball fight in the playground of my primary school (we had to have an assembly about that, so thanks for that Dad 😂), or reminding his twin sister that she was technically older than him, he loved to cause trouble.
Dad was not the first of his family to suffer from Pancreatic Cancer, his older brother passed away from it about 20 years ago. Because of this, we always thought we would be able to spot the signs quickly... but like many others Dad's cancer crept up on him, first diagnosed as nothing more than side effects of medication. It was only thanks to a lovely locum Doctor (on the 5 or 6th time of asking) that we ended up going for investigations.
By then Dad's cancer had spread and there was little more to do than make him comfortable and make sure he was surrounded by love. We spent many a day rewatching Lord of the Rings (the extended versions obviously) with Dad causing mischief from his hospital bed at home.
I found PCUK as soon as Dad's investigations started (I Google everything, I know it's bad) and we received some leaflets from the charity as well. I relied very heavily on the support pages in the days after his diagnosis and then again after his death.
After one of his doctor's appointments when he was first diagnosed, I fell over in the hospital car park. Everything I had been holding in came rushing out... on the floor... in front of a car trying to get out of the car park... it was not my finest hour. But it was the PCUK pages that made me realize that Dad was not alone, and we would get help.
That is one of the reasons why I want to help, if PCUK can stop one person from missing the new series of their favorite show (death in Paradise was Dad's favorite), or they can stop someone's daughter lying in a car park without the strength to get up and face what's coming... then I will have changed the world.
Of course, I don't do this alone, Frodo had the fellowship and so does my Dad. Together we are taking on several walks starting with Moel Famau in February and ending with the big step forward in July (of course Tolkien's trail is also in there.)
Money is tight right now but if you can give anything to my fund-raising page you will be helping PCUK with research, support, and awareness raising.
If you cannot donate that is fine, but please do me a favour? Can you make sure you know the symptoms of early-stage Pancreatic Cancer? It is one of Britain's fastest and biggest killers and together with our help Pancreatic Cancer UK wants to fight back... but the first step to that is awareness
ShareThank you to my Sponsors
£150
Chris Wild
£104
💜 K
From an old school friend. I’m so sorry for your loss vicki.
£100
Anne And Tex
£60.32
Pam Wild
how dare that Steve Wild leave me here
£52
Rose & Billy Galloway
All our love x Just Amazing x
£50
Gordon And Sue Martindale
£50
Alison Mitchell
£40
Rose Gallaway
£40
Rose Galloway (the Older Sister 😂)
£30
Sonic The Hedgehog
£26
Sarah Moore
Good Luck Vicki you’ll smash it x x x x x x
£26
Lewis Cull
£26
Al, Ben, Lucy, Sarah, Jack
Awesome Vic, all our love xxxxx
£26
Amy Billington
💜💜💜💜💜
£25
Louise Fagan
£20.80
Vickie And Dave Costelloe
Amazing Ladies!! Nat, what a wonderful thing to do to remember him 🥹. Xx
£20.80
Mike Hughes
£20.80
Daisy Hillyard
£20
Angela, Stuart, Sophie And, Jess
£20
Jordan Gee
Good luck!
£20
Jackie Meakin
Your dad would be so proud of you 😍😘
£20
Andrea Jones
£20
Jenny Jones
£15.60
Faye Benson
Best of luck to you all - a great cause xx
£14.56
Christina Lahive
Good luck Eleanor on your final walk! You’ve got this! Xx Chris and Niamh
£14.56
Anonymous
£14.56
Nat
For the best 💜
£14.56
Jade Hughes
💜💜💜
£10.40
Anonymous
£10.40
Amy Crank
Vicki you are doing amazing! 🤍 Well done to you and the team! Love Amy & Wade
£10.40
Bella (nat's Mate)
Best of luck with your final 2 walks, ladies, you are smashing it from what I've heard!
£10.40
Matt Lloyd-evans
Keep going!
£10.40
Cath
£10.40
Karen Bentley
Well done Eleanor. Wishing you and your friends good luck tomorrow xx
£10.40
Faye Owen
£10.40
Kirstie
£10.40
Keziah C Warburton
So proud of you Vicki, good luck with the fundraising!
£10.40
Wendy Jones
Good luck with your fundraising
£10.40
Olivia Mills
All the luck in the world girlies. The positive impact that you will on research and saving lives for such a worthy cause will be massive with the amount raised. You’re so nearly there!! I know your dad would be so proud of you all Vic. Lots of love Liv (Ellie’s friend) 🥰🌷💫🫶🏼
£10.40
Rose Williams
Good luck girls 💜
£10.40
Ryan Fisher
£10
Julie Williams
£10
Abbie Fenn
Good luck to you all 💜
£10
Shannon Myles
Good luck! x
£10
Kay & Mike
Well done Vicki ❤️
£10
Rosie Beck
£10
Amy Bamber
£10
Margaret & Annette Rogers
£10
Tony Jones
Good luck
£10
Eleanor Jones
£10
Sandra Dawson
Good luck ladies. Pam and Vicki thinking of you. Sending you much love and virtual hugs💐💕xx
£5.20
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Lucie France
Good luck Elle! X
£5.20
Chloe H
£5.20
Sophie Ashley
£5
Angela Murray
Good luck
£5
Lesley Campbell
£5
Good luck with the walk! Love Chris and Sue xxxx