Archive for March, 2012
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Get A Head Charity heads up CyberKnife fundraising
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity’s Cancer Appeal, which is raising funds to purchase a state of the art cancer treatment machine called CyberKnife, has had a massive £110,000 boost from specialist cancer charity, Get A Head. Get A Head is an independent charity, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which aims to fight all forms [...]
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
New success for ‘Endurance King’
Congratulations to ‘Endurance King’ Brian New. The Warrington triathlete came second in his latest fitness challenge, the Gin Pit Double Trouble Marathon in Greater Manchester. As the name suggests he ran not one but two marathons in one weekend to raise funds QEHB Charity’s Fisher House Appeal. Last month Brian racked up almost 30 hours of pain [...]
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Grace’s latest donation aids cancer unit
“People are very generous,” explains Grace Leahy, who has raised more than £28,000 for Midlands charities over the past decade. Her latest donation has purchased a centrifuge machine for the clinical trials unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Grace holds a string of fund-raising events including tombolas, raffles and toy sales with friends at the Ranch [...]
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Bournville Ball is back for 2012!
After another successful ball in 2011, which raised over £4,000 for cancer patients, the Bournville Ball Committee is pleased to announce this year’s ball will be on Saturday 26th May, which will again be raising funds for children, young people and adults with cancer who are treated at the QE Hospital. Held at Rowheath Pavilion in [...]
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
TAB for troops
Seven soldiers marched 96 miles in 24 hours to raise funds for QEHB Charity’s Fisher House Appeal. Members of the Counter and Military Intelligence Sections based at York’s Imphal Barracks raised a total of £3,206.31. Known as a Tactical Advance to Battle – or TAB –the fundraisers carried 15 kilos of weight, including a rifle, as [...]
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Monday, March 19th, 2012
Torchbearer Karl gets date for Olympic run
Former soldier Karl Hinett will carry the Olympic torch through the streets of Solihull on Sunday July 1st, it has been announced today. Karl was nominated to be a torchbearer for London 2012 by staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity. Karl, aged 25 from Tipton, suffered 37 per cent burns when the tank he was [...]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
The Bikers are Back to Raise Funds for Troops
This Sunday (March 18 2012) Midland bikers will be showing their support for fallen troops and raising funds for military patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Around 100 bikers will be travelling down from Halesowen to the join the ‘Ride of Respect’ in Royal Wootten Basset and collecting donations for the QEHB Charity’s Military Patients’ [...]
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Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Endurance King brings in funds for Fisher House
They don’t call him the ‘Endurance King’ for nothing. Brian New is embarking on a series of gruelling fitness challenges to raise cash for QEHB Charity’s Fisher House fund. Last month the Warrington triathlete racked up almost 30 hours of pain as he battled dangerous African winds to complete 464 kilometres of non-stop racing in the Enduroman [...]
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Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Golfers swing by with donation
Erdington golfers have teed up a £1,671 donation to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity. The St Thomas’ Association Golf Society (STAGS) picked the charity’s Fisher House fund as their chosen charity for 2011/12. The funds were raised through STAGS’ annual dance as well as from charity collecting tins located in St Thomas’ Association Club in Station [...]
“The hospital charity provides those added extras that make a huge difference to the lives of military patients and their families. Thank you for your support”
Harry Wallace
Royal Centre for Defence Medicine staff nurse
