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Leeds Hospitals Charity news

Bexley Charity Shop Re-opening

In December the refurbished Leeds Hospitals Charity shop in the Bexley Wing re-opened, run by our incredible volunteers. The shop provides a range of products to purchase, including a health and wellbeing section and charity merchandise, with all funds helping us support vital projects at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, including funding for numerous cancer initiatives.

Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon smashes Target!

Over 10,000 entries have been sold for the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon in May 2023. A previous target was set of 7,777 entries to honour Rob’s shirt number at Leeds Rhinos.

This event will mark the first time the city has hosted a marathon in 20 years, honouring Leeds Rhinos legend Rob Burrow MBE. Runners who join team Leeds Hospitals Charity will help raise vital funds for our appeal to build the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

We have a limited number of guaranteed charity places available, you can find out more and sign up on our website.

Charitable funding supports Trust Diwali and Sikh Prayer Day celebrations

Leeds Hospitals Charity were able to provide funding to the Chaplaincy Service at LTHT to help support celebrations for Diwali and Sikh Prayer Day. Staff and patients across our hospitals joined in these celebrations throughout November, and funding helped provide refreshments to all attendees.

Donations help fund Neonatal Transport Incubator for Leeds Children’s Hospital’s smallest patients

We were delighted to provide over £45,000 to fund a new transport incubator for the Neonatal Unit at St James’s University Hospital. Dr Cath Harrison, Consultant Neonatologist on the Unit said: “We’re so grateful to Leeds Hospitals Charity for funding this vital piece of kit which means we can provide the highest quality of care across both sites and even during transportation. “The state-of-the-art incubator allows us to continue intensive care for very ill babies who require timecritical treatment at Leeds Children’s Hospital before and during their journey here. We can now also provide better support to mums with complex medical conditions who need to deliver their babies in a specific theatre at St James’s that may not be near the Neonatal Unit.”