£25000 – Help a Rev Head

We raised £25,000 by raffling a £5000 TUI holiday voucher.

All funds raised (£25,000) was donated to a long term Rev Head, John Leonard, who is fighting a rare form of cancer.

The money is being used to fund further life extending treatment for John.

WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?

A customer was having trouble with an order and tickets not being received, after back and forth emails with the team it was passed on to me to resolve so I gave him a call.

I’m chatting away to him, sorting his problem and all was well – happy customer.

During that call he mentioned he was undergoing cancer treatment for a rare form of skin cancer, Merkel Cell Carcinoma.

John told me the NHS has very limited funding for treatment of this type of cancer.

After being diagnosed in 2023, John and family started the battle of their lives with surgery and difficult radiotherapy sessions aimed at extending his life.

With a daughter and young grandkids to grow old with he doesn’t want to give up the battle and has tried all he can to pay for alternative treatments not available on the NHS.

He told me he’d already raised around £12,000 from his Go Fund Me efforts alongside selling possessions, spending savings and re-mortgaging his house.

Having gone through cancer with my mum, who we sadly lost to glioblastoma brain cancer last year, and feeling helpless because we couldn’t do anything other than support her whilst watching fade away slowly …

I decided on that phone call that we’d do something to help John.

I thought we can at least raise some of the extra cash needed to fund further rounds of Dentric Stem Cell replacement therapy in Birmingham which has already had a positive effect and aims to extend John’s life much further than current treatments available on the NHS. Statistically proven to be far more effective at extending lives or even (in some cases) curing MCC completely.

Blown away by the offer to help, he asked – “Hi again Robbie, may I ask you why me!? Please do not get me wrong as, as a very humble and older guy I truly appreciate your thoughtful and kind offer of support and whilst I am also aware that your Mum passed away from cancer last year I cannot help but wonder … why me!?”

I said – “Why not?”

We built Rev Comps as a platform for people to win stuff and from day one we’ve factored in doing good with charity donations and fundraisers for good causes.

This draw could change this guy’s life and outlook for his young family growing up without a dad/grandad.

• Meryl Blackbourn from Skegness won the £5000 TUI voucher.
• All of the proceeds – £25,000 from this draw went to John’s further treatment and help a Rev Head in need. 
• Rev Comps paid for all card fees and the £5000 TUI voucher. Nothing was deducted. 

You can read all about John Leonard’s story on his Go Fund Me page here.

Draw conducted (AUTO) at 12:19PM, 4th August 2025