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concept designs of Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease
16th February 2024
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New Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease

The final design proposals for the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease are now awaiting Leeds City Council approval, ahead of appointing a contractor and starting work on site at Seacroft Hospital. The planning application follows extensive stakeholder and engagement sessions led by architects Corstorphine & Wright to create a building that meets…
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Leeds Halloween Children’s Toddle
29th September 2023
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Third annual Halloween fundraising Toddle hopes to raise thousands to help make hospital brighter for young patients at Leeds Children’s Hospital

Leeds Hospitals Charity are excited to announce the return of their Halloween Children’s Toddle. Since the Toddle launched in 2021 it has been a huge fundraising success, with over £60,000 raised for Leeds Children’s Hospital. The third annual Toddle will take place on Saturday 28th October at Roundhay Park in Leeds. This year, the…
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16th June 2023
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Charity-funded £2.4m MRI Simulator set to revolutionise radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients in Yorkshire

Staff at Leeds Cancer Centre are celebrating the official opening of a new MRI Simulator which will revolutionise radiotherapy treatment at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. In 2017, Leeds Hospitals Charity launched a £2.4 million pounds ‘MR Sim’ fundraising appeal to purchase the state-of-the-art machine. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Leeds,…
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CHORAL 'Children’s Health Outcomes Research at Leeds' Research Centre
10th March 2023
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Leeds Children’s Hospital and University of Leeds launch £5 million research centre supported by charity funding to improve outcomes for poorly children across the UK

Leeds Children’s Hospital and the University of Leeds are delighted to announce the launch of the CHORAL ‘Children’s Health Outcomes Research at Leeds’ Research Centre. This £5 million research partnership, delivered over five years, will be the biggest children’s research programme ever undertaken by the hospital. The brand-new CHORAL Research Centre has been made…
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Children at Meanwood Primary School 1
16th December 2022
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Leeds School Children Come Bearing Christmas Cheer for Charity

Schools across Leeds have been making the most of the Christmas season to kick-start their fundraising for Leeds Bear Hunt, an exciting public art event which will take place in Summer 2023 and raise money for Leeds Children’s Hospital. Leeds Bear Hunt will see Leeds Hospitals Charity team up with art trail experts Wild…
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Peoples Woodland Leeds Hospitals Charity
4th February 2022
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Work has started on the transformation of the former South Leeds Golf Course

Work has started at the former South Leeds golf course on the creation of a 48-hectare country park and green space. Much of the former golf course will be developed as a country park with new woodland planting and pathways. There will also be a ‘Peoples Woodland’, delivered in partnership with Leeds Hospitals Charity, creating…
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The Lord Mayor, Councillor Asghar Khan and the Lady Mayoress, Robina Kosar
21st May 2021
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New Leeds Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress officially announced

Councillor Asghar Khan has become the city’s 127th Lord Mayor of Leeds after unanimous support from members of all parties at the council’s annual meeting. Taking over the role from the previous incumbent Councillor Eileen Taylor, who served an unprecedented two years in the role, Councillor Asghar Khan will be accompanied during his time…
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Leeds Cares
27th November 2020
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Hospital charity to give £1 million for NHS staff wellbeing

Hospital charity Leeds Cares is due to give at least £1 million for initiatives to support NHS staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust during the second wave of the pandemic. The charity will invest nearly £900,000 in a clinical psychology programme for frontline health workers, including those who are treating patients with covid-19.…
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