Impact Report 2023

WELCOME to our Impact Report for 2022/2023. This is our opportunity to share with you why The Christie Charity exists, what we want to achieve, what we are doing to meet these goals, and ultimately the difference we have made to patients and their families’ lives.

Our charity is integral to the success of The Christie NHS Foundation Trust by providing enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds. Funding from our charity makes a huge difference to the care and treatment the hospital can offer patients and their families. The Christie is a specialist cancer centre in Manchester and has more than 120 years of expertise in cancer care, research and education. It is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. It is the largest provider of radiotherapy in the NHS and is home to the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK. It is a specialist surgical centre concentrating on rare cancers and complex procedures and is one of Europe’s largest experimental cancer medicine

centres leading in research and development with around 650 clinical studies ongoing at any one time. The support of our committed and loyal fundraisers allows us to assist the Trust in four main areas: research, care and treatment, education and extra patient services. As one of the largest hospital charities in the UK, we ensure we spend donations as cost effectively as possible, with 88p of every £1 raised going directly to cancer patients. We only exist because of the fantastic support from all our amazing fundraisers. Thanks to your loyal and committed backing, we are able to fund life-changing and potentially life-saving projects that will benefit cancer patients both now and in the future.

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