FUNDRAISING2015 MAGAZINE ISSUE 31

Michelle Joins Team Humphrey! page 11 A BIG Chairman’s Message to everyone Thank You is written by Welcome to your latest edition of Julie-Anne Weaver and edited Thank You with stories of what by Dawn Stone. our supporters have been doing If you have a story that you would to help us and how with their like to be considered for the next support, and yours, we have been issue please contact us on 0161 276 4522. able to help our hospitals.

We have recently been able to celebrate hitting the target for our Bicentenary Appeal Contact Us for the Eye Hospital, which you can read more about on page 16. Our celebrity supporters Central Hospitals have also been lending a hand and I was NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) Contents delighted to meet and welcome actress Charity Michelle Keegan to our team of supporters. We hope that you will continue to join us in our challenge to make a difference to patients By post: Jenny’s We hope that you enjoy reading all about and their families at our family of hospitals. 6 Pennies what has been going on and what we have Charity Office coming up. Later on you will be able to read Thank you Citylabs about the exciting changes that we will be Maurice Watkins CBE Maurice Watkins Building making to our newsletter in the future. Chairman, Charitable Fundraising Board Nelson Street Manchester, M13 9NQ 9 Jon’s Sahara Sizzler 0161 276 4522 About Our Charity By email: [email protected] www.cmftcharity.org.uk Michelle Keegan Central Manchester University Hospitals The charity has three main areas of work: www.rmchcharity.org.uk 11 Joins Team Humphrey NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) Charity • to provide state-of-the-art equipment for Royal Manchester Children’s supports continuing excellence in diagnosis and treatment, over and above Hospital Charity treatment, research and care at: that which the NHS provides • Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Saint Mary’s Hospital Charity • to support research projects to improve our Christmas Carols • University Dental Hospital of Manchester understanding of illnesses 14 @RMCHcharity @StMarysHosp in the City • Manchester Royal Eye Hospital • to help to create an environment that’s • Manchester Royal Infirmary more friendly • Saint Mary’s Hospital •  Hospitals – including Trafford 18 Wiggle for Women General, Altrincham General and Stretford Memorial hospitals

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The team presents Fantastic Festive Fun the cheque Thank you to everyone who supported us before, during and after the festive Way of the Roses season. We received lots of support and visits in the run up to Christmas, which really helped to put smiles on our patients faces, including: A group of 12 cyclists cycled 170 miles on the Way of the Roses route to help raise money for our laryngoscope project for use on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Patron Brooke Vincent children’s hospital. joined us to switch on our Christmas lights The team, known as the Longlands Way of the Roses, started in Morecambe and battled against heavy rain to make their way to Skipton for their first pit stop. £13,000 Manchester City players visited the wards raised with gifts, and players Toure and Kompany They also cycled through York before crossing the finish line in sunny Bridlington, very tired but proud to have completed the three day challenge. The RAF flew Father joined patients in a table football tournament Christmas in by helicopter The team raised a staggering £13,000. to help spread festive cheer Red Devils rugby players took time out to come and say hello and even donated £1,000 Graeme’s new do! Graeme Grows for Ward 84

Graeme Nesbit is renowned for taking care of his appearance and is known to visit the barbers on a weekly basis to keep Patrons John Thomson, Jason Done, George Sampson and Ian Puleston- his short dark hair in shape. So it came as a big surprise to Manchester United his friends and family when he decided to bleach and grow players handed out Davies visited the hospital to hand out gifts kindly donated by Sambro UK his hair for charity! presents to patients Over £2,600 Graeme was inspired after hearing about a colleague’s son raised being treated on Ward 84 at the children’s hospital. Family’s Fundraising Tops 100k Graeme raised over £2,600. You name it and it is likely that the So grateful were £82,000 friends and family of Sienna Malley Sienna’s family for raised have already done it to support the the lifesaving care Aimee Drew Trust service which saved their daughter’s life. she received from Together they have raised a staggering the NWTS team In 1997 Aimee Drew from Marple sadly passed away from £100,000 for the North West and North that they have a then unknown immune problem. Following her death, Wales Paediatric Transport Service been fundraising her family started raising money in her memory and The family hand their fundraising recently topped £82,000. (NWTS) which is based at the children’s to provide further over the cheque hospital. specialist equipment, for Aimee’s dad visited the hospital to celebrate the Sienna, now four, was just eight-months-old the modified ambulances ever since. The family achievement, which initially funded a specialist doctor, when she contracted the Swine Flu virus. fundraising has meant that the team have been Dr Peter Arkwright, to treat children with a range of immune Originally admitted to her local hospital, Sienna able to buy a ventilator, two training mannequins and allergic conditions. The post is now funded by the was so poorly she needed to be transferred to and a Sonosite - a portable machine enabling hospital but the family continue to support the service. Aimee’s dad Ian Drew presents a different hospital for specialist treatment, and doctors to place drips in infants for drug and the cheque to members of the the NWTS team looked after Sienna during her fluid therapy during transfer. Aimee’s family also recently found out the exact cause of immunology and bone marrow transplant teams transfer. Aimee’s disease thanks to a breakthrough by Dr Arkwright and colleagues working in Paris.

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Over the past few months we have seen lots of schools Jenny’s Pennies across the region fundraising to support the children’s hospital. Here are highlights of just a few… Thank you to patient Jenny Lloyd and family who have raised over £17,000 for the children’s hospital over the Teachers last nine years. from Little Carleton Bollington C of St Hilda’s Jenny suffers from an extremely rare condition, known as C of E Primary Polyglandular Addison’s Disease. The condition means that E School took on the challenge of walking up School supported her body doesn’t produce the adrenaline needed to calm Snowdon to raise money the children’s hospital down when surprised or stressed, causing her to turn grey and for the Kabuki Fund at Saint by collecting at their vomit. Jenny’s illness means she is unable to climb mountains Mary’s Hospital. The money Christmas nativity was raised in memory of pupil plays raising or cycle long distances to raise money but this hasn’t stopped her Jenny and mum Amanda over £490. from fundraising. Hannah Scales and her mum joined the team Jenny’s fundraising began when her local cub group began to donate their spare to help raise over Pupils from two Great Harwood change from the tuck shop. This money was collected in a tin, which became £1,300. primary schools were inspired to raise known as Jenny’s Pennies. Since then Jenny has organised a Kylie Minogue Over funds for ward 84 following treatment Evening and a Christmas party for the children in her local community. She their friend Milly has been receiving £17,000 at the hospital. has arranged coffee and cake sales at church, organised raffles and even raised fundraised in her school lunch hour by selling a variety of handbags. Pupils at St Wulstan’s organised a Let’s Play Out of School cake sale which raised over £400 club in Davyhulme held whilst pupils from the Federation of St cake stalls, face painting, Hubert’s RC Primary School battled raffles, auctions and sports snow, rain and wind to complete a 10 activities across three days mile cycle along the Leeds Liverpool raising over £400. Canal to Blackburn to raise over £430. The team with consultant Sarah after 100 Miles for Daisy completing the ride

In September, Steven Berry and a number of his friends cycled 100 miles as a thank you for treatment his Meet Lisa eight-month-old daughter, Daisy received at the hospital. We are delighted to welcome Lisa Humphreys, our new Daisy suffers from Pallister Killian Syndrome – a rare Schools Charity Officer, to our fundraising team. condition which affects only 30 children in the UK, so Steven and his team cycled from Wigan to the children’s hospital As a charity we find that young people of all ages – from and back on both a Saturday and Sunday to raise money for reception to sixth form – really engage with fundraising to Ward 77 at the hospital. support other children and understand how they can make a difference. The family - and their friends - have continued to fundraise for the ward with a number of activities including Wood Fold There are many ways schools can raise funds for any of our hospitals, Primary School taking part in PJ Day. Busy Bees Nursery in £11,300 as a class, year group, key stage or whole school, including our own events that tie into the national curriculum. Lisa is able to help support your school’s fundraising, whether Chorley, where Daisy’s mum Jenny works as a training manager, raised undertook various fundraising activities and Jenny herself even it’s a one off event or supporting us throughout a whole academic year, with cheque took on a zip slide. Daisy’s 10-year-old sister, Lucy, also completed presentations, assemblies and materials to help you promote the great work that you are a 10 mile cycle in support of the fundraising efforts. doing.Lisa is a one-stop-shop for all things relating to schools fundraising. To date the family have raised over £11,300 and hope to hit £15,000 by summer. If you would like to speak to Lisa about getting you or your child’s school involved in fundraising please call 0161 701 0461 or email [email protected]

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Daniel Liptrott and colleagues NCC Group Spread present the cheque to hospital director Sue Lunt and patients Morson Group Festive Cheer At Christmas NCC Group visited the children’s hospital to hand over a staggering £50,000, which will really help us to Tops £30,000 make a difference. Recently Morson Group came to visit the As well as their generous donation, they also brought presents to hand hospital to hand over a cheque for an out to our patients - really helping to spread festive cheer. incredible £30,000. Daniel Liptrott, managing director of Escrow, part of the NCC Group presented Staff chose to support the hospital for a year the cheque to hospital director Sue Lunt and patients. and raised the money by taking on sporting Mr Liptrott commented: “Our chief executive, Rob Cotton, is very much focused on making sure events like the , holding big businesses give back to charities and local charities in particular. bake-offs and dress down days including our very own Be Seen in Green Day. “Businesses owe it to the community to contribute as much as possible and to give something back.” Charity Chairman Maurice The money raised will support the enhancement of our £12,200 Watkins with Morson CEO Teenzone and will also go towards an incubator pod for Bents Blossom raised Ged Mason and Morson staff babies needing an MRI scan.

Last year we told you about Bents Garden and Home Jon in the Sahara choosing the children’s hospital as their charity of the year. Well we are delighted to give you the good news that they raised over £12,200. Staff at Bents raised the money by taking on the Jon’s Sahara dragon boat race, a static bike ride in store, plus cake bakes, games nights, raffles and auctions at their seasonal shows. Sizzler Humphrey receives Bents’ We’re delighted to tell you about some new companies who blossoming donations Jon Cooke, regional manager at Lyndon will be supporting us over the coming months… Scaffolding, took on the challenge of trekking through the Sahara desert in support of the Bone Caffe Nero - 12 stores across Manchester Best Western Cresta Court Hotel in Marrow Transplant Unit at the children’s hospital. will be supporting the children’s hospital Altrincham will be organising a number of Jon trekked for five days covering a distance of Over through in-store fundraising and staff taking events. around 140 kilometres of tough terrain. Jon said: on a number of fundraising challenges, in Glory Global has adopted us as their charity “The experience of sleeping under the stars was £8,000 a bid to collectively raise £12,000 over 12 of the year for 2014/15. amazing and the people that you have to rely raised months. on to keep you going are truly inspirational, Law firm Hill Dickinson has organised a Goals Manchester have kicked off plus I raised money for a fantastic charity.” battle of the bands which will take place in their fundraising with a 5-a-side football May. Jon recently visited the hospital to present tournament in support of the children’s a cheque for over £8,000 hospital. City West Housing Trust has selected us as their spotlight charity; staff will be Fircroft Couriers will be donating a penny volunteering their time as well as organising per mile from their deliveries for the next 12 Jon presents his hard-earned donation and taking part in fundraising initiatives. to Joel Oxberry from the Charity team months.

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Hoopers Helps £3,000 Michelle Keegan Thank you to Hoopers department store in Wilmslow who kindly raised supported the children’s hospital with their in-house Ladies Fashion Show. Joins Team Humphrey Over 200 guests were treated to the spectacular delights of the latest winter trends and, thanks to ticket sales and a raffle on the night, £3000 was raised. The store has Michelle with Charity We are delighted to announce that pledged its support for the future so watch this space for more Hoopers fundraising news! Chairman Maurice Watkins Manchester’s very own Michelle Keegan has joined Team Humphrey as our newest celebrity patron. Comedy Co-operative The former Coronation Street star first got involved with Over the hospital in 2013 when she fronted our Big T-Break Paul Kenyon and Gemma Tierney from the Co-operative Group’s IT £8,000 campaign. Michelle has now pledged her support to the Charity by becoming an official patron, and recently took Division in Manchester decided to do something funny to help raise money raised for the children’s hospital and organised two comedy nights. The events time out of her busy schedule to meet with patients at were a great success raising over £8,000. the hospital. Michelle will also be helping to raise awareness of the Charity so that we can continue to support excellence in treatment, research and care and help to make a difference Michelle meets to the 220,000 children who visit the hospital each year. Hambaker Staff patients at the hospital Tackle Moroccan Mountains Shaun Murphy Pots for Pounds

Sal Hussain, Darren Wood, Phil Green Shaun Murphy outside and John Wilson from Hambaker the children’s hospital World Champion snooker player Shaun Murphy has Pipelines in Openshaw have helped continued to support the Charity over the last few to raise money for the Bone Marrow months and recently visited Royal Manchester Transplant Unit at the children’s hospital Children’s Hospital to present a cheque for an by heading to Morocco. amazing £4,100. The team challenged themselves to climb the Shaun has been supporting the Charity by Atlas Mountains scaling heights of 4,167 metres donating £100 every time he makes a break of after hearing about a patient who was currently The team celebrate 100 or more in a competitive match. undergoing treatment on the unit. Although they reaching the summit found the challenge tough the group were the only ‘The Magician’ - as he is known to many of his participants on their trek that were able to take on the dangerous fans - has raised over £7,000 to date. Shaun first ascent to the summit, and in doing so they raised £2,000 for the unit. £2,000 became involved with the Charity as a result of £4,100 on-going treatment provided by the hospital for his raised raised second cousin Maisie.

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How Your Support is Thank You is Changing

Making a Difference Our supporters’ newsletter is changing. To help us reduce costs to the Charity, all future Thanks to our supporters we are delighted that we have been editions will be digital and our first digital edition will be published in September. able to successfully fund a number of projects. Here are details This means we will no longer be sending out a printed edition of the newsletter via post but of just a few of the projects you have helped to fund… you will still be able to receive all the latest news direct to your inbox or on our website. If you would like to continue to receive the newsletter please ensure that we have your current email address by completing the enclosed form, visiting our website or emailing [email protected] using the subject line, Email address for Thank You newsletter. Teenage Zone

We can now enhance our teenage zone and make it an even better space for our teenage patients. We can introduce a blackboard and graffiti Christmas Raffle wall for patients to express themselves and make improvements by adding the latest Thank you to everyone who supported our Grand Christmas Raffle. technology including games consoles, juke The lucky winners were: boxes and interactive games. We also hope 1st Prize: £500 Trafford Centre Vouchers to introduce touch screen computers and other Ticket Number 11952, Mrs Drake recreational activities including books, magazines, arts and crafts. The newly enhanced teen zone 2nd Prize: A four-star Manchester city centre weekend break will benefit patients like Laura Ticket Number 47364, Mrs Venables 3rd Prize: Kindle Fire HD Ticket Number 04422, GF & AF Hetherington C-Mac Video Laryngoscope

Thanks to your support we can now provide a new piece of equipment for the Ladies Ascot Day Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The majority of children on PICU are intubated and ventilated meaning that a breathing tube Join us for our Ladies Ascot day on 18 June, hosted by has to be inserted into their windpipe through their nose or mouth to help them breathe. This Suzanne Page at the Lowry Hotel. tube is inserted with a laryngoscope which relies on the doctor undertaking the procedure Enjoy the most fashionable date in the racing calendar in the having direct visualisation of the correct placement of the tube. knowledge that you are helping to make a difference to children in hospital. Now thanks to charitable support we can provide our Paediatric Intensivists with a laryngoscope that has a fibre optic camera embedded within the blade. This will provide a Tickets cost £50 per person. To book call the Charity team much better view, and will also allow the rest of the team involved in the treatment of the child on 0161 276 4522 or e-mail [email protected] to visualise the correct placement of the tube on a screen attached to the laryngoscope, quoting Ascot Day TY. therefore reducing the risk of failed intubation and its associated medical complications.

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This year we have a number of events that you can get Christmas Carols in the City involved with to help us make a difference to the patients treated at our hospitals. Here are just a few of them: Our first ever Christmas Carols in the City concert at Manchester Cathedral was a huge success with 750 guests joining us at the sell out event. On the night guests enjoyed readings from Coronation Street Great Manchester Run – Sunday 10th May star Antony Cotton, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, patron Julie Neville, Join team Humphrey for Manchester’s prestigious 10k run. Last year we had a record Chairman Maurice Watkins and patients Brooke, Duncan and number of runners and this year we hope to see even more runners in green! If you have Isabella. your own place in this year’s run and you would like to use it to support any one of our There was also festive singing from local school hospitals please get in touch to order your sponsorship pack today. choirs including Manchester High School for Girls and the Thursday Singers which includes pupils Teddy Toddle – Wednesday 13th May from Manchester Grammar, Manchester High and Withington Girls’ School. Short, fun sponsored walk (or pram push) for under 5s. Our Teddy Toddle is open to nurseries, crèches, playgroups - and anyone who wants to get together to organise one. To really get into the festive spirit guests enjoyed You can hold it at your nursery, local park or village hall - the choice is yours! glühwein and mince pies kindly donated by Sainsbury’s and Greggs. Great Manchester Cycle – Sunday 28th June Our first ever carol concert raised over Over £7,000 which has gone towards providing £7,000 Why not use pedal power and take on the unique Great Manchester Cycle. There are three Giggle Doctors at the hospital who bring distance options available, for all abilities and the course is completely closed to all other traffic. raised fun and laughter to patient bedsides. Elbow’s Guy Garvey Be Seen in Green Day – Friday 3rd July Wear something green for the day and make a donation to take part. Open to schools, nurseries, businesses, social groups or even just groups of friends. Starry Lunch Great Manchester Swim – Saturday 4th July Our seventh annual starry lunch event hosted by patrons Suzanne and Cole Page at the Take the plunge in this one mile dock to dock course in Dock 9 at Salford Quays. This open Midland Hotel went with a bang and raised a £38,000 water challenge is suitable for swimmers of all abilities, so make a splash and help us to magnificent £38,000 for the enhancement of raised make a difference. the Winnicott Centre at the hospital. On the day, over 300 guests enjoyed entertainment Great North Run – Sunday 13th September from Cole along with a fashion show of the latest designs from Suranne Jones Hit the toon and take on the world’s biggest and most famous half marathon. You could Nadine Marabi’s Ono Uno label. As well as being able to shop from joins hosts Suzanne enter this sought after event for the discounted entry fee of just £35. festive stalls, guests were also able to win some fantastic prizes in and Cole Page the raffle and bid on some exclusive items in the auction including a custom made dress from Ono Uno, a backstage tour of This Morning PJ Day – Wednesday 14th October and a Take That concert package which included an overnight stay at the Midland Hotel. Wear your PJs for the day and make a donation to take part. Open to nurseries, crèches, playgroups, childminders and groups of friends. Plus it really was a Christmas to remember for one lucky guest who won a diamond pendant courtesy of Boodles Manchester. To find out more about any of our events please visit our website, contact the team on 0161 276 4522 or e-mail [email protected]

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Trafford ‘Jumps’ to it Bicentenary Appeal Smashes Thank you to staff in the radiology department at Trafford General Hospital for getting into the Target for Eye Hospital festive spirit and wearing Christmas jumpers. The team raised £100 for the hospital. In the last edition we told you how Michael Owen had taken on the London Marathon in support of the eye hospital’s £100 Bicentenary Appeal. Well we are delighted to be able Text TGHC00 £5 to 70070 to donate to Trafford Hospitals raised to bring you even more good news about the appeal by announcing that we beat our target! We had hoped to raise £200,000 – but we are thrilled to say we A Night for Mum smashed the target raising £340,000 with more still to come in! £13,250 This money will now be used to make a difference in the following ways: The appeal will raised Thanks to the friends and family of Laura Mashiter who help patients recently got together for a charity night in support of • Make the children’s outpatient clinic more child and family friendly like Olivia Ward 44’s CALLM Fund. Laura began organising • Provide specialist equipment to improve diagnosis and treatment the event after her mum, Helen, received a bone marrow transplant and treatment for Acute • Support innovative research to lead the way and help future patients Myeloid Leukaemia at MRI.

Text MREH00 £5 to 70070 to donate to Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Sadly Helen passed away just before the event took Over place but the family chose to still go ahead and guests enjoyed a selection of curries and pies in exchange £3,100 for a donation. On the night there was a raffle and Danny Delivers for Dental raised an auction, including a team-signed Blackburn Rovers shirt being up for grabs, and some guests even got their legs and chests waxed in the name of charity. Daniel Watson, a student dentist, took on a challenge to Laura, with her dad complete as many 15ft rope climbs as he could in one hour. and brother The following day the boys and dads held a football tournament all helping to raise a magnificent £13,250 for the fund. Danny took on the challenge at the Reebok Crossfit 3d in Stretford and managed 156 rope climbs which is the equivalent Danny tackles the rope The family on Scafell Pike of scaling two Eifel Towers. Danny raised over £3,100 for the challenge with gusto dental hopsital. Thelma’s Dental’s Festive Fundraising Mountain Tribute Staff and students at the dental hospital really got into Thank you to the family of Thelma Sharrock who the festive season to help raise funds for the hospital climbed Scafell Pike to raise money for the head this Christmas. and neck unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary in her memory. Staff donned their Christmas jumpers, whilst students Over organised a Christmas Fair featuring handmade Thelma’s husband Ken, and sons Dylan, Rhys, Ross and Russell, completed the challenge in five hours on a hot £800 decorations, cookies, biscuits, face painting and a name the raised teddy competition. The students sell their wares sunny day, raising over £800 for the unit where Thelma had been treated.

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Over £7,000 Corrie Stars and Crew raised

Make a Splash for NICU

Coronation Street stars Ryan Thomas, The team braved The team ahead Krissi Bohn and Ian Puleston-Davies, and blustery weather and of their challenge Our third Wiggle for Women Zumbathon took place at 27 members of the Corrie crew, took on the challenging conditions the National Squash Centre in Manchester. challenge of the Salford Triathlon to help on the day to swim 750 metres, before cycling raise money for the Newborn Intensive 20km and finishing with a 5km run. Their Over 150 participants were led by seven instructors over the Care Unit at Saint Mary’s Hospital. fantastic efforts raised over £7,000 for the unit. course of three hours, all raising money for a dedicated birth trauma counsellor at Saint Mary’s Hospital. The counsellor will support women who have suffered major complications of pregnancy, Droylsden Mum Raises over £12k Over including stillbirth, foetal abnormality or birth trauma. £12,000 raised On the day, patient Danielle spoke to participants about her own in Memory of Son personal experience of the services at the hospital and how she is now enjoying being a mum to her baby daughter Eva. Danielle then joined the ladies to Zumba in their exclusive pink Wiggle Thank you to Leanne Seel and family who have raised for Women T-shirts sponsored by Cheshire Health Club and Spa. over £12,000 in memory of her son, Remi Seel, who was Danielle with sadly stillborn at 38 weeks. Congratulations to Joanne Balchin who won our Wiggle for Women daughter Eva sponsorship prize for raising over £40. Humbled by the level of care the whole family received, Leanne Our thanks must also go to Weight Watchers for kindly providing snacks on the day. and husband Matthew decided to raise money for Saint Mary’s Hospital Charity and set up a Justgiving page whilst still in hospital. The page received over £1,000 in donations in just a Leanne and Matthew present the cheque to few hours, growing to £3,000 in the first month alone. bereavement midwife The family’s fundraising was further boosted by donations at Remi’s Staff Step Up to Help Babies Victoria Holmes funeral and matched donations from both Yorkshire Building Society Seven staff from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Saint and Santander which were organised by Leanne’s cousin Sarah- The team celebrate Mary’s Hospital decided to take on the three peaks Jane and her husband, Gavin. Matthew’s brother Michael also organised a fancy dress golf day, challenge to raise money to buy a portable sensory contributing to a final total of £12,344.14. The funds have been used to purchase a cooling cot, a unit for their patients. BiPap ventilator, and supporting the service provided by the Bereavement Team. The team comprising of Laura Mallinson, Louise Sage, Rosina presents Claire Hughs, Belinda Wyatt, Sam Dixon, Ian Clark Rosina’s Birthday the cheque to some and Liz Dart, started in the sunshine at Ben Nevis in of the team at the Scotland before then beginning the ascent of Scafell Helps Placenta Clinic placenta clinic pike at 5am. They completed the challenge at a very busy Snowdon, smashing the allocated 14 Over Thank you to Rosina Jones who decided to Rosina raised over hours climbing time by 20 minutes. Their efforts support Saint Mary’s Hospital at her 80th £1,000 and wanted raised over £4,100 for the unit. £4,100 birthday. Rosina decided that as she didn’t to support the raised need anything that she would ask guests placenta clinic following to donate to the hospital’s placenta clinic care her granddaughter instead. Gemma received during her pregnancy.

18 Thank You | Issue 31 | 2015 Text SMHC00 £5 to 70070 to donate to Saint Mary’s Hospital Thank You | Issue 31 | 2015 19 I Would Like to Support My Hospital/s By Making a Gift Today To make a donation simply select the amount you wish to donate and send your donation and completed voucher to: Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT) Charity, Citylabs, Maurice Watkins Building, Nelson Street, Manchester M13 9NQ

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