The Christie charity Impact Report 2021-22

FUTURE PLANS At The Christie we are never content to stand still – we strive to continually improve our services so patients continue to benefit from the very best care and research. Below are a few examples of projects that the charity will be funding in the next year.

Our appeal in Macclesfield to build a state-of-the-art Christie cancer centre has now been completed but we will continue to fund complementary and wellbeing services at the centre ensuring that we are able to bring this service to patients as we do at our other sites in Withington, Oldham and Salford. We have a Christie charity centre on site at Macclesfield where supporters can access our fundraising teams for help and advice. We will continue to raise funds for the psychological support service for Teenage and Young adult (TYA) patients, aged 16-24 years of age, who are receiving treatment at our TYA centre. By establishing a more comprehensive psychology service for these patients it would enable patients to access level 3 psychology support on site which is currently delivered through community services. All TYA patients would have rapid access to a TYA specialist psychology service.

Our appeal in partnership with Cancer Research UK and The University of Manchester to build a state-of-the-art translational research facility on site at The Christie will come to fruition at the end of 2022. It is a purpose-built facility housing a collective expertise, driving forward research innovation, attracting and retaining the brightest talent and developing commercial interest from the world’s largest

Our new research facility

pharmaceutical and other industrial partners. Crucially, this research facility will lead to more clinical trials, and will fast-forward our progress in developing new approaches prevention and detection, improving patient outcomes and survival. The build is likely to be completed in December 2022 with the research teams moving in in the first quarter of 2023.

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