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There are many ways in which you can support us.  Yana Smith, a friend of Tanyel’s who shared a love of gymnastics, decided to shave her hair for Tanyel’s Smile .

We can’t explain how proud we are of her, it was a fabulous gesture and great fund-raising from Yana. As she put it…..

I honestly cannot put into words how touched I am by all your amazing kind words and generous donations. I started this fundraiser thinking I would struggle to meet £200, and you smashed it in less than 24 hours! Today we hit £500 and I’m bald as a….

Tanyel was such a big part of my life as a child and she should still be here today, spreading love and kindness like she always did. Luckily her beautiful parents Gulay and Ceyhun continue to do this with their charity in her memory, Tanyel’s Smile, which is where your donations are headed!

I’m honestly so overwhelmed, and promise I’m not having a quarter life crisis, a bit of hair is nothing in comparison to the lives of children suffering from cancer and their mums, dads, sisters and brothers

Thank you all so much again xxx

A massive thank you to all our cyclists in the team supporting Tanyel’s smile.  Together we raised an astonishing £11,000, a number which is still rising.  It’s a huge sum, which will help so many children and their families going through trauma of cancer.  We know how difficult it is when you are stricken with this horrendous disease and how important it is to be supported by charities.

You’ve all been brilliant in your own special ways bonding together and making sure that we all kept together from Greenwich to Paris without any injuries. You’ve all made a massive impact in driving our charity forward.  We couldn’t have done this without you.  Please give yourselves a well-earned pat on your backs.  Well done to our team: Ceyhun Uzun, Gulay Uzun, Barry Sadler, Gary Hook, Charlotte Farge, Helen Smith, Christoper Hall, Turan korukoglu. Kasim Necat, Ahmet Yapicioz, Mujesira Hondus, Andrew Sharpe, Ricki Watson, Shane Watson, Kevin Mugridge, Megan Walker, Peter Treadway, Anthony Grieves, Chloe Hall, Adam Dean and Zabedee Chege .

A massive thank you also to both of our escort vehicle’s and Bill, Christine, Selma, Gulay, Taskin and John for supporting us all through this tough journey. Without your help we couldn’t of done this!

Big thank yous also to everyone who contributed so generously to this fabulous event:

• Muztrans for donating the cost of all our cycling tops – you are just amazing support on all our events
• Hasan Ozkoc at www.ladivadrinks.com for donating water and lucozade drinks kept us cycling
• To fully charged cycle for their support in proving a free hire of their E-bikes
• All our friends and family for supporting and cheering us at the start line Cutty Sark
• Our beautiful Nancy May for inspiring us all with her amazing voice making sure we are all relaxed and also supporting Tanyel’s smile x
• Jason Haigh at www.love2race.com for designing our very special custom made Jersey tops they looked brilliant and very comfortable to wear for sure we will use them again for other event
• Alex studio @MBE Harrow for preparing our logo prints for our bikes and escort vehicles absolutely brilliant work.

Without your determination dedication support and massive courage we wouldn’t of got through this so once again thank you to each one of you for your hard work making through and making us all proud for Tanyel. I have no doubts that she was cheering us all on from start to finish with a huge smile and pride.

Finally, a massive thank you and big hug to my one and only wife Gulay for helping me and sticking by my side for the past year trying to organise and put this event together.

Cey x

A message from the living legend Andy Sharpe.

I successfully completed the 2018 Kilimanjaro marathon last Sunday and it was the toughest but most incredible marathon I have run to date. From local kids running alongside me and Chloe, to literally having to avoid being run over for 26.2 miles route, it had everything. We were also two of only sixteen British runners last Sunday which is very special.

As most of you are aware, I dedicate most of my life away from work to fundraising. After raising over £30,000 over 6 years for the UK Children’s Cancer Charity Clic Sargent, I have now switched my fundraising to supporting Tanyel’s Smile. Since losing Tanyel to Cancer over two years ago, her parents have raised over £20,000 for Clic Sargent who provided amazing support to Tanyel and her parents during her three-year cancer battle.

I never had the pleasure of meeting Tanyel but it’s such a honour to help keep her memory alive and fulfil Tanyel’s final wish of helping children in Northern Cyprus, who don’t have the same support network that most kids in the UK recieve.

I’ve set my first fundraising milestone at £20,000 for the Charity, so any donations towards the 2018 Kilimanjaro marathon would be amazing, thank you ❤

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/andrew-sharpe11

On Monday 29th January 2018 we visited the oncology ward in Northern Cyprus to give thirty gifts to the children and young adults who are being treated there. The next day we were privileged to be invited back to watch the kids receive their half term reports.

The charity, Tanyel’s Smile, which we started in memory of beautiful daughter has taken its first steps. This was Tanyel’s last wish. We are very proud to have had an amazing, inspirational daughter who blossomed into a wonderful young lady with a heart of gold.  She had a huge, positive impact on so many people .

The best gift in the world was to have you in our lives baby girl . We will continue to help and put a little smile on the faces of children fighting cancer. I hope you are proud of us princess as we are forever proud of you Tanyel.

After meeting the doctors, parents, children and young adults; seeing the support they provide and need. and getting massive hugs, we want to redouble our efforts to do all we can to raise money for for the children and families who need so much help .

Thank you to everyone in Northern Cyprus and the UK who have helped and continue to help us to build this dream for Tanyel. Together we can give a little hope and so much joy.

Gulay and Cey xx

Happy New Year!

On behalf of Tanyel’s Smile we’d like to thank all of our generous supporters through 2017.  To date the charity has raised £5,897 since its inception in October 2017.  We’re looking forward to a busy 2018 when we hope to continue to help  many more children and their families as they struggle with the reality of cancer.

We’d also like to thank those who have contributed through collection tins, and those who have “hosted” them.  In a short time we have raised £348.72.  A big thanks go to Muztrans, The Pavilion and Freshfry Ipswich.

Cey and Gulay are travelling to Cyprus in January and will take the opportunity to liaise with the Oncology unit in Nicosia and meet young children and their families diagnosed with cancer to offer our first steps of support from Tanyel’s smile charity.  Further information and updates will follow soon.

We’re delighted to invite all family and friends to North Cyprus for a charity event Tanyel’s smile:  Flying High for Tanyel.

Those brave enough will be Paragliding from kyrenia mountains, the highest peeks st Hilarion castle on Sunday 24th September 2017.  There will be picnic at the landing site also all sales of t-shirts will go towards Tanyel’s smile charity.

If you’re able to be there please come along and support us.  All are welcome.  It should be a great day out.

Thank you.