charity

The AXREM executive committee and Future Leaders Council met in London in December to present a cheque for more than £3,500 to Alzheimer’s Research UK regional fund-raising officer Lucy Bedford, who has worked with AXREM throughout 2024. This was part of a new initiative by AXREM to support a charity over the year, making a donation from […]

Radiographer Lucy Ratcliff recently got on her bike and cycled from John O’Groats to Land’s End on a 920-mile journey in aid of Project Play. She completed this solo, unsupported ride in 10 days and raised more than £2,300. The fund-raising team at Project Play aims to improve the medical imaging waiting areas at Royal […]

Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has teamed up with charity Little Lifts, which provides boxes of gifts and treats and support to those about to undergo chemotherapy and radiotherapy for breast cancer. The boxes contain items such as lolly moulds and recipes to help with loss of taste, moisturisers for sensitive skin and cordials to help […]

The medical imaging team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust took to the court at the end of March to take part in a charity netball tournament. Radiographers, apprentices, sonographers, advanced practitioners and managers all came together to raise money for the Palestine and Syrian refugees, a cause that the trust’s radiographers have a […]

During the BSIR 2022 annual meeting in November, The U Foundation held a raffle and sale of Zambian hand-carved wooden animals. A total of £312.50 was raised towards the Siankaba Community Trust School, which delivers primary education in a remote part of the country. The U Foundation is a UK registered charity supported by the […]

Television presenter Gloria Hunniford is heading up a campaign to promote the delivery of localised NHS cancer treatment with the use of mobile units. Hunniford lost her daughter Caron Keating to breast cancer in 2004 and is a patron of charity Hope for Tomorrow, which provides the NHS with mobile cancer care units. The charity […]

Davies Veterinary Specialists small animal referral practice is supporting the Forestal el Arriero Sustainable Forestry project in Uruguay by donating £2,250. This represents 30 per cent of Davies’ carbon emissions during 2020, via international credits. The project in Uruguay represents the conversion of land in the east of the country, previously under extensive grazing by […]

The majority of people in the world are still unable to access the medical imaging tests needed to get the best quality healthcare, says Worldwide Radiology, an organisation that has grown from a group of founding UK radiologists with experience of working in limited resource settings to an international team of around 35 long-term volunteers. […]