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Patients and staff become faces of The Christie

The Christie charity has launched a major new advertising campaign featuring the stories of people whose lives have been touched by The Christie – including our very own staff as its stars.

Matron Matt Bilney is featured in the campaign.

The 'Touching Lives' campaign aims to show how crucial fundraising for The Christie charity is and how many of the services provided by The Christie would not be possible without the support of charitable donations. The campaign also shows the human side of care and treatment that The Christie provides throughout Greater Manchester and the North West. It highlights the everyday work of The Christie, talking about saving lives, making breakthroughs, holding hands, wiping tears, lifting spirits, raising funds, ringing bells and beating cancer. All the people involved are real people who have a direct connection to The Christie including patients, volunteers, fundraisers and patient relatives.

Raising awareness: an example of the advertisements featuring Matt Bilney and a glimpse of one of the adverts on Victoria Warehouse at Old Trafford

His voice has appeared in

relatives and I hope people will really get behind this campaign and make a decision to fundraise for us.” Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn is another face of the campaign. Prof Faivre-Finn has worked at The Christie for 21 years and has benefited directly from funding from The Christie charity as it has funded her current post as a consultant clinical oncologist. Charmain Sangster also features in the campaign. She has been a volunteer at The Christie for the last

a radio advert and he also featured in newspaper adverts and on bus sides. Matt lives in Didsbury and joined The Christie as a student nurse in 2002. He said: “I was very proud to be asked to represent all Christie nurses in the campaign. I work with some amazing colleagues who go above and beyond to provide care and compassion to our patients. In my previous role, I managed the integrated procedures unit (IPU) which brings together day patient services in one place and which our charity raised almost £5m for, and so I know first-hand just how

four years using her

experiences as a former patient to help first time patients find their way around the hospital.

important the support of our charity is. Now, as a senior nurse manager for inpatient wards, it is clear every day what a difference our charity makes to patients and their

Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn

Prestigious award for Claire Congratulations to consultant endocrinologist Claire Higham who has been awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Academic Research Partnerships (CARP) fellowship. CARP supports NHS consultants with a PhD or MD – or equivalent higher research degree – but who are not currently research active, to participate in collaborative, high-quality research partnerships with established biomedical researchers.

Claire Higham

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