About BBQ on the Green
BBQ on the Green is an annual cancer charity fundraiser started in 2015. The event was inspired and came about when a lifelong friend to Louise Scrivener, Mandy Ross-Read, was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer – a much rarer type which continues to be notoriously difficult to treat. One of our own, Kev Boon, was also diagnosed not long after with Prostate Cancer.
When friends and family have a life threatening illness, it hits home how many of us Cancer affects.
Inspired to make a difference and help where we could, one option is to invest money into the treatments and research.
It was just a simple idea at first with the involvement of a good bunch of people in the community to get a few friends and neighbours to come out, enjoy an evening and donate some money for some BBQ food and a drink or two.
That first year was a very cobbled together affair with food cooked on a BBQ and a bunch of borrowed gazebos and staging for a band to perform from. The turn-out was great and much better than we expected. Around 200 people came to support the event and we raised approximately £2,000.
In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 the event grew and grew with more stalls, bands and involvement from local businesses and members of the community.
Both Mandy and Kev have since sadly passed away from their cancers, but we continue to grow BBQ On The Green and raise money in their honour and memory.
We have been proud to have donated over £64,000 to charities since 2015.
