Colleagues at Spire Leeds Hospital have raised over £1400 and covered 1500 kilometres during Spire Healthcare’s 2023 charity focus week – all in aid of two local charities, The Leeds Hospitals Charity Rob Burrow MND Centre Appeal and Lee’s Smile, Epilepsy research and awareness.
Donations given to the Leeds Hospitals Charity will help build The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease, a state-of-the-art MND Care Centre providing people with MND and their families the best possible care and support. Lee’s smile was founded in memory of Lee Johnson to raise funds to support research into the causes of Epilepsy, in particularly SUDEP, Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy www.leessmile.com
Vicky Johnson, Lee’s mother and colleague at Spire Leeds Hospital said:
“The last 12 years have been very difficult and challenging to try and adapt our lives without Lee. The only thing that has kept us going is the amazing support from friends, family and work colleagues. We would not be where we are now without each and every one of them.”
The ambition was for colleagues at Spire Leeds Hospital to collectively cover a distance of 1,000km, in support of the overall company goal for Spire colleagues to cover 40,000km – which is the equivalent of circling the globe once. During the multi-day event, colleagues across the business, including at Spire Healthcare’s 39 hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland, undertook a wide variety of activities including walking, cycling and running to raise money.
At Spire Leeds Hospital, colleagues participated in a range of fundraising activities, including bake sales, quizzes and sports day. The Leeds Rhinos Foundation also generously donated a range of premium prizes for the charity raffle run throughout the week. Spire’s charity focus week included a two-day 110 km walk from Spire’s Regents Gate office in Reading to Spire’s Dorset Rise office in Central London, and a track cycle and a guided road cycle from Welwyn Garden City across 50km, 100km and 200km distances visiting Spire Bushey and Spire Harpenden Hospitals.
World record endurance cyclist Jenny Graham, joined Spire colleagues and consultants in the 200km road and track cycle event, and was inspired by the enthusiasm of the Spire team:
“I was thrilled to be invited to take part in Spire Healthcare’s 2023 charity fundraising event. This is the second time I’ve joined one of Spire’s charity events, so helping the teams reach this years’ goal of covering 40,000km was great fun and all for some fantastic causes.”
Justin Ash, Chief Executive Officer at Spire Healthcare said:
“I’d like to thank colleagues and consultants for taking part in Spire’s 2023 charity focus week and playing their part in fund raising for a wide range of excellent causes. We firmly believe in the power of giving back to our local communities and making a positive impact on society. I am so proud of everyone’s work, support and physical efforts to make this such an important and successful week.”
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, with 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms across England, Wales and Scotland. It operates a network of private GPs and provides occupational health services to over 700 corporate clients. Working in partnership with over 8,700 experienced consultants, Spire Healthcare delivered tailored, personalised care to around 926,500 in-patients, out-patients and day-case patients in 2022, and is the leading private provider, by volume, of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.
Spire Leeds Hospital is amongst Yorkshire’s largest hospitals offering treatment across over 30 medical specialties including orthopaedic surgery, cardiology, oncology (cancer care) and general surgery. Treating adults and children and part of the award-winning Spire Healthcare group, multi-disciplinary teams provide fast, personalised healthcare www.spirehealthcare.com
