Charity Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

A big thank you

Although we were only able to start carrying out certain events halfway through this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, our supporters, both old and new, have shown their support and continued loyalty by engaging in our events and activities or carrying out their own activities to continue to provide much needed funds for the benefit of our patients. Your donations, whether large or small continue to make an enormous difference to our patients every single day. A donation of £399 could buy a mobile massage chair so therapists can visit patients anywhere in the hospital. A block of six ‘make me a DJ’ sessions which are run in our teenage and young adult (TYA) unit for our young patients costs £1,500 and helps young people express their feelings following a cancer diagnosis. A larger donation of £5,000 could pay for two patients to undergo full molecular profiling as part of the Target research project.

As Trustees we are thrilled that our supportersrespondtoour appealswithsuch enthusiasm and we really do value each and every donation, nomatterwhat the size.We ensure we spend these funds as cost effectively as possible and we are proud to say that 82p in every £1 donated to the charitywill go directly towards projects and services for the benefit of patients here at The Christie. Any gift, large or small, is extremely beneficial to our patients. The impact that charitable funding has on patients here at The Christie cannot be understated, which is why, on behalf of our patients, staff and Trustees, we would like to offer our sincerest thanks to all those who support The Christie charity.

Thank you once again.

Signed:

Name: Kathryn Riddle (Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee)

A donation of £55,000 would fund a clinical fellow for a year.

Date: 16th December 2022

Whether you tackled a sporting challenge, organised a fundraising event at work or pledged to leave us a gift in your will, all your donations make a significant difference to our patients.

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