About John Dealey...

I was born on 4th November 1948, have been married to Marian for 32 years and have lived in the Boxmoor area of Hemel Hempstead all my life. We had two sons one of whom was Adam who sadly suffered from Ewings Sarcoma in July 1994. Our other son Justin is now 25 years old and works as a presenter on BBC Three Counties Radio which is based in Luton.

I have, for the past twenty five years, worked for The Virgin Group being based at their offices in Notting Hill Gate where I am Group Administration Manager taking care of the day to day needs of the building and the 100 or so members of staff based there.

My main interests are football and music. I follow the ups and downs of Luton Town where I am a season ticket holder and attend all the home games with Justin, who is also PA announcer at the club. I have seen many great games over the years and as a teenager was lucky enough to be at Wembley on that day in 1966 when England lifted the World Cup.

My interest in music goes back to my early teens and am, for want of a better term, a vinyl and CD freak driving Marian out of house and home with my massive collection, which covers every taste from the 60s to the present. If asked what my favourite taste is I would have to say the Motown era of the 60s and over the years have been fortunate enough to see all the major Motown acts live.

After Adam sadly died it was apparent that there was no specific charity set up to support the research of Ewing's Sarcoma and I was encouraged to set up a fund in his memory. Over the past ten or so years we have held many events in his memory including an annual golf tournament which is attended by well over 200 people in the evening.

The support of both our many friends and my colleagues at Virgin has been unbelievable, raising tens of thousands of pounds each year to fund research.