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FUNDRAISING MAGAZINE<br />

ISSUE 27 2013<br />

Celebs Get<br />

a Grilling<br />

Page 12


A BIG<br />

Thank You is written by<br />

Lucy Naylor and edited by<br />

Dawn Stone.<br />

If you have a story that you would<br />

like to be considered for the next<br />

issue please contact Lucy Naylor<br />

on 0161 276 4522.<br />

Contact Us<br />

Central <strong>Manchester</strong> University<br />

Hospitals NHS Foundation<br />

Trust Charity<br />

By post:<br />

Charity Office<br />

The Lodge<br />

Oxford Road<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong><br />

M13 9WL<br />

0161 276 4522<br />

By email: charty.office@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

www.cmftcharity.org.uk<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

facebook.com/rmchcharity<br />

@RMCHCharity @CMFTCharity<br />

to everyone<br />

Contents<br />

7<br />

11<br />

12<br />

14<br />

16<br />

Join one of<br />

our upcoming<br />

sporting events<br />

A Starry Lunch<br />

Celebs Get a Grilling<br />

New Additions to<br />

the Team<br />

Wiggle for Women<br />

Chairman’s Message<br />

Welcome to <strong>your</strong> <strong>latest</strong> <strong>edition</strong><br />

of our Thank You newsletter,<br />

filled with news and events<br />

taking place in support of our<br />

family of hospitals in both central<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> and Trafford.<br />

The last few months have been action<br />

packed: in September Individual Restaurant<br />

Company hosted the third Celebrity Grilling<br />

at <strong>Manchester</strong>’s Restaurant Bar & Grill, which<br />

saw two star-studded teams do battle in<br />

the kitchen in a bid to raise funds for our<br />

children’s hospital. September also saw our<br />

fi rst ever Wiggle for Women Zumbathon<br />

in support of Saint Mary’s Hospital and<br />

December saw patrons Cole and Suzanne<br />

Page host their fi fth annual Ladies Christmas<br />

Starry Lunch at The Midland Hotel. You can<br />

read more about this, and the many other<br />

events and fundraising that has recently<br />

taken place in support of all of our hospitals,<br />

throughout the newsletter.<br />

About our charity<br />

Central <strong>Manchester</strong> University Hospitals<br />

NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) Charity<br />

supports continuing excellence in<br />

treatment, care and research at:<br />

• <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

• University Dental Hospital of <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

• <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Eye Hospital<br />

• <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Infi rmary<br />

• Saint Mary’s Hospital<br />

• Trafford Hospitals – including Trafford<br />

General, Altrincham General and Stretford<br />

Memorial hospitals<br />

I would once again like to take this<br />

opportunity to thank you for <strong>your</strong> ongoing<br />

support. Without <strong>your</strong> help we would not<br />

be able to continue supporting excellence<br />

in treatment, care and research across our<br />

family of hospitals, benefi ting the hundreds of<br />

thousands of patients across the North West,<br />

and beyond, that we treat every year.<br />

Thank you<br />

Maurice Watkins CBE<br />

The charity has three main areas of work:<br />

• to support research projects to improve our<br />

understanding of illnesses<br />

• to help to create an environment that’s<br />

more friendly<br />

• to provide state-of-the-art equipment for<br />

diagnosis and treatment<br />

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In the Community<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

In the Community<br />

Lucy’s Midnight Walk<br />

Around 100 people took part in a nine mile<br />

midnight walk from Ramsbottom to<br />

Bury and back to show their support for<br />

six-year-old Lucy Thomas, who receives<br />

treatment at the children’s hospital for a<br />

rare form of cancer.<br />

At the time of the walk, Lucy was in the USA<br />

with her parents receiving specialist treatment,<br />

so they arranged to take part in a walk whilst<br />

there to back the efforts being made at home.<br />

The walk raised over £9,000 for Ward 84<br />

of the children’s hospital.<br />

Lucy ready to<br />

join the walk<br />

£9,599<br />

Raised<br />

As the year came to a close,<br />

several families held charity<br />

evenings and afternoons –<br />

here are just a few of the<br />

events that went on<br />

Big Christmas T-Break<br />

Inspired by our Big T-Break, Linda Williamson<br />

holds a Christmas tea party at her home in<br />

Romiley every year. This one saw 40 guests<br />

through her front door and included a ‘guess<br />

the weight of the Christmas cake’ competition.<br />

Linda raised £575 which will go to the children’s<br />

hospital where Linda’s granddaughter, Erin<br />

Rose Williamson, received treatment for a bone<br />

eating disease in her shoulder.<br />

Special thanks goes to the businesses in<br />

Romiley that donated to the raffle.<br />

British Legion<br />

Work for Free<br />

Following two<br />

grandchildren<br />

of fellow British £3,250<br />

Legion members<br />

Raised<br />

successfully being<br />

treated for cancer at<br />

the children’s hospital,<br />

trustee John Hadden<br />

organised a fundraising event at their<br />

Leyland club, which saw over £3,000<br />

raised through ticket sales, raffles and<br />

the club staff working for free.<br />

4<br />

Pyjama Day<br />

Thank you to all the nurseries, crèches<br />

and playgroups across the region that<br />

took part in our annual PJ Day and helped<br />

to raise £5,000 for the children’s hospital.<br />

Congratulations to Juice<br />

Nursery in Altrincham<br />

that won a visit from<br />

Humphrey on the day,<br />

along with a bumper<br />

pack of goodies from<br />

Ryman Stationery,<br />

and a later visit from<br />

Rhythm Time.<br />

Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013<br />

Humphrey at Juice<br />

Nursery on PJ Day<br />

£5,000<br />

Raised<br />

Text RMCH00 £1 to 70070 to donate to <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

Linda holding<br />

granddaughter Erin<br />

Sing a Song of Thanks<br />

Since developing a brain tumour at the age of<br />

three, Sarah Donald from Morecambe, who is<br />

<strong>now</strong> thirteen, has been a regular patient at the<br />

children’s hospital. Feeling compelled to say<br />

thank you for her care and regular check-ups,<br />

Sarah organised an evening of<br />

song and dance, raising<br />

more than £1,000.<br />

Sarah presents<br />

her cheque<br />

Giggs Raises Big<br />

After the birth of<br />

Penny Rothwell-Goldie, who is<br />

<strong>now</strong> nine-months-old, parents<br />

Lisa Rothwell and Ken Goldie<br />

wanted to fundraise for the<br />

children’s hospital and the<br />

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at<br />

Saint Mary’s. The couple held<br />

a charity evening in Ellenbrook<br />

which saw over 280 guests join<br />

their disco and auction night. A<br />

Ryan Giggs signed<br />

football shirt was the<br />

top auction prize,<br />

which sold for £320<br />

and went towards a<br />

fantastic total of over<br />

£3,500.<br />

Over<br />

£3,500<br />

Raised<br />

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In the Community<br />

A Night for the Ladies<br />

Kate Will and Hayley White arranged a<br />

‘Ladies Night’ at Sale Rugby Club that raised<br />

over £2,500 for Ward 84 at the children’s<br />

hospital after their friend’s daughter had<br />

received treatment there.<br />

Birthday Donations<br />

£4,000<br />

Raised<br />

Sisters, Sophie<br />

and Evie-Mae<br />

Teddy Toddle<br />

Join in the fun of our short sponsored<br />

walk (or pram push!) for under 5s and<br />

help support play therapy at <strong>Royal</strong><br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital.<br />

Organise <strong>your</strong> own Teddy Toddle at a nursery,<br />

crèche or playgroup.<br />

11 th<br />

May<br />

Kate and Hayley<br />

present their cheque<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

Instead of presents for her 18th birthday<br />

Sophie Corlett from Bury asked for<br />

donations to be made to the Ponsetti<br />

Fund at the children’s hospital to show her<br />

gratitude for the treatment received by her<br />

little sister Evie-Mae Crawley.<br />

Sophie also organised a black-tie ball at<br />

Radcliffe Borough FC, a non-uniform day at Bury<br />

Grammar School for Girls, and charity collections<br />

at her local Co-op store, so far raising £4,000,<br />

with even more fundraising to come.<br />

6 Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013 Text RMCH00 £1 to 70070 to donate to <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

8 th<br />

May<br />

Patients from the children’s hospital are invited<br />

to take part in a Teddy Toddle around the<br />

children’s hospital site.<br />

To register or find out more call 0161 276 4522<br />

or email charity.office@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

£2,581<br />

Raised<br />

Humphrey and Katie on<br />

last year’s Teddy Toddle<br />

Join in and do it for us…<br />

We have a limited number of official charity<br />

places up for grabs for a number of upcoming<br />

sporting events, so get in touch as soon as<br />

possible to help support our hospitals.<br />

Cheshire – 12th May<br />

Take part in this women-only cycle event<br />

around Tatton Park, choosing either a 20k,<br />

37k or 52k route.<br />

Places cost just £10 with a pledge to<br />

raise £150 sponsorship.<br />

15th September<br />

Places cost £49 for a charity entry<br />

into the UK’s biggest half marathon.<br />

Participants will be asked to pledge to raise<br />

£300 in sponsorship.<br />

20th July<br />

To take part for free in this unique one<br />

mile swimming event in Salford Quays,<br />

participants are asked to pledge to raise<br />

£120 in sponsorship.<br />

26th May<br />

Guaranteed charity places cost £37<br />

and participants are asked to pledge to<br />

raise £150 sponsorship to take part in<br />

this 10k event.<br />

27th May<br />

Upcoming<br />

Sporting Events<br />

Places cost £13 and are available from<br />

www.greatrun.org<br />

The Junior Run is for 9-15 year olds and<br />

covers a 2 mile distance.<br />

The Mini Run is for children aged 3-8 and<br />

covers a 2km distance. (Children participating<br />

in this event can be accompanied by an adult).<br />

If you have already registered for<br />

any of the above and would like<br />

to use <strong>your</strong> place to fundraise for<br />

us, call 0161 276 4522 or email<br />

clare.mcmanmon@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

and we will send you a<br />

sponsorship pack including free<br />

t-shirt to wear on race day.<br />

Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013 7


Corporate<br />

Fundraising<br />

8<br />

The End of an<br />

Era With Thanks<br />

The start of 2013 sees the end of three<br />

year-long corporate partnerships.<br />

Special thanks go to everyone involved and<br />

we hope to work with all of you again at<br />

some point in the future!<br />

Phillips & Cohen<br />

Nick Cherry, Natalie Bushell and<br />

Tim Webb present their cheque to<br />

Jessica from the Charity Team<br />

Throughout 2012, Phillips<br />

& Cohen Associates<br />

supported Saint Mary’s<br />

Hospital through<br />

£2,668<br />

various office-based<br />

Raised<br />

activities and also<br />

took part in the Salford<br />

Dragon Boat Race,<br />

helping to raise over £2,400.<br />

Natalie Bushell, HR Manager at Phillips &<br />

Cohen Associates, said: “A number of our<br />

team have children who have benefi ted from<br />

the specialist research and treatment which<br />

takes place at Saint Mary’s, so our staff were<br />

delighted to have the chance to get involved<br />

and do their bit to help raise money for such a<br />

worthy and local charity.”<br />

Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013<br />

Fancy dress fun!<br />

Nathaniel<br />

Lichfield<br />

& Partners<br />

£7,728<br />

Raised<br />

For 12 months, Nathaniel Lichfi eld & Partners<br />

fundraised in aid of <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Children’s Hospital and collected a grand<br />

total of £7,728. The fi rm’s fancy dress 50th<br />

birthday party was a particular highlight, as<br />

was its participation in the 2012 skydive.<br />

Trafford Leisure<br />

Centres<br />

Since 2011, and as part of its Summer<br />

Sporting Challenge, Trafford Leisure Centres<br />

raised over £1,800 for <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Children’s Hospital with an array of initiatives.<br />

Specifi c commendation during this<br />

partnership goes to all those involved in the<br />

Corporate Wellness Netball Cup, including<br />

the Grammar Leisure Centre and Team,<br />

TUF*C and Sport Trafford, who helped to<br />

organise a great tournament.<br />

As of the new year,<br />

BASF plc launched a<br />

fundraising partnership<br />

with <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

and have lots of very exciting events<br />

planned for the coming months, which we<br />

are looking forward to being a part of.<br />

Art V Cancer<br />

Art V Cancer recently hosted an<br />

exhibition at NQ2022 in <strong>Manchester</strong> city<br />

centre in aid of a number of charities<br />

including <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Infirmary’s<br />

very own CALLM Fund.<br />

The exhibition saw limited <strong>edition</strong> Art V Cancer<br />

prints for sale, featuring over 35 international<br />

artists including Stanley Chow, Si Scott,<br />

Raid71 and Sam Falconer. Sir Patrick Stewart<br />

also contributed to the exhibition, which<br />

helped raise £847 on the night and went<br />

towards the £6,800 total raised altogether<br />

since the start of Art V Cancer.<br />

Art V Cancer was originally set up by<br />

artist Chris Thornley and his partner in<br />

2011 after Chris received treatment for an<br />

incurable lymphoma. Chris continues to<br />

be treated at <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Infirmary.<br />

Fundraising<br />

Football Fans<br />

Staff and clients from the Co-operative Bank<br />

and Beevers & Struthers were offered the<br />

opportunity to watch the fi rst England match<br />

of Euro 2012 during working hours, providing<br />

they made a donation to <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Children’s Hospital. The donations, along with<br />

a raffl e, raised £700 for Ward 84.<br />

£700<br />

Raised<br />

Steve Lomas - Co-op, and John Jones -<br />

Beevers & Struthers, present their cheque<br />

to Jessica from the Charity Team<br />

Limited <strong>edition</strong><br />

prints available<br />

on the night<br />

Mini Humphrey<br />

Mini Humphrey beanie bears are still available<br />

from Ryman stores across the North West, from<br />

the charity offi ce at <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s<br />

Hospital, or online at<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk/mini-humphrey.php<br />

Price £4.99<br />

At least £1.50 from each bear will be donated to<br />

the children’s hospital.<br />

Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013 9


Humphrey and Fred the Red with patron<br />

Anthony Cotton and Ryan Giggs from MUFC<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

We Can’t Thank You Enough!<br />

This Christmas we received an overwhelming number of donations from<br />

individuals, groups, companies and sporting teams – too many to mention<br />

individually but we want you all to k<strong>now</strong> how grateful we are for <strong>your</strong> support!<br />

Your generosity helped make our patients’ time in hospital over the festive season more<br />

enjoyable in many different ways and for that, we are very thankful. THANK YOU!<br />

Santa United<br />

Humphrey bear and<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> United’s Fred<br />

the Red, plus 40 children’s<br />

hospital supporters, donned<br />

their Santa outfits and<br />

joined the 2012 Santa Dash<br />

around Old Trafford.<br />

As ever, the event was great fun and was<br />

enjoyed by all ages, including Divisional<br />

Director of the children’s hospital, Alwyn<br />

Hughes and his daughter.<br />

We are still awaiting a final total raised<br />

from this event but we will publish this<br />

information on our website just as soon<br />

as it has been confirmed.<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

Starry Lunch<br />

Celebrates<br />

5th Birthday!<br />

For the fifth year running patrons<br />

Cole and Suzanne Page hosted<br />

the glamorous Ladies Starry<br />

Lunch at the Midland Hotel and<br />

raised an amazing £23,000.<br />

Guests enjoyed a festive lunch and<br />

entertainment from Cole, along with an<br />

exclusive fashion show and Christmas<br />

gift stalls provided by Harvey Nichols.<br />

Guests also entered a raffl e to win a<br />

bespoke engraved diamond pendant<br />

from Boodles <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />

Chelsea Spokes from Key103<br />

and BBC’s Hugh Ferris<br />

Cole and Suzanne Page with<br />

surprise guest Jason Orange<br />

The show stopping highlight of the night<br />

was a surprise visit from Jason Orange who<br />

offered a very special Take That auction lot –<br />

a rare signed CD from the whole band, plus<br />

tickets to Gary Barlow’s upcoming tour!<br />

Other auction prizes included hospitality<br />

tickets to an MCFC match, Christmas<br />

baubles signed by the MUFC team and an<br />

exclusive signed print from The Wanted.<br />

Special thanks for making the event so<br />

successful go to:<br />

• Cole and Suzanne Page<br />

• Harvey Nichols <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

• Boodles <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Yasmin Haq and Sameena<br />

Rashid ready to wine and dine<br />

Over the last five years, thanks<br />

to the dedication of Cole and<br />

Suzanne, the Starry Lunch events<br />

have raised over £143,000!<br />

£23,000<br />

Raised<br />

10 Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013 Text RMCH00 £1 to 70070 to donate to <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

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www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

www.rmchcharity.org.uk<br />

Celebrity<br />

Grilling 3<br />

£65,925<br />

Raised<br />

For the third year running, two celebrity<br />

teams (boys v. girls) went head to head<br />

in a cook off at Individual Restaurant<br />

Company’s Restaurant Bar & Grill in<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> city centre.<br />

With Angus Deayton hosting the proceedings<br />

and celebrity chef Simon Rimmer overseeing<br />

the action in the kitchen, guests enjoyed a<br />

three-course meal cooked and served by<br />

celebrities including Christopher Biggins,<br />

lingerie entrepreneur Michelle Mone, Waterloo<br />

Road’s Chelsee Healey and Rebecca Ryan,<br />

Corrie’s Tony Hirst, Emmerdale’s Kurtis<br />

Stacey and a host of Hollyoaks stars including<br />

Andrew Moss and Ashley Taylor-Dawson.<br />

John Thomson led the boys’ Team Fork<br />

to victory with their menu of scallops, lamb<br />

Be Seen in Green Day<br />

Premier League star, Michael Owen, visited East <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Academy and <strong>Manchester</strong> High School for Girls to personally thank<br />

pupils for taking part in the Ryman Stationery Be Seen in Green Day.<br />

A staggering 5,000 pupils across the<br />

North West took part and raised more than<br />

£11,000, simply by wearing something<br />

green for the day. The money will be used<br />

to support the purchase of televisions for all<br />

children’s beds in the hospital.<br />

Michael said: “<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s<br />

Hospital Charity is a fantastic cause and Be<br />

Seen in Green Day is a really fun way to get<br />

schools involved. I really enjoyed the visit and<br />

I wasn’t grilled too much by the pupils. It was<br />

nice not to just be asked about football –<br />

I even got asked if I liked fi sh fi ngers!”<br />

The winners of the<br />

evening, Team Fork<br />

Hollyoaks’ Jessica Forest<br />

serving cocktails<br />

and chocolate fondants<br />

over Team Knife’s (girls) ham and artichoke<br />

salads, turbot and tarte tatins.<br />

Thanks to the ticket sales, the raffl e and<br />

auctions, Celebrity Grilling raised over<br />

£65,000.<br />

Special thanks go to everyone in Teams<br />

Knife and Fork, Steven and Emma Walker<br />

from Individual Restaurant Company,<br />

Simon Rimmer, Angus Deayton and<br />

Mulberry <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />

£11,000<br />

Raised<br />

Bailey on his<br />

way to the top<br />

Stairway to<br />

Charity<br />

A joint event with Cystic Fibrosis<br />

Trust saw over 150 participants<br />

walk, jog or run up the 47 floors<br />

of <strong>Manchester</strong> city centre’s<br />

Beetham Tower.<br />

14-year-old Bailey Hughes has Cystic<br />

Fibrosis and was receiving treatment at the<br />

children’s hospital a year before the event.<br />

Bailey made it his goal to get better and take<br />

part in the Tower Run. He raised over £600<br />

and completed the challenge in an amazing<br />

eight minutes.<br />

The fastest on the day was Mark Sims, who<br />

completed the Tower Run in an unbelievable<br />

4 minutes and 43 seconds!<br />

Well done to everyone that took part,<br />

helping to raise £7,125! Thanks also to<br />

the cadets from 1982 (Huyton) Squadron,<br />

Air Training Corps who helped out on<br />

the day.<br />

Zip Zip Hooray!<br />

Three cheers go<br />

to the 18 brave<br />

individuals who<br />

dared the 30<br />

metre high zip wire<br />

challenge off the top<br />

of the Imperial War<br />

Museum and across<br />

the <strong>Manchester</strong><br />

Ship Canal. As well as raising<br />

money for the children’s<br />

hospital, zippers also collected<br />

sponsorship for Saint Mary’s<br />

Hospital and the University<br />

Dental Hospital of <strong>Manchester</strong>.<br />

Andy Hargreaves, the drummer from<br />

I Am Kloot, raised £2,276 for NICU in Saint<br />

Mary’s as a thank you for the treatment his<br />

daughter Frida received when she was born<br />

14-weeks premature.<br />

Stephen Dickson, Director<br />

of the University Dental<br />

Hospital <strong>Manchester</strong>,<br />

also took part and<br />

raised £100.<br />

The zip wire<br />

challenge<br />

raised a total<br />

of £6,423.<br />

Zip zip hooray!<br />

£6,423<br />

Raised<br />

12 Thank You | Issue 27 | 2013 Text RMCH00 £1 to 70070 to donate to <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Manchester</strong> Children’s Hospital<br />

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www.cmftcharity.org.uk<br />

New Additions<br />

to the Team<br />

We are delighted to welcome three<br />

new members to our charity team.<br />

Lucy Naylor, Communications Offi cer, will<br />

be working closely with patients and their<br />

families to develop case studies to help with<br />

fundraising for the hospitals. Lucy is also<br />

responsible for writing this newsletter!<br />

To contact Lucy, call 0161 901 1124 or<br />

email lucy.naylor@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

Rosie Fleig, Press Offi cer, will be working with<br />

our patrons and the media in order to raise<br />

the charity’s profi le across the region.<br />

To contact Rosie, call 0161 276 4522 or<br />

email rosie.fleig@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

How to<br />

Get Involved<br />

If you would like to join our team of supporters<br />

and help us to spread the word about fundraising<br />

for our family of hospitals across central<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> and Trafford then please contact a<br />

member of the charity team on:<br />

0161 276 4522<br />

or<br />

charity.office@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

From left to right: Brenda Ruth,<br />

Lucy Naylor and Rosie Fleig<br />

Brenda Ruth, Trafford Hospitals Charity<br />

Offi cer, is based at Trafford General Hospital<br />

and is the main point of contact for all<br />

fundraising activity for our three Trafford<br />

Hospitals: Trafford General, Altrincham<br />

General and Stretford Memorial hospitals.<br />

To contact Brenda, call 0161 746 2136 or<br />

email brenda.ruth@cmft.nhs.uk<br />

A Generous<br />

Donation<br />

Thank you to Julie Williams for<br />

supporting the fundraising efforts of<br />

the Liver Department by donating £700<br />

towards the Liver Research Treatment<br />

Fund in aid of a new Fibro Scanner.<br />

The Fibro Scanner is a piece of equipment<br />

which can assess the severity of liver scarring<br />

in patients with liver disease, removing the<br />

need for invasive and painful procedures<br />

such as biopsies which require a stay in<br />

hospital. The cost of the Fibro Scanner is<br />

£72,950.<br />

£200<br />

Raised<br />

Bernard McGrath - Chair of the Liver Patients<br />

Support Group, Esther Pears - Senior Hepatology<br />

Specialist Practitioner, Fundraiser Julie Williams<br />

and Martin Prince - Consultant Hepatologist<br />

BANDNIGHT<br />

The live music event,<br />

BANDNIGHT, was organised<br />

by junior doctors and saw an<br />

eclectic mix of bands including<br />

indie, R ‘n’ B, rock and pop<br />

take to the stage in support of<br />

<strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Infirmary.<br />

Members of the bands work at, or are linked<br />

to, the wider hospital family in some way,<br />

which is what inspired the event which raised<br />

over £200.<br />

The line up included Mount Fabric,<br />

The Purple Toad, Who’s the Daddy,<br />

Lime Green, The Tomahawks and<br />

Acoustic Vibes.<br />

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Wiggle for Women<br />

Zumbathon!<br />

A Musical Showcase<br />

Wiggle for Women<br />

was the first ever<br />

Zumbathon for Saint<br />

Mary’s and it was a<br />

huge success!<br />

173 women and two men wiggled<br />

and ‘zumba’d’ for three hours,<br />

raising over £9,000 and smashing our<br />

£3,000 target!<br />

Patron Julie Neville opened the event<br />

with a moving speech about what a<br />

difference the money raised would make.<br />

Thank you to everyone who donated<br />

prizes for the raffl es and thanks to<br />

Greggs the Baker and Costco for<br />

providing cakes and water on the day for<br />

our wiggling women!<br />

The money raised by Wiggle for<br />

Women will be used to purchase<br />

a cooling cot for the hospital’s<br />

Rainbow Room, a space for parents<br />

and families to go following the birth<br />

of a baby that is still born, has died<br />

during labour or in the immediate<br />

hours afterwards.<br />

Ready to wiggle!<br />

Over<br />

£9,000<br />

Raised<br />

Inspired by Hector Boon’s chivalrous<br />

haircut last year, Moira Hancock, from<br />

SMK Productions, showcased a young talent<br />

gala at Stockport Plaza in aid of<br />

Saint Mary’s Hospital.<br />

Over 370 children, aged between<br />

fi ve and fi fteen, took to the stage<br />

and performed a mix of musical<br />

hits. With ticket sales and Mulberry<br />

handbag raffl e prize, the gala raised<br />

over £2,000.<br />

Over<br />

£2,000<br />

Raised<br />

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Welcome to Trafford<br />

Trafford Hospitals<br />

has joined our<br />

charity family, which<br />

means we are <strong>now</strong><br />

fundraising for<br />

Trafford General,<br />

Altrincham General<br />

and Stretford<br />

Memorial hospitals.<br />

Ladies Night<br />

Karen Pennington held a ladies fundraising<br />

dinner to thank the Children’s Community<br />

Nursing Team for the care they gave her<br />

granddaughter, Phoebe Tarling. The night<br />

raised £430, which was then matched by the<br />

Masons’ Arcturus Lodge, bringing the total to<br />

a fantastic £860.<br />

Cheque presentation<br />

on the night<br />

£860<br />

Raised<br />

trafford hospitals<br />

charity<br />

There are just under 2,000 staff and over 200<br />

volunteers working at the hospitals providing<br />

friendly local services to patients in the<br />

Trafford community.<br />

Brenda Ruth is our charity officer for<br />

Trafford offering support and guidance<br />

to anyone wishing to support their<br />

local Trafford hospital. Brenda can be<br />

contacted on 0161 746 2136.<br />

Cooper’s Cakes<br />

As a thank you to the Trafford Children’s<br />

Community Nursing Team for the treatment<br />

received by two-year old Martina Cooper, the<br />

Cooper family set up a cake stall and were<br />

amazed at how quickly Granny’s cupcakes<br />

sold out raising £200.<br />

£200<br />

Raised<br />

Eye Thank You<br />

Following his treatment at <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong><br />

Eye Hospital, eight-year-old<br />

Brandon Smith wanted to<br />

say thank you by organising<br />

a sponsored walk with<br />

his rugby team. The team<br />

walked through Borsdane<br />

Woods and raised £130.<br />

Text MREH00 £1 to 70070 to donate to <strong>Manchester</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> Eye Hospital<br />

Staff Christmas Fair<br />

Staff at the University Dental<br />

Hospital of <strong>Manchester</strong> held a<br />

Christmas fair for their colleagues<br />

and raised over £130 with a<br />

‘Name the Dog’ competition<br />

and by selling tasty homemade<br />

Christmas cakes.<br />

£130<br />

Raised<br />

EyeSi with my Little Eye<br />

Thanks to everyone that has been involved<br />

in fundraising for the Eye Hospital as<br />

<strong>your</strong> efforts have helped fund a cataract<br />

simulator costing £120,000.<br />

The ‘EyeSi’ is a surgical simulator for training<br />

in cataract surgery and will be invaluable in<br />

improving training for cataract surgery as<br />

research has shown that complications are<br />

reduced when trainees have been trained on the<br />

simulator before they start operating.<br />

£130<br />

Raised<br />

The fundraising team<br />

The Coopers, The Dunbars and staff<br />

from the Children’s Community Team<br />

A member of staff selling cakes<br />

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