Shelly Barlow’s Bike4Life.

Shelly Barlow's Bike4Life Shelly is to embark upon a record breaking attempt to be the first woman to ride of road across the Pyrenees all in aid of Paddlers for Life. Read the Westmorland Gazette report about Shelley's adventure. More

Great North Swim

Paddlers for Life were well represented in this years Great North Swim held at the Low Wood Marina, Louisa Balderson, Elaine Balderson, Megan Balderson, Karl Wycherly and David McPartlin all completed the mile long open water swim in Windermere on Saturday, to be followed by Barbara Daniel and Roger Butterworth with ... More

Great North Swim – IN the water, rather than ON the water.

On the weekend of 12/13th September 2009 the 2nd Great North Swim will be held at the Low Wood Hotel. Family and members of Paddlers for Life, instead of paddling dragon boats Artemis Diana and Lucy on the waters of Lake Windermere, are taking part in the Great North Swim, to help raise funds. All of them have a close ... More

NHS North Lancashire Research & Development Conference.

Friday 11th September 2009 - NHS North Lancashire Research & Development Conference 2009, during 2008 Dr Helen Crank received a research bursary from NHS North Lancashire, Dr Helen presented a paper entitled "Dragon Boat Training for Breast Cancer Rehabilitation", which detailed the research undertaken with members ... More

Paddlers for Life at Kendal Torchlight

Paddlers for Life entered the Kendal Torchlight Festival for the very first time on Friday, thanks to the hard work of Susanne Ziegler, Fran Bowers, and Shelly Barlow's Troupe we won the Best Charitable Organisation Trophy. More

Weston Park cancer hospital dragon boat regatta.

Paddlers for Life survivors and supporters teams together with 27 other teams took part in the Dragon Boat Regatta for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Charity. A great day was had by all, the supporters team managed a magnificent 4th place with the survivors team creditably mid placed. More

Silverdale Art Group donation.

Silverdale Art Group recently had their annual exhibition - part of the Silverdale and Arnside Art Trail, and this year they chose Paddlers for Life as their charity. During the event donations were made by members of the public attending the exhibition. The group also helped to raise awareness of Paddlers for Life with ... More

Visitors from Breast Foot Forward.

Paddlers for Life members were delighted to welcome survivors and supporters from Dumfries, Breast Foot Forward, Dumfries, joined us for a come and try day. Their effort in the boat for first timers was fantastic. We hope that this brief introduction to the sport of Dragon Boating has whet their appetite, and we look ... More

Commemorative paques.

Three more commemorative plaques were added to Artemis Diana today, Paddlers for Life wish to express our thanks for the generous donations received.   More

Inaugural Summer Solstice race on Windermere.

Paddlers for Life took part in the Inaugural Summer Solstice Race organised by Windermere Kayak. The day started with the Dotting of our Dragon's eyes by Julie Armitage of the NHS North Lancashire. Both of Paddler's dragon boats took part in the event together with 28 other self powered craft. The paddle started at ... More