Five Stars Scanner Appeal

Every year nearly children suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses in the North West and beyond receive treatment at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. For thirty years this charity has been raising funds and providing the hospital with essential equipment and refurbishments. To ensure that the children receive the best possible care it is vital that the hospital has access to the latest technology. The initial fund raising event took place at the Wallness Tavern in Salford back in 1976 and the fundraising hasn’t stopped since. Our current project is the Five Stars Scanner Appeal and aims to raise £1M for a new MRI scanner. The existing scanner was provided by ourselves 10 years ago under the appeal name of The Bryan Robson Scanner Appeal. Technology has since moved on and the new scanners are less frightening for the children. The new equipment will cut the time of a standard scan from 45 minutes to 15 minutes and will aid doctors in diagnosing cancer and cancer related illnesses more quickly, enabling them to provide early treatment that will ultimately save children’s lives. To date we have raised and so we need to raise in the region of to hit our £1million target. We have the skills and we have the support of a great many people but we need all the help we can find to reach the target sum and help make life better for many thousands of children and young people now and in the future. With your help, we can make it happen.