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RELEASE Bank staff in at start of cancer rehab centre Abbey National staff were in at the very start of a key project within the £25m 'Christie's' centenary appeal. The staff, mostly from the bank's area lending centre in Towers Business Park, Didsbury, opted to donate £2,000 towards a new Rehabilitation Centre at Manchester's noted cancer centre. So they found themselves standing on a construction site, arriving at the hospital with their cheque just as building work was beginning on the rehab centre - a key development within the appeal's £1.8m 'Living with Cancer' project.
Project manager Siobhan Harpur (second left) and rehab services co-ordinator and head occupational therapist Kate Gem (far left) showed the Abbey delegation the site and also around Christie's newly completed 'Cancer Information Centre' for patients, families and visitors. The bank party were led by lending centre manager David King (third left) with to his right, Philip O'Mullane, Samantha Shamim, Jayne McGrath and Morag Hoyland. The rehab centre, which will be completed by the end of the year, will help Christie patients readjust to day to day life. It will include a gym and treatment rooms, plus facilities for occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietary assessment and advice. Abbey National have made their contribution from their Community Partnership programme which works closely with charities and voluntary groups throughout the UK. But previously local staff themselves had contributed handsomely to Christie projects by paying for 'dressing down' days. These events raised £197 and £250 - and both amounts were promptly doubled thanks to Abbey National's matched donation scheme. Ends For further information contact:
Morag Hoyland at Abbey National 0161 447 1001 |
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