With a donation received yesterday of £5,000 from the Lodge of the Union 38, Chichester Free Masons, we have reached nearly £20,000! Paul Carter, Consultant Urological Surgeon: “We are extremely grateful to The Lodge of the Union 38. They are big supporters of our fundraising efforts and again have donated generously. Everyone who sponsors the team will be making a real difference to patients needing urological healthcare in our local area.”
Gary Sharp, Secretary to the Lodge of the Union added, “The Lodge of Union, based in Chichester, has helped to fund a number of the Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust projects during the past 2 years and is proud, once again, to support the Trust and, in particular, this appeal that has a relevance to the members of our organisation….we are supporting the fight against Prostate Cancer.”
Amanda Tucker, Head of Charity for Love Your Hospital said: Love Your Hospital is the dedicated charity of Western Sussex NHS Foundation Trusts and it is only with the support and generosity of local groups such as the Lodge of the Union38 that the charity is able to ensure that charitable funding is available so that patients can have access to the best and most modern facilities and that their stay is made as comfortable as possible.
Consultant Urological Surgeons from St Richard’s Hospital, Worthing Hospital and West Sussex Urology LLP are vowing to take on a gruelling 100 mile bike ride in a bid to raise £80,000 to provide new equipment to improve diagnosis of urological cancers and other specialist urological conditions such as blood in the urine or patients at risk of prostate cancer.
The team will join 15,000 cyclists on 23 September at the world-famous Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester for the start of the first ever Vélo South, a major new 100-mile closed road sportive for the UK.
You can sponsor WSU riding for Love Your Hospital to raise £80k for local NHS urology cancer services www.justgiving.com/fundraising/wsulyh. In a bid to boost sponsorship everyone who sponsors via the Just Giving Page will entered into a draw to win a big bundle of goodies including: a £150 voucher for Wallops Wood Cottages, Goodies from Edgcumbes Coffee Roasters & Tea Merchants, Fontwell Park, Racecourse, Hilton Avisford Park, Noble and Stace Chocolatiers, Earth Seed to Bloom, Warwick Street Kitchen & more.
