fundraising

Medica sponsored this year’s Keith Chandler 5 Mile Memorial Road Race, which was held in Hastings in June in support of its corporate charity partner St Michael’s Hospice. The annual event, organised by Hastings Runners, has raised £72,000 for the hospice since its inception 18 years ago. Medica colleagues Jenna Thompsett, Hayley Ranson, Dave Ramshaw, […]

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 […]

5,000 feet of ascent, 15 miles, eight peaks, one (long) day. Taking on the biggest and best mountains in the Lake District, 51 walkers including Probo Medical marketing manager Kerry Laurie have raised money for charity Be More Ben to support families affected by the death of a child. After Ben Pritchard died, his parents […]

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 […]

CHUMS, a mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children and young people based in Bedfordshire has received a boost to its funds of £1,500 from Davies Veterinary Specialists. The Linnaeus-owned small animal referral practice based near Hitchin chose CHUMS as its charity of the year for 2021. CHUMS supports several services in Bedfordshire and […]