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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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