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David is running in his first competitive 10K race at the Leeds Abbey Dash on Sunday 13 October 2024 and is aiming to cross the finish line in less than an hour. He is running to raise funds for the Active Against Cancer (AAC) service who have given him such tremendous support and encouragement since he was first diagnosed with Bowel Cancer.

David had never run before his illness but inspired by the AAC team, committed himself to being able to run 5K following the Couch to 5K programme. He remembers thinking in the early weeks how hard it was to run for 3 minutes! Now David continues to attend the weekly AAC Active Run Session and is a keen participant in the Harrogate Parkrun, especially valuing the opportunity to meet with and encourage fellow members of the scheme in the monthly 5K Your Way Parkrun.

Please support him in his efforts to raise funds and provide a huge thankyou to the AAC and 5K Your Way teams.

Unity Grove is a community of allotment gardeners, in the middle of Harrogate town centre. As residents of Harrogate, we rely on and are grateful for the care provided by Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT).

Our chosen charity for this event is Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity (HHCC), Endoscopy Unit at Harrogate District Hospital. The Endoscopy Unit fund provides an enhanced service going above and beyond the provision of the NHS.

We hope that you feel able to support HHCC, and that you will give generously, knowing that every pound given will help towards an enhanced support for patients, their families and colleagues at teamHDFT.

Unity Grove is a community of allotment gardeners, in the middle of Harrogate town centre. As residents of Harrogate, we rely on and are grateful for the care provided by Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT).  Many of our gardeners’ lives have been affected by cancer.  This is either due to receiving their own diagnosis of cancer, or due to a loved one going through the same experience.  Because of this, we have some understanding of the physical and emotional demands made on the person as they go through their journey of diagnosis and treatment. We understand the importance of receiving early diagnosis and the best possible care and treatment close to home.  This is why for this year’s fundraising event, as a community we have decided to raise money for our local Hospital.

Our chosen charity is Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity (HHCC), Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at Harrogate District Hospital.

The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre provides high quality cancer treatments and health and wellbeing services.  It supports people affected by a cancer diagnosis in the Harrogate and rural district community, as well as some patients from the north Leeds area.  For more information on the treatments and holistic services provided by the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre, please follow the link:  https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/services/cancer-services/sromc/

We hope that you feel able to support HHCC, and that you will give generously, knowing that every pound given will help towards achieving better outcomes.

The Finance Team at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) are preparing to take on the Yorkshire Three Peaks on Sunday 15 September 2024 for Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity.  They are fundraising towards a specialist Manual Recliner chair which will enhance the environment and experience for patients their families and #teamHDFT colleagues providing and receiving care across Frailty Services at Harrogate District Hospital.

They will be honoured to receive all and any donations to support this worthy cause.

Woodlands Ward is a 16 bedded general paediatric ward which takes children ranging from 0-16 years of age. We see all children of any speciality such as surgery, ophthalmology, ear nose and throat etc. As the only acute paediatric unit within the Harrogate District Hospital, we want to make sure we are providing child friendly, individualised care. Recently most of our fundraised money has supported the completed artwork in the main bay areas within Woodlands Ward and within some of the side rooms. We would relish the opportunity to continue this artwork in our remaining side rooms, but do not currently have the funds to do this. The artwork creates a warmer, more inviting area for children to visit, hopefully alleviating some of their anxiety. The feedback received from the environmental changes to Woodlands Ward over the past few years has been palpable, families who visited prior to the artwork have commented on how much more relaxed their children were since the changes have been made. We are looking to continue this fundraising and make the ward a home away from home.

Harrogate Ladies’ College Charity of the Year. Every year we choose a local charity to support, and for 2023-2024, our school community voted for Active Against Cancer (AAC)!