A pioneering removals and storage business which has been relocating customers and safeguarding possessions across the country for nearly 30 years is also taking the name of the Daisy Appeal nationwide after signing up as a corporate supporter.
Appleyards of East Yorkshire, which also provides speedy solutions to householders and businesses hit by flood, fire and other major disruption, will promote the Appeal across its network of thousands of contacts.
Andy Dickerson, Managing Director of Appleyards, said:
We send out thousands and thousands of emails every week to clients and contacts across the UK and we are going to re-brand them to promote the Daisy Appeal.
We’re also working with the charity on some sponsorship and fundraising ideas which will enable them to make the most of the new relationships we are helping them to build.
Andy first became aware of the Daisy Appeal from a client who Appleyards moved to Cyprus and who had received treatment in the past from Professor Nick Stafford, a retired head and neck surgeon who has been Chair of the Daisy Appeal since it was founded. Andy remembered the charity when he bumped into Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, at a meeting of Kingstown Bevan BNI.
Andy said:
We went to a few events and helped with the fundraising and when I met Claire I decided we should get involved again. We’re adding the Daisy Appeal logo and links to everything we send out to raise awareness and we’ll follow that with some sponsorship activities.
Appleyards was founded in Hull in 1995 and in 2000 moved to a site in Therm Road with the first purpose-built storage warehouse in the city. That provided the platform for the launch of Hull Self Storage – another first for the city – and further investment in 2007 led to the launch of Simply Shredding, which specialises in disposing of confidential documents and now has more than 100 franchises across the country.
Also in 2007, demand for storage services rocketed when the summer floods affected more than 10,000 properties in Hull.
Andy said:
We worked with thousands of properties when the floods hit Hull and at a time when a lot of people were cashing in on the misfortune of others we took a different approach and offered a discount on our storage facilities to give people a hand.
It was the same with the tidal surge in 2013, and now the insurance market is a big part of our business. We set up Insure Assist Limited to help people who have been hit by flooding or fire anywhere in the UK and need to put items that haven’t been affected into storage while they relocate. People are always pleased to see us.
Claire, who is pictured with Andy at the firm’s premises, said:
We get involved in a lot of business networking activities and it is great to see that effort result in a new relationship with an established and highly innovative local company.
The links which Andy and his team have forged across the UK are also important to us because a lot of our work is of national and even global significance and is supporting cutting edge medical research in the Hull and Humber region and much further afield.
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The team at an East Yorkshire holiday park have boosted one of the region’s leading medical research charities by handing over thousands of pounds raised by families from across the north during a summer of fundraising.
Patrington Haven Leisure Park adopted the Daisy Appeal as its annual charity early in the year and kickstarted the main campaign with a programme of fun activities over the Easter weekend.
Vicki Jackson, Emma Pickersgill and Sandra Quayle, who began co-ordinating charity campaigns at the park in 2022, then pushed on with a series of indoor and outdoor events geared to maximise engagement with visitors to the 480 holiday homes.
Donations poured in from a fun day in August which included a dog show, birds of prey, market stalls and a barbecue. A monthly lucky number draw raised hundreds of pounds and the park’s “Knit and Natter” group contributed £725 to the Daisy Appeal and the same amount to another charity from a sponsored walk.
Owners of Patrington Haven and colleagues within the 75-strong workforce also chipped in and helped to take the total to £6,500.
Vicki said:
As members of the entertainment team we have regular meetings with the owners and we all just kept coming up with new ideas. Knit and Natter raised a phenomenal amount of money for such a small group and other people just kept on giving.
This is our second year of fundraising and it all resulted from the three of us getting together over a glass of prosecco! It’s a year-round programme of events because we only close the holiday homes for one month a year and even then the leisure facilities are open 364 days a year.
We attract guests from the local area and along the M62 corridor and we build the fundraising into the fun programme during their stay here. We are so grateful to all of them – along with the owners and the staff here they are all part of the Patrington Haven family!
Since its foundation in 2002 the Daisy Appeal has raised more than £22m. The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre, housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country.
The latest addition to the facilities is a Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) which has been built at a cost of £8.8m and will improve accuracy and detection rates for people with cancer, heart disease and dementia in Hull, East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
We were really excited when the team at Patrington Haven chose us as their charity of the year and even though they have hundreds of guests every week we are amazed by how much they have raised.
They have shown what can be achieved by organising so many small events – who would have thought knitting and nattering could generate so much money?! We’re so grateful to Patrington Haven and to everybody who joined the fundraising events.
Charity of the year status is extremely important to us because it helps us work with our fundraising partners and plan our activities well ahead. We can provide all sorts of support for event organisers so we’d love to hear from anyone who would be interested in helping the Daisy Appeal.
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A woman from East Yorkshire turned her Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge from a fun event into a Daisy Appeal fundraiser after losing her mum only weeks before the trek.
Rebecca Harding and her husband Rob completed the task with friends Kate and Rob Lambert and have so far raised over £2,300 with the hope that the donations will keep coming in.
The money was raised in memory of Rebecca’s mum Julie Megson, who was diagnosed with cancer for a second time in 2017 and died in September this year from issues arising from her illness. The effort was Rebecca’s third fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal.
She said:
We did the Three Peaks about a decade ago after mum’s first diagnosis, then after mum got her second diagnosis we had a fundraising night for nearly 100 guests at the Triton Inn and generated over £3,600.
The latest challenge was supposed to be just for fun – if you can describe the Three Peaks as that – but it became a fundraiser in memory of my mum. We toasted her at the top of each mountain.
Rebecca said the weather was bad as they tackled Pen-y-Ghent and Whernside and it worsened as they reached Ingleborough, but they were inspired by memories of Julie and by the generosity of family, friends and colleagues.
She said:
We knew it was going to be harder than usual because of the sad circumstances, and on the day the weather certainly wasn’t on our side!
We were met by heavy rain which was horizontal at times. We were soaked to the skin and the ground was very boggy but we completed it in 11 hours and 48 minutes.
There was no way we were going to give up. Mum really was the most inspirational and courageous woman I have ever met and I feel so blessed that I got to call her my own mum. I have never seen a fight so fierce as hers, with a smile that never left her beautiful face.
I’m so grateful to my fellow hikers and everybody who supported us and now I’m thinking about what to do next. Having done three events for the Daisy Appeal I would definitely like to do more but there is a question about how much you can ask people to donate so I won’t be rushing into anything.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
We were so sorry to hear about Julie, especially after Rebecca’s fundraising efforts over the years and the kindness of everybody who has supported her.
Her latest effort has been the most challenging of all and we’re just thankful that in such difficult circumstances Rebecca was again inspired to raise money for the Daisy Appeal and help us to help others.
Pictured taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge in their Daisy Appeal t-shirts are (from left) Rob Lambert, Kate Lambert, Rebecca Harding and Rob Harding.
To support Rebecca’s campaign visit https://bit.ly/3S4uz9v
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Staff at the UK’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans, motorhomes and holiday homes will support the Daisy Appeal by rising to the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge.
More than 60 colleagues at Swift Group will set off from their factory in Cottingham before the sun comes up to raise funds with the effort which the company’s health and wellbeing adviser Katy Rhoades said is their biggest single charity event yet in terms pf participants.
Katy said:
It’s part of our Swift Active campaign and it came from carrying out a survey of colleagues to find out what sort of things they wanted to do. A lot of people said they wanted to try the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge so we set it up.
The fundraisers, who are also supporting Dove House Hospice, will leave the Swift site at 3am on Saturday 16 September for the coach trip to the Pennines where they will tackle Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough before heading back to the more level terrain of East Yorkshire.
The climb will be a new experience for the vast majority of the group but even before they set foot on the coach they are nearly halfway towards their financial target of £2,000, with the Swift Active Fundraising page listed in the top 15 per cent for the last month by JustGiving.
They are also being supported by the Hull branch of John E Wright commercial printers, which has provided banners free of charge to display at the summit of each peak,
Katy said:
Some of our team have done it before but for most of us it will be a first. I’ve got two children under seven so the only running around I do is after them, but I’ll be taking part along with a whole range of other people from across the business.
Some are apprehensive but they are all pleased to have the chance to give it a go. They are doing it as a team and supporting two great causes so that’s what it’s all about.
There are some who are very competitive and will be giving it everything, a lot of us are just crossing our fingers and hoping for the best, but we’re really looking forward to it.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
With something like 1,330 employees Swift Group is one of the biggest businesses in the Hull and East Yorkshire area and, having been founded nearly 60 years ago, has been in Cottingham even longer than we have!
To get together 63 people for the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge is a fantastic achievement. We wish them all the very best and we look forward to congratulating them when they return. We’re also talking to Swift Group and to other businesses about further fundraising events and we would love to hear from anybody who would like to support the Daisy Appeal with its work.
Pictured above are some of the Swift Group fundraisers outside the company’s factory in Cottingham.
To support the Swift Group fundraisers visit https://bit.ly/45WAOjj
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Supporters of the Daisy Appeal are being given one last chance to snap up a crop of ceramic daisies which has been raising funds for the last six years.
Artist Mark Teale originally crafted 500 daisies in 2017 for sale in aid of the Daisy Appeal. Half were sold and the rest were planted in the grounds of Beverley Minster, where they remained until 2020 when they were relocated to Castle Hill Hospital, brightening a courtyard at the Queen’s Centre for the enjoyment of patients, visitors and staff.
Now, with the courtyard being given a facelift, they have gone on sale again. The charity has around 150 available via its online shop for just £5 each plus postage and packaging. Alternatively people can buy the daisies in person from Guest & Philips jewellers at Saturday Market in Beverley.
The daises have a 7cm diameter and a 40cm stem and were created by Mark at Wentworth Pottery, Aldbrough.
Clare Levy, Fundraiser at the Daisy Appeal, said:
We are so grateful to Mark for using his skills to create the daisies and to the people who have bought them over the years.
The project has raised thousands of pounds from the initial sale and more recently from purchases of the installation at the Queen’s Centre, where people have experienced first hand how the Daisy Appeal helps people.
The removal of the daisies means we are now able to offer them for sale one last time, and hopefully people will give generously for something which can brighten up homes, gardens and workplaces and raise funds for a very important cause.
Since its foundation in 2002 the Daisy Appeal has raised more than £22m. The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened on the Castle Hill Hospital site in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre, housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country.
The MIRC has been built at a cost of £8.8m and will become operational later this year.
Claire is pictured with a fistful of daisies outside Beverley Minster.
A woman who shaved her head in solidarity with her mum after a devastating cancer diagnosis has handed over more than £3,000 to the Daisy Appeal.
Jess Grant was supported by family, friends and colleagues at Arco in Hull after her mum Dawn was found to have metastatic breast cancer. Dawn died just three weeks after the diagnosis but Jess pressed on with the fundraising to support the charity and help other people who have serious illnesses.
Jess said:
Mum’s cancer was very advanced and could not be cured so to show support and build awareness of this terrible disease that rips so many families’ lives apart I decided to shave my head.
They say cancer will affect one in every two people during their lifetime. That’s a shocking statistic and if the Daisy Appeal is about one thing it’s saving local lives and keeping our loved ones with us for longer.
They help to improve the survival chances of thousands of people each year and give users of their services and their families a brighter future.
Jess lives at Thorngumbald with her husband Christopher Burnby and their children Leo (8), Jack (7) and Daisy (4).
One of her work colleagues, Ria Rylatt, is a trained hairdresser and set to work with her clippers on the eve of Dawn’s funeral. Adam Power, Jess’s team leader, also took the chair to get his head shaved as well.
More money came in from a bun sale and non-uniform day at Jess’s children’s school and from colleagues at Arco staging their own series of “Great British Bake Off” events. With Jess’s employers topping up the fund she was able to present the Daisy Appeal with more than £3,000 when, wearing her wig, she visited the site at Castle Hill Hospital with Adam.
Jess said:
When the doctors told Mum she would lose her hair I said straight away I would shave mine off as well. At the time I wasn’t even thinking about doing it for charity, it was just to support Mum. But I decided to fundraise for the Daisy Appeal because it also has links to dementia and heart disease. It’s also Hull-based and helps people from our region.
My mum passed away just three weeks after her diagnosis but I wasn’t going to stop. I shaved my head the day before her funeral. If I commit to doing something I got for it and just keep going.
I’m really grateful to everybody who donated and especially to everybody at work. We are all really close at work and I spoke about my Mum in our team huddle so they knew how poorly she was and they were brilliant. I wasn’t expecting to raise anything like the amount we achieved. I set a target of £500!
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
We just want to say a huge thank-you to Jess and everybody who supported her for their remarkable effort.
In the midst of such an incredibly difficult and painful personal experience she made a commitment to help others and she stuck to it, generating much-needed funds to help us in our work and also raising awareness of what we do.
Pictured with her wig outside the Daisy Appeal building is Jess Grant (left) with colleague Adam Power and Daisy Appeal Fundraiser Claire Levy.
]]>Claire and Louis are pictured with bikers Keith Riley (left) and Rob Olive (right).
A bikers’ charity ride which has raised funds and awareness worldwide for prostate cancer research and men’s mental health arrived in Hull to be welcomed by the Daisy Appeal and other charities.
More than 200 bikers rumbled into the Fruit Market as part of the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride to kickstart a rally and fun day which featured live music, children’s rides and stalls set up by various charities.
The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride dates back to 2012 and unites classic and vintage styled motorcycle riders from all over the world. The first event took place in Sydney, Australia, and was joined by 3,000 riders. By 2022 the number of participants was up to 94,000, who raised more than $6m by riding through 804 cities in 101 countries.
In Hull, one of 52 rides over the weekend in cities across England, the 210 riders received donations and pledges worth over £17,000 to be shared between the charities which lined the marina.
Among them was Hornsea biker Keith Riley, who has been riding for about 50 years and came along with his 1976 Norton Commando motorcycle.
Keith said:
I’ve been doing this ride for nearly 10 years. I’ve got a prostate problem which is benign and is a reminder that all of these charities are good causes.
Rob Olive from Hull arrived aboard his Honda Africa Twin.
He said:
I’ve been riding motorcycles for about 40 years and this is my third year taking part in the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. It’s a great event and will hopefully raise a lot of money and awareness.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, attended the ride along with Vicki Jackson, a volunteer with the charity, and Dr Louis Allott, Lecturer in Radiochemistry & Molecular Imaging in the Centre for Biomedicine at the University of Hull, and Head of Radiochemistry in the new Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) at Castle Hill Hospital.
Claire said:
]]>We were delighted and grateful to be invited to bring a stall to the ride. It’s a fantastic event with some spectacular motorbikes which have attracted big crowds and generated a wonderful family atmosphere.
The money we raise from donations and merchandise sales will help to fund our work, which benefits people across the Hull and Humber region, and our presence has enabled us to tell more people what we do. It’s clear that the riders and the organisers are aware of us and we hope to spread the word and maybe encourage people to invite us to other big events.
Guests at Patrington Haven Leisure Park enjoyed decorating Easter bonnets, watching Punch and Judy shows, having a go at balloon modelling and joining an Easter egg hunt across the entire 23-acre site.
All the activities helped to raise funds for the Daisy Appeal, which has been adopted by the Patrington Haven team as their charity of the year.
The Patrington Haven fundraising team was set up at the beginning of 2022 by Vicki Jackson, Emma Pickersgill and Sandra Quayle to co-ordinate charity events at the leisure park which has more than 400 holiday homes.
Vicki said:
“We are in our second year of fundraising and it all resulted from the three of us getting together over a glass of prosecco!
“We do lucky number draws with the proceeds split between the charity and the winner and we also do all sorts of big events. Last month we had a quiz for St Patrick’s Day and the winner donated every penny of their £100 prize to the Daisy Appeal.
“We’re planning a charity sports day in August with children adults and staff taking part in traditional challenges including the sack race and the egg and spoon race. There will be plenty of other fundraising events before that.
“It’s a year-round programme of events because we only close the holiday homes for one month a year and even then the leisure facilities are open 364 days a year. We attract guests from along the M62 corridor and we build the fundraising into the fun programme during their stay here.”
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said: “The team at Patrington Haven and their guests have really egg-celled with their Easter fundraising activities and we’re really grateful to all involved.
“It’s the first big event of a one-year partnership we’re looking forward to the rest because in addition to the fundraising element it really helps us raise awareness of the Daisy Appeal. Most of the charity’s work is aimed at patients in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire but the research and the benefits are of national and even international significance.
“Through the work of the Daisy Appeal the University of Hull has secured membership of the elite UK PET Network, joining Imperial College London, King’s College London and the Universities of Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Oxford. The partnership with Patrington Haven is helping us spread the word about the world-leading medical advances which the Daisy Appeal is pioneering in East Yorkshire.”
Claire is pictured with some of the children who took part in the Easter weekend fundraising activities at Patrington Haven Leisure Park.
]]>The charity is being backed by management and staff of Boyes, which employs 1,700 people in over 70 stores across northern and central England.
The joint campaign has kicked off with the 22 Boyes branches in the Daisy Appeal’s catchment area setting up collection boxes in the checkout areas.
In addition 10 of the stores are selling the charity’s promotional products, with eye-catching displays of branded mugs, water bottles, aprons, oven gloves and other items. Other joint fundraising activities are being planned for later this year.
Richard Boyes, Managing Director of the business which was founded in Scarborough in 1881, said:
“We decided to support the Daisy Appeal because it is carrying out world-leading medical work and it operates across Hull, East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, which matches a large part of our footprint.
“Some of our staff have directly benefited from the Daisy Appeal’s activities over the years, and many of our customers will also have had reason to be grateful to the charity.
“We’re hearing from the stores that people are buying the Daisy merchandise and giving generously into the collection boxes, and we look forward to raising a significant amount during the year.”
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said: “Everyone at the Daisy Appeal is extremely grateful to Boyes for coming on board as the charity’s latest business partner.
“It’s great to see the store collection pots being filled quickly and merchandise flying off the branded display units as the Daisy Appeal is supported by the Boyes staff and their customers.
“It’s also a great way of raising awareness of our work. The Boyes team will help us build on that with some exciting, fun activities later in the year and we’re also in discussions with other businesses about new partnerships.”
Claire is pictured with members of the Boyes team at the company’s stores in Beverley and in Hessle Road, Hull.
]]>The Jack Brignall PET/CT Centre and the Daisy Appeal Building at Cottingham’s Castle Hill Hospital have been given a vibrant new appearance with new signage and graphics that keeps them in line with the charity’s colourful identity.
The Daisy Appeal updated its logo in 2020 which was created by local agency Design Workshop. The Daisy Appeal Building adopted new signage shortly afterwards which has now been added to with a new external mural. The Jack Brignall Centre has a refreshed entrance as well as new wall displays in the patient waiting areas and an updated reception.
The new look has been warmly received by patients, staff and visitors and will be followed by the introduction of new displays in the Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Haematology and the main hospital building which are due to be installed in the next few weeks.
]]>The Daisy Appeal is flying high after kicking off its 2023 fundraising campaign by receiving the proceeds from a calendar showing a bird’s eye view of Beverley.
The charity was presented with £1,000 by Beverley and District Civic Society, which chose Daisy as the beneficiary of an initiative which was originally launched to compensate for the impact of Covid and has now become an annual event.
Chris Burrows, Honorary Secretary of the Civic Society, said:
At the beginning of lockdown the streets of Beverley were deserted, which was so unusual that we took photographs of various buildings and felt they would make a good subject for a calendar.
“It did so well that we repeated the idea for 2022 and then came up with a different dimension for 2023.
Chris explained that a member of the Civic Society Jamie Newson-Smith, who also runs a drone company, used his equipment and expertise to capture images of a selection of Beverley’s historic buildings.
The cover features a photograph from high above North Bar Without showing North Bar in the foreground and extending to Beverley Minster. The Market Cross, scene of the photograph for the cheque presentation, appears on the page for August.
The calendar was sold by Civic Society members and at several outlets in the town – Guest & Philips jewellers, the shop at Beverley Minster, the Community Lift Shop, the Refill Jar and the tourist information centre.
Chris said:
This year we sold out again and I even had to give my copy away but it was all worthwhile and we raised £1,000 for the Daisy Appeal and £600 for the Civic Society.
Karen Guest, a Daisy Appeal trustee and co-owner of Guest & Phillips, said:
The Civic Society has once again done a fantastic job in producing a calendar which does so much to raise the profile of Beverley and show the character of the town, as demonstrated by the fact that they have again sold out!
Everybody at the Daisy Appeal was delighted to be selected as this year’s charity because in addition to generating much-needed revenue the calendar also helps to make more people aware of our work.
We’re extremely grateful to Beverley and District Civic Society for choosing the Daisy Appeal, to everybody who worked so hard to sell the calendars and to all the people who bought a copy.
Pictured from left are Daisy Appeal Fundraiser Claire Levy, Beverley Civic Society Chair Dick Lidwell, Beverley Civic Society Secretary Chris Burrows, Daisy Appeal Trustee Karen Guest and Chris Harrod of Beverley Civic Society Calendar Committee.
]]>The Daisy Appeal is hoping to raise much-needed funds from a rush of festive give-aways as it completes a first Christmas with its virtual charity shop.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said the charity’s ebay outlet, which was launched during 2022, has given supporters an easy route to dispose of unwanted items and raise money.
The hope is that as the tinsel and trees come down, people will also embark on a post-Christmas clear-out of unwanted presents and of old items which have been replaced by new purchases.
Claire said:
We have received a considerable amount of money using Amazon Smile over the last three or four years and during 2022 we developed our online presence further with ebay.
The site allows people to donate up to 100 per cent of whatever they receive from their sales, or they can just give the items to us and we’ll sell them. It’s quicker than going into a charity shop!
The Daisy Appeal appears on ebay as the Hull and East Yorkshire Medical Research Centre.
Claire said:
It’s easy to use and I’ve sold all sorts of stuff – things that businesses find in their back rooms, things that people dig out at home. Shoes, wedding dresses, bits of cutlery, photo frames.
It’s the same sort of things you find when you walk into any charity shop and it’s very straightforward. People can pay as much as they like and they can just make donations if they want – it all helps.
We also introduced our own range of merchandise during 2022 including t-shirts, running vests, bags, bottles and more and we can show that 96p in the pound goes to the charity because we keep our overheads under control.
We don’t have a lot of staff or posh offices that need a lot of money. We are a local charity which is benefiting people from our area – it’s world beating and local benefiting.
Claire is pictured with some of the items which have been donated. For help with organising donations or events please email claire@daisyappeal.org
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The Manor Rooms on The Drewton Estate near South Cave will unveil its partnership with the Daisy Appeal at one of its forthcoming Christmas party nights.
“The Fourth Season”, which takes place on Saturday 3 December, will feature former “Stars in their Eyes” champion Peter Sarsfield with his live tribute to American pop legend Frankie Valli.
The event will launch the partnership by showcasing the work of the Daisy Appeal with banners and collection pots, which have also been placed in the farm shop.
The venue will then involve the charity in its events programme from the start of 2023, raising its profile and much-needed funds from activities including tribute acts, afternoon teas, summer barbecue discos and themed balls.
Carl Richardson, Senior Team Leader at The Manor Rooms, said:
We became aware of the fantastic work which the Daisy Appeal does to support people across the region by raising funds to improve research into cancer, heart disease and dementia.
“We felt we could help by connecting the charity to the people who come here, and we decided to start with our fantastic Frankie Valli tribute by Peter Sarsfield, who won Stars in their Eyes in 2015 and will be delivering a spectacular show featuring some of the greatest hits of a genuine all-time great.
A few tickets are still available for the event, which includes a sparkling fizz reception and two-course dinner and represents the last chance this year for revellers to enjoy a live music night at The Manor Rooms, with the Michael Buble and Tina Turner tributes both now sold out. To book please visit https://www.themanorrooms.co.uk
Mike Igoe, who works on developing the Daisy Appeal’s corporate profile, set up the new partnership after he stayed in one of the cottages at The Drewton Estate.
He said:
It’s an outstanding property and I was particularly interested in The Manor Rooms – purpose-built function space with great food and fabulous views which all adds up to a perfect venue.
The partnership will enable us to work together for the benefit of the charity and the business. We will assist with promoting the events and with raising awareness of the rest of the facilities at the site.
“The team at The Manor Rooms will support our fundraising activities with the events and that in turn will raise the Daisy Appeal’s profile among the people who organise and attend the events and among the staff here.
Drewton’s has built up a reputation for excellence over many years and in 2019 opened The Manor Rooms as a new-build addition to the award-winning farm shop, tea room and restaurant.
Carl said:
Obviously we were knocked during our first year because of Covid, but we adapted with Zoom and with special wedding packages and we are back on track and thriving now. This year has been our first full wedding season with 55 bookings, and Christmas bookings are well ahead of last year.
“We are drawing up our programme of public ticketed events for 2023 and have agreed to donate a percentage of the ticket profits to the Daisy Appeal, for specific events. People can keep up to date with our events programme through our website and can also book online.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
]]>Drewton’s Farm Shop and The Manor Rooms are renowned for the quality of food, service and events and we are so grateful for their support.
We look forward to helping them raise the profile of their fantastic facilities and working with them to make their events even more successful and to benefit the Daisy Appeal as we go.
The beautiful pictures present historic Beverley from a unique angle and have been kindly provided by video and photography experts Flight Sight Ltd. The calendar is now available from various outlets across the town and online for just £8 with proceeds being donated to Daisy Appeal.
Copies are limited so to get hold of yours visit Beverley Civic Society's online shop.
]]>A teacher from East Yorkshire will fulfil a 10-year dream when she takes on the challenge of the London Marathon to raise money for the Daisy Appeal.
Lucy Bishop, who teaches at Skirlaugh Primary School, has been hitting the roads around her home town of Beverley as part of a training regime which also includes joining the park run on the Westwood every week.
Her fundraising target of £500 is already in sight and Lucy is planning to increase it, with all proceeds going to the Daisy Appeal in memory of her late father, Bill Hutchinson.
Lucy said:
I chose the Daisy Appeal because it’s a great local charity who do important work and was also supported by my Dad.
Lucy grew up near Beverley and later studied and worked in Birmingham before returning to the town 11 years ago. She first applied for the London Marathon in 2012 after becoming interested in running but she missed out on selection every year until now.
Lucy said:
I kept applying for this and I was really pleased to get accepted because I understand they receive over 25 applications for each of the balloted places.
It’s a bucket list thing and something I have always wanted to do. When you watch it on TV it’s just so inspiring and it gets you every time – you sit watching and you want to be part of it.
From starting off as an occasional runner, she recently joined Beverley Running Club and hopes to increase her participation there when her children are older. The immediate focus is on sticking to the official London Marathon training plan which has meant running long distances over 20 miles in the last few weeks
“I just wanted to get it done and now I’ll be tapering down to shorter distances ready for the big day. If I can get around in under five hours I’ll be happy.
Lucy won’t be wearing fancy dress but hopes people lining the route and watching on TV will spot her Daisy Appeal running vest, and she hopes to help raise awareness for the charity.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
This will be a first London Marathon appearance for our new branding and we’re so grateful to Lucy for making such a huge effort and for selecting us as her charity, and we’ll be cheering for her on the day.
As a charity which helps people on both sides of the Humber we receive superb support from businesses and other organisations but our work is all about people and it means a lot when we can show that the families and friends of those who have had treatment for cancer are backing our campaign to improve facilities.
To support Lucy’s fundraising campaign please visit https://bit.ly/LucyBishop2
Pictured is London Marathon runner Lucy Bishop (right) with Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal.
]]>Pictured: Fundraiser Clare Levy, Nick and Mike inside the building
The head of an organisation that represents more than 1,000 businesses across the Humber area has pledged to help raise awareness of the work of a regional charity which is transforming detection techniques for serious medical conditions.
Mike Whitehead, President of the Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce, said he plans to introduce businesses in Northern Lincolnshire to the Daisy Appeal, which is tackling cancer, heart disease and dementia.
Mike made the comments after visiting the £8.8m Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIC) which is currently being fitted out at Castle Hill Hospital and will establish the site as one of the top PET-CT providers in the UK. Mike also renewed acquaintance with Professor Nick Stafford, Chair of the Daisy Appeal and a colleague from nearly 30 years ago.
Mike said:
I was general manager critical care and surgery and Nick was professor of head and neck surgery and he drove the research projects which over the years led to the work supported by the Daisy Appeal.
I have kept abreast of what Nick and his colleagues have been doing here and I think it's amazing that they have taken our little corner of the world into the Premier League for cancer care and treatment in the UK.
I want to help to raise awareness among businesses in Northern Lincolnshire of what the Daisy Appeal is doing to help them, their colleagues and their communities - and what people can do to support the vital work.
Since its foundation in 2002 the Daisy Appeal has raised more than £22m. The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened on the Castle Hill Hospital site in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre, housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country.
Nick said:
]]>We have strong relationships within the regional business community and we see the Chamber as a key partner in helping us to build on that so it was great to be able to welcome a business leader who I have known for a long time and who has an excellent understanding of our work.
Dave Garness, Group Managing Director of Garness Jones, won six bottles of champagne in the business card draw held by the Daisy Appeal at The Business Day event which brought down the curtain on Humber Business Week 2022.
The prize also included an invitation to visit the £8.8m Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) which is currently being fitted out at Castle Hill Hospital and will transform detection techniques for serious medical conditions including cancer, heart disease and dementia.
The Daisy Appeal was selected as an associate charity for The Business Day to send representatives to the event at Bridlington Spa to raise awareness of the fundraising campaign and the capabilities of the new centre.
Members of the Daisy Appeal team took the opportunity to network with business leaders as part of a wider drive to develop corporate relationships and community support.
David and Viccy Heuck, two of the Daisy Appeal’s trustees, donated the champagne and Viccy made the presentation to Dave Garness when he visited the MIRC.
Dave revealed he visited the site a few years ago for a tour by Daisy Appeal chair Professor Nick Stafford and again more recently with Professor Steve Archibald, Professor in Molecular Imaging at the University of Hull.
Dave said: “Both visits were inspirational and I think the innovation and creativity at the heart of the Daisy Appeal reflects the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of our region.
“I hope the Daisy Appeal’s attendance at The Business Day will help to raise awareness among the wider public and business community to spread the message about how very fortunate we all are to have this facility on our doorstep.
“The development is also good news for the economy in terms of job creation, supply chain opportunities and the potential to sell the technology worldwide to support the development of this specialist medical care.”
Pictured is Daisy Appeal trustee Viccy Heuck with Dave Garness outside the new MIRC.
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The UK’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans, motorhomes and holiday homes has pledged its support to the Daisy Appeal for five years.
Swift Group, based at Cottingham, East Yorkshire, has confirmed the Daisy Appeal as one of its chosen charities and will help to raise funds for the ongoing development of life-saving and life-changing facilities and treatments at Castle Hill Hospital.
A Swift Group delegation which included managing director James Turner, his deputy Amy Archer and representatives of the firm’s employee forum, visited Castle Hill to find out more about Daisy’s work across the Hull and Humber region tackling cancer, heart disease and dementia by offering quicker diagnosis, better treatment and improved quality of life for thousands of people every year.
Mr Turner said one of Swift’s main core values is supporting the community which is home to its employees, their friends and families who all rely on local services, such as doctors, emergency services and hospitals.
He added that the company and its 1,200 employees will support the Daisy Appeal for five years and chose the charity because many people in the local community have accessed and benefited from the unique care which it provides.
He said:
We’re really impressed by the work of the Daisy Appeal and what they’re doing in providing innovative diagnosis and treatment of many medical conditions, and to have this facility on our doorstep is a huge benefit to the local community.
“I know that I speak for the whole team at Swift when I say it’s a pleasure to be able to provide charitable support for the ground-breaking work and services they offer.
The team from Swift joined Prof Steve Archibald, Professor in Molecular Imaging at the University of Hull, for a tour of the latest addition to the site, the £8.8m Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) which is a UK first and will become operational later this year.
Karen Guest, a Daisy Appeal trustee and co-owner of Guest & Phillips jewellers in Beverley, said:
We are extremely grateful to Swift Group for supporting the Daisy Appeal and we were delighted to give them a sneak preview of the new building and show them how they can help us develop a centre which is now established and recognised internationally.
The continuing support of businesses, individuals and the wider community is vital as we edge closer to our fundraising target for the new centre and it will remain essential to cover running costs. In addition to boosting the financial side we are confident the involvement of Swift will raise the profile of the Daisy Appeal and encourage others to come forward.
Claire Levy, fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said she is looking forward to working with Swift on a programme of fun and exciting events.
Claire said:
The fact that Swift Group brought members of their employee forum to look round the new building shows that everybody in the company is behind the partnership, and that’s fantastic!
For our part we want to work with them to create a programme of fundraising events which are fun and interesting and involve as many Swift employees as possible.
People have come up with some great online fundraising initiatives during the pandemic and we may be able to continue some of those but more than anything we want to help people get back onto the streets and into the open spaces and social settings with some exciting, new fundraising ideas.
Swift Group is the UK’s largest manufacturer of touring caravans, motorhomes and holiday homes, employing over 1200 people and the only organisation to operate across all three sectors, with an expanding presence across Europe, Asia and Australasia.
Established in 1964, the group’s central aim has always been to provide unforgettable holiday experiences by pioneering high quality, expertly-engineered and designed products with outstanding value for money. Supported by industry-leading customer service and the UK’s largest approved dealer network, Swift makes ownership as straightforward as possible.
Swift is based in Cottingham, East Yorkshire, and encompasses Swift Go, the UK’s only manufacturer-operated motorhome hire facility, which allows consumers to enjoy adventures on the road or even test the waters of motorhome ownership out of its Manchester, Edinburgh and London depots.
Pictured inside the new MIRC are, from left, Professor Steve Archibald, Professor in Molecular Imaging at the University of Hull, Swift Group Managing Director James Turner, Swift Group Deputy Managing Director Amy Archer, Daisy Appeal Trustee Karen Guest.
]]>The Daisy Appeal has unveiled the equipment inside the new £8.8m Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) which it will move into this summer after the disruption of Covid.
Prof Nick Stafford, Chair of the charity, was joined by Lars-Olof Arlasjö, Project Manager from GE Healthcare, on a tour of the new facility at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham.
The pair unveiled the Daisy Appeal totem outside the new Centre and then undertook a brief tour of the facilities including GE Healthcare’s GENtrace 600 cyclotron, which was delivered in October and has now been assembled.
They also saw the hot cells which have been in place for two years and have now been set up by technicians from the Italian manufacturers Tema Sinergie .
Prof Stafford said: said:
It’s been a long haul because of Covid and various technical difficulties but we are here now and by the summer we will be starting to use the equipment. It’s great to see something that we have planned for a decade coming to fruition.
“We decided to buy the cyclotron about four years ago and Covid is the main reason everything has taken so long. The hot cells have been in since before Covid but the technicians from Tema Sinergie in northern Italy haven’t been able to come over to set them up.
Mr Arlasjö, who manages projects across Europe and is based at GE Healthcare’s site in Uppsala, Sweden, said:
This is the first GENtrace 600 cyclotron in the UK and that is an important step for us but because of travel restrictions I haven’t been to Castle Hill since the cyclotron was delivered in October.
“It has been really good working with the team here so it is great to see how things have been growing at the site and to see the results of a lot of hard work.
Since 2000 the Daisy Appeal has raised more than £20m to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.
The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened at Castle Hill Hospital in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre, housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country.
Once up and running the centre will initially be able to produce Fluorine 18 radiotracers, which are currently used in most scans but which are made elsewhere in large scale production units. During the next two or three years the centre will also be able to produce Carbon 11 radiotracers, which have great potential for neurological and cardiological use and will open up other opportunities.
The new building creates the opportunity for the isotopes to be piped directly from the cyclotron to hot cells in the room next door, where the product will be processed, checked and then delivered through a hatch in the wall direct to the Jack Brignall Centre for injection into patients.
The total cost of the new centre is around £8.8m, including equipment to the cost of about £3.5m, about £1m of which is accounted for by the cyclotron. The Daisy Appeal is closing in on its target and will continue fundraising to cover running costs.
Prof Stafford said the work being done in Hull has led to the University of Hull becoming a member of the elite UK PET Network, joining Imperial College London, King’s College London and the Universities of Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Oxford. He added that the work is also attracting interest from organisations including the Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK.
He said:
This investment establishes us as a UK leader and one of the best in the world not only in terms of the service but also with regard to research and development, which is just as important because it will attract the best research-based scientists to come and to work at a centre which is now established and recognised internationally.
“There will also be considerable economic benefits from raising the region’s profile with a project which is unique in the UK, generating high-quality jobs and creating opportunities in the local supply chain.
Also inside the building with the new, UK-first GE Healthcare GENtrace 600 cyclotron.
]]>A village micro-pub and other pint-sized businesses are helping the Daisy Appeal pursue its fundraising target as it works towards opening a UK-first Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC).
Regulars at the Centurion Arms in Brough are continuing their fundraising for the Daisy Appeal under new licensee Angie Tooke, who stepped into the role at the beginning of March.
James Thompson, who repairs mobile phones, iPads, laptops, Macbooks and more at Mend My iPhone in Southgate, Market Weighton, is raising money by inviting donations from customers for the small jobs which would not usually incur a charge.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
It shows that businesses across Hull and East Yorkshire can help to make a difference however large or small they are and we’re urging others to join in whether it’s with employee events, corporate golf days, community challenges or whatever.
“People have come up with some great online challenges during the pandemic and we hope they will now take that innovative approach onto the streets and into the open spaces and social settings to support our work. We’ve got plenty of fundraising ideas and we’re eager to help!
Angie Tooke has worked at the Centurion for nearly four years and is continuing to raise money for the Daisy Appeal as the pub’s charity of choice with quiz nights every four weeks and other ideas under consideration.
Angie said:
We didn’t know anything about the Daisy Appeal but one of the regulars told us all about it after he went to the Sound of Music concert which the charity organised Everingham Hall Chapel last year and we decided to support it.
“We resumed our quiz nights in November after lockdown and they’re getting busier as more people start coming in. With more pubs opening in Brough in recent years we’re getting groups of people including from CAMRA to come and explore the village.
James used to carry out some jobs for customers free of charge if they were simple and quick and didn’t need parts but when he heard about the Daisy Appeal he decided to use his skills to support the charity.
He said:
After meeting Claire I thought it would be a good idea to get a Daisy Appeal collection box and encourage people to make a donation for the advice and jobs where I wouldn’t normally charge. The QR code on the side of the box is handy for people who don’t carry cash!”
Claire said: “This is an exciting time for the Daisy Appeal as we move ever closer to fitting out the new building and getting it up and running. We’re also getting closer to our fundraising target of £8.5m, and then we’ll be able to focus on covering the running costs.
The Daisy Appeal was founded in 2000 and has since raised more than £20m to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. The latest project is a UK-first Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) at Castle Hill Hospital.
It is expected to become operational by the autumn and will complement the existing life-saving and life-changing facilities funded by the Daisy Appeal in tackling cancer, heart disease and dementia by offering quicker diagnosis, better treatment and improved quality of life for thousands of people every year.
Pictured are Angie Tooke (left) and Claire Levy at the Centurion Arms in Brough.
]]>A family business which has been a leader in the region’s fashion scene for more than 50 years has announced a fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal after resuming its ever-popular charity fashion shows.
Wat’s On Fashion, which was launched by Joyce Clappison in 1969, will present two fashion shows in one day at their boutique in Willerby Road, Hull.
The events will take place on Wednesday 6 April with arrival at 10am for the 10.30am show and 2pm for the 2.30pm show. Tickets are £15 each and guests will have the chance to win an outfit to the value of £150 while enjoying a glass of fizz and some nibbles.
The Daisy Appeal is closing in on its target of £8.5m for the construction and fit-out of a UK-first Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) at Castle Hill Hospital. The centre is due to open in the autumn and will improve the detection and treatment of cancer, heart disease and dementia for people across the Humber region.
Joyce said:
We’ve raised a lot of money for various charities from our fashion shows over the years but like everything else we had to stop when the pandemic came. We started again in November and we plan to continue.
“We’re delighted to support the Daisy Appeal again and we hope very much that people will come along and join us.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
We’re so grateful to Joyce and her team for helping us once again. We haven’t been able to hold an event at Wat’s On since 2019 but they are always great fun and very popular and we’ve got our fingers crossed for another sell-out!
Tickets are available direct from the online store, or Wat’s On at 196 Willerby Road, tel 01482 506953, or by contacting Claire at claire@daisyappeal.org
Pictured from left are Claire Levy of the Daisy Appeal and Sue Fieldson and Sally Clark of Wat’s On.
]]>The Daisy Appeal has taken a big step towards its fundraising target with the help of leading property development company Wykeland Group.
Prof Nick Stafford, Chair of the Daisy Appeal, hopes other businesses will be inspired by the generosity of Wykeland as the charity approaches the final stages of fitting out a UK-first Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) at Castle Hill Hospital.
Prof Stafford said:
Thanks to Wykeland and the Brignall family trust we are now much closer to our target of £8.5m and to launching the new centre with its benefits now and in the future for the health of people across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
We have some big milestones coming up having taken delivery of the cyclotron, and we now await the handover of the building itself, but we are not quite there yet and we will continue fundraising to meet the running costs of the new centre.
This donation is sizeable and significant and we hope it will bring even more value by helping to raise the profile of the Daisy Appeal and encouraging other businesses to support a project which will make a big difference to people in our region and to research programmes nationwide.
Dominic Gibbons, Managing Director of Hull-based Wykeland, and the company’s Finance Director, Ian Franks, were given a VIP preview of the new centre and some of the equipment.
Mr Gibbons said:
These very significant donations, from company funds and the family trust, reflect our long-standing and continuing support for the Daisy Appeal.
Our founder, Jack Brignall, was one of the driving forces behind the Daisy Appeal in its early years and was passionate about supporting its work to combat cancer, heart disease and dementia.
We’re delighted that our financial support will take the charity close to the completion of the MIR Centre. The centre will complement the existing life-saving and life-changing facilities funded by the Daisy Appeal in offering quicker diagnosis, better treatment and improved quality of life for thousands of people every year.
The Daisy Appeal was founded in 2000 and has since raised more than £20m to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.
The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened on the Castle Hill Hospital site in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre.
Housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country, the pioneering centre was named in memory of Dr Brignall, who died in 2010, a year after he was awarded an MBE for services to the community and an honorary doctorate from the University of Hull for his work to improve the economic and social wellbeing of the region.
The MIR Centre has been built next to to the Jack Brignall Centre and the latest donations will help to fit-out and equip the new facility. Delivery of the cyclotron was completed in October and the building is due to be handed over to the charity by the spring.
It is expected to become operational during the summer and will initially be able to produce Fluorine 18 radiotracers, which are currently used in most scans but which the Daisy Appeal previously had to source from out of the region. During the next two or three years the centre will also be able to produce Carbon 11 radiotracers, which have great potential for neurological and cardiological use and will open up other opportunities.
With all the radiotracers having a short life span it is vital for them to be used as quickly as possible. In the new building the isotopes will be piped directly from the cyclotron to hot cells in the room next door, where the product will be processed, checked and then delivered through a hatch in the wall to the Jack Brignall PET-CT Centre for injection into patients.
Prof Stafford said the Jack Brignall Centre was itself a revolutionary addition to health services when it opened in 2014 and the MIR Centre raises the bar again.
He said:
The Jack Brignall Centre put us in the top division of PET-CT providers in the UK. With the new MIRC we are not only at the top in terms of the service side but also with regard to research and development, which is just as important because it will attract the best research-based scientists in the field to come from other institutions to work at a centre which is now established and recognised internationally.
There will also be considerable economic benefits including raising the region’s profile with a project which is unique in the UK, the generation of high-quality jobs and the creation of opportunities in the local supply chain.
“It would be great to see more businesses coming forward to help us achieve our goal in creating a nationally significant research and diagnostic facility here in the Hull and East Yorkshire region.
Picture shows (from left) Wykeland Finance Director Ian Franks, Daisy Appeal Chair Prof Nick Stafford and Wykeland Managing Director Dominic Gibbons viewing the equipment which will process isotopes ready for injection into patients in the Jack Brignall PET-CT Centre.
]]>The Daisy Appeal’s campaign to develop “dose-on-demand” radiotracers with improved detection and personalised treatment for patients with cancer, heart disease and dementia has taken a big step towards its goal with the delivery to Castle Hill Hospital of a consignment of UK-leading PET-CT scanning and research equipment.
Prof Nick Stafford, founder and Chair of the charity, said the arrival of the 30-tonne GE Healthcare GenTRACE 600 cyclotron is “a very exciting day for the Charity and the healthcare community in our region.”
Prof Steve Archibald, Professor in Molecular Imaging at the University of Hull, said the technology will maximise benefits to patients from across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire by making available a wide range of imaging and diagnostic techniques.
Prof Archibald added that his team will be able to attract more clinical trials to the region. Prof Stafford said the project will also bring considerable economic benefits including raising the region’s profile with facilities which are unique in the UK, and generating high-quality jobs.
The cyclotron components arrived at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, and were transferred in a series of crane lifts over the roof of the admin building to the loading bay at the new Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC).
The pieces will be assembled in the new building over the next two weeks and the cyclotron will become operational early in 2022 as the latest piece in a jigsaw which Prof Stafford has been working on since he launched the Daisy Appeal in 2000.
The Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened at Castle Hill Hospital in 2008 and was followed, in 2014, by the opening of the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre, housing the first in a new type of Siemens scanner in the country.
But with the radiotracers used in the Jack Brignall Centre having a short life span, the Daisy Appeal’s vision was to raise funds for the MIRC and pursue a “dose-on-demand” approach by making their own isotopes.
The total cost of the new centre is around £8.5m, including equipment to the cost of about £3.5m, about £1m of which is accounted for by the cyclotron components.
Once up and running the centre will initially be able to produce Fluorine 18 radiotracers, which are currently used in most scans but which the Daisy Appeal previously had to source elsewhere. During the next two or three years the centre will also be able to produce Carbon 11 radiotracers, which have great potential for neurological and cardiological use and will open up other opportunities.
The new building creates the opportunity for the isotopes to be piped directly from the cyclotron to hot cells in the room next door, where the product will be processed, checked and then delivered through a hatch in the wall direct to the Jack Brignall Centre for injection into patients.
Prof Archibald said:
The technology from GE Healthcare matches our unique approach to ‘dose-on-demand’ radiotracer production which will make a wide range of imaging and diagnostic techniques available. This will maximise benefits to local patients.
The provision of cutting-edge cyclotron technology in Hull elevates us to the level of a handful of clinical sites in the UK and, when combined with our expertise and our own unique technology, will enable us to deliver improved clinical imaging to diagnose and monitor treatment response in cancer, cardiac and neurological patients.
The technology will also improve our research, which is already internationally competitive, and attract clinical trials to Hull to further improve standards of patient care.
Prof Stafford said:
The delivery of the cyclotron really sees the whole PET-CT project finally coming to fruition. The MIRC will become operative next year, at which point patients will benefit from our ability to manufacture personalised radiotracers tailored to the requirements of their disease on site.
The cyclotron puts us in the top tier for this work in the UK and also opens up the opportunity for us to make carbon based radiotracers which have exciting new applications in cancer, cardiac and neurological imaging. It is a very exciting day for the Daisy Appeal and the healthcare community in our region.
The Daisy Appeal has raised more than £20m to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Hull-based construction company Hobson & Porter built the Jack Brignall Centre and the new MIRC, which is due to be formally handed over to the charity later this year.
Claire Levy, Daisy Appeal Fundraiser, said:
]]>One of the most important aspects of fundraising is having the ability to show donors how their money has been used to deliver on the charity’s aims and objectives.
The Daisy Appeal has already brought enormous benefits to patients from across the Hull and Humber region with the Medical Research Centre and the Jack Brignall Centre, and the delivery today of a cyclotron is another huge step forward.
We are grateful to all the businesses, communities and individuals who have played a vital part in helping us to reach this milestone, but the journey continues. We are closing in on our target of £8.5m to complete the MIRC and we will then focus our efforts on meeting the substantial running costs.
“We would like to hear from anybody who can help us, whether with sizeable corporate donations or small amounts from community events because, as we have demonstrated over the last 20 years, it all adds up.
An international opera singer and an acclaimed East Yorkshire choir hit the high notes to help the Daisy Appeal bring in six grand going on seven grand by presenting songs from an all-time favourite musical in an exclusive setting.
Mezzo soprano Katie Marriott, who has returned to Beverley following a career singing across Europe, was joined by the Wedding Belles singers, some volunteer nuns and the host of the event at Everingham Park, near Pocklington.
They performed a selection of songs from the multiple Oscar-winning film in front of a sell-out audience of nearly 140 who also enjoyed an Alpine-themed supper.
The show took place in the private Everingham Hall Chapel, which is also known as St Mary the Virgin and St Everilda Roman Catholic Church and is a Grade I Listed Italianate Roman Catholic chapel built in 1839 alongside Everingham Hall.
Katie sang the role of Maria and she was helped by Philip Guest to stand in for the Captain Von Trapp. The Wedding Belles led by singing teacher Liz Carmichael played the role of the children and chorus, with Dorcas Leather providing accompaniment on the keyboard.
Hannah Smith-Levy, a local actor and trustee of all female theatre company She Productions, was the narrator and Daisy Appeal trustee Karen Guest joined the charity’s fundraiser Claire Levy and volunteer Sarah Ritchie in dressing as nuns for the day.
Regional businesses Andrew Jackson Solicitors, Haines Watts and Handelsbanken sponsored the event and TC patisserie, Cerutti 2 and Roberts and Speight provided their products and services at cost. Minster cycles, Guest and Philips jewellers and Cerutti 2 donated prizes for a raffle which itself raised more than £1,000.
Claire said:
We’re still totting up all the proceeds but we estimate the event brought in between £6,000 and £7,000 and we are grateful to our sponsors for helping to cover the costs and ensure the charity retains as much of that as possible.
“We also really appreciate the support of Katie, who has performed all over the world, and the Wedding Belles, who are very much in-demand for weddings and charity events with their repertoire of modern and traditional harmonies. Philip Guest was a fantastic Captain Von Trapp and his offer to let us use such an exclusive venue was a masterstroke.
The picture shows the performers in Everingham Hall Chapel before the event:
Front row – (from left) Hannah Smith-Levy, Katy Marriott and Philip Guest.
Behind – The Wedding Belles.
Rear – Nuns for the day (from left) Sarah Ritchie, Karen Guest and Claire Levy.
]]>The Daisy Appeal received a fundraising boost from the annual ladies’ day at Beverley Rugby Union Club.
The event raised more than £3,000 for the charity with money coming in from lunch for more than 100 guests and an auction of specially-designed daisy team shirts.
Carol Innes, Vice Chairman of Beverley RUFC, said ladies’ day has been taking place since 2012 and is organised by some of the women who support the club in various roles. Over the years it has raised thousands of pounds for charity.
Carol said:
There are women who have family members playing for the teams and who help with the mini and junior sections, and we also have a women’s fitness group which has recently resumed and is building its membership.
“We came up with the idea of taking over the rugby club for a day and over the years it’s become quite an occasion with heavy demand for tickets. We chose the Daisy Appeal this year because it’s a local charity and its work is helping with a lot of serious illnesses. We’re delighted to have raised a record amount.
The team shirts were ordered from O’Neills, the club’s regular supplier, with help from ladies’ day sponsor, telecoms infrastructure specialists Light Source.
Karen Guest, co-owner of Guest & Philips jewellers and a trustee of the Daisy Appeal, said:
It was a terrific event all round. Everybody listened intently when I spoke about the Daisy Appeal, where it has come from and what we are trying to do, and everybody enjoyed the match.
“We all entered into the spirit of the occasion and I bought one of the commemorative shirts, which looked fabulous, decorated with daisies and matching a grass design on the shorts.
Brian Gilbert, Chairman of Beverley RUFC, said the design is based on the Daisy Appeal logo as it appeared before the recent re-brand because ladies’ day was originally planned for 18 months ago before being delayed by Covid.
He said:
The design was created by Carol and others at the club and proved very popular. We raised more than £1,500 from the auction alone and we held back one shirt which we will get framed ready to present to the Daisy Appeal along with the final cheque.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser at the Daisy Appeal, said:
It was a fantastic afternoon and we’re very grateful to Beverley RUFC and all their guests for generating so much money and for helping us to raise awareness of our work and the benefits we are bringing to the people in our region.
Pictured are members of the Beverley RUFC team wearing their Daisy Appeal kit with some of the guests at the club’s ladies’ day.
]]>Claire Levy is pictured receiving a cheque for £3,000 from George Ferebee of Arnold Clark’s York Motorstore.
The Daisy Appeal has received a £3,000 boost from the UK’s largest independent car retailer.
Staff at the York branch of Arnold Clark handed over the donation from the company’s community programme to support the Daisy Appeal, which has already raised more than £20m to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for patients in the Humber region.
Martin Ralph, General Manager Arnold Clark York Motorstore, said:
Thank you to all of those at the Daisy Appeal who continue to do incredible work, transforming medical facilities around East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
At Arnold Clark, we believe in helping the communities in which we work and, through this donation, we hope we can help you continue to make a difference in the fight against cancer, heart disease and dementia.
Arnold Clark has built a nationwide network of more than 200 dealerships as well as service, repair and parts centres since opening its first site in Glasgow in 1954. East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire are served by branches in York and Doncaster.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, contacted the company after hearing about its commitment to improving the communities in which it works by supporting charities and local businesses.
Claire said:
]]>I explained how the Daisy Appeal has already raised millions of pounds to fund research, facilities and equipment and I was delighted that the team at Arnold Clark felt able to support it.
We have now raised £7.5m towards our target for the new MIR centre which will enable the delivery of radioactive tracers quickly and effectively to individual patients right next door in the Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre.
Currently the tracers are delivered from West Yorkshire and the ability to produce our own will be transformative for patients – they will be able to have scans more quickly for cancer as well as for heart disease and some forms of dementia. It will lead to quicker and earlier diagnosis and treatment.
Along the way we have had support from families, individuals, community organisations and, increasingly, from businesses which are eager to contribute to causes that can benefit customers, colleagues and the wider public. We are extremely grateful for the donation from Arnold Clark and for their help in raising awareness of the work of the Daisy Appeal.
A professor who played a key role in the progress of the Daisy Appeal is now backing the charity as a fundraiser with a coast to coast walk across the north of England.
Steve Haswell, who worked with the Daisy Appeal in his role as a professor in chemistry at the University of Hull, has been joined on the trek by his son Simon, who works in the laboratories at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham.
The pair have already more than doubled the original target of £400 on their JustGiving page and are hoping that well-wishers who they have never even met will help them top a revised target of £1,000.
Steve said:
It might be a miniscule amount compared to the Daisy Appeal’s overall target of £8.5-million but we want to do what we can.
During his career Steve worked closely with the Daisy Appeal, which is raising funds to enable earlier diagnosis of cancer, heart disease and dementia for patients across the Humber region.
In particular Steve helped to develop a comprehensive PET-CT facility, including the installation of a cyclotron to support research at the University of Hull.
Professor Nick Stafford, Chair of the Daisy Appeal, said:
Steve contributed very significantly to our campaign and his microfluidics work in Hull has been an important and unique facet of the whole project.
After working in Australia, Steve returned to East Yorkshire and found that the Daisy Appeal has now raised more than £20m and will soon open a new radiochemistry and cyclotron unit at Castle Hill, housing its own cyclotron which will produce radioactive tracers.
He said:
The cyclotrons used to be the size of a five-a-side football pitch but in time they were able to get a ‘desktop’ one – not actually the size of a desktop but small enough to have one at the University of Hull
I felt that as a local charity which was supporting this work the Daisy Appeal was punching way above its weight. It really is a world leader and now, having worked in Australia and retired back to East Yorkshire, I wanted to do something to support it.
The pair set off from St Bees in Cumbria on Saturday for their 190-mile trek which they aim to complete by arriving at Robin Hood’s Bay on Sunday 19 September. They have been practising with walks of up to 12 miles three times a week, taking in trips out of the area to locations including Helvellyn, one of the highest points in the Lake District.
Steve, who lives in Cottingham, said:
We needed to experience a few hills and we couldn’t really do that round here! We’re comfortable with the distance we have to walk. The challenge will be having to do it every day for 16 days and avoid injury.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
Steve and Simon have already raised a significant contribution which, with the addition of Gift Aid, is worth more than double their original target of £400.
We’re chasing a big target and we place a high value on every contribution. We want to get the message out that people can take on all sorts of challenges to raise whatever amount they can to help us fund the research which will improve accuracy and detection rates for cancer, heart disease and dementia across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Most of the money raised by Steve and Simon so far has come from their family and friends and hopefully they will secure more support from people who recognise the benefit for people across the region of the work the Daisy Appeal is funding. People can make donations during the walk and for some time afterwards.
To make a donation and to follow the progress of Steve and Simon please visit:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/haswell-ctoc
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Steve Haswell and Simon are pictured at Helvellyn on one of their practice walks for the Daisy Appeal fundraiser.
Mezzo soprano Katy Marriott, who has returned to Beverley following a career singing across Europe, will be joined by the Wedding Belles choir presenting songs from The Sound of Music at The Chapel of Saint Mary and Everilda at Everingham Park on Sunday 26 September.
Claire Levy, Fundraiser for the Daisy Appeal, said:
It really will be an event with a difference, featuring a show and an Alpine-themed supper in a venue which few people have visited and many won’t even know exists.
Katy is from East Yorkshire and as an opera singer has performed all over the world. She is looking forward very much to playing the role of Maria and singing something a bit different from the norm in a remarkable location, and she will be performing free of charge because she is a great friend of one of the Daisy Appeal trustees.
Everingham Hall Chapel, which is also known as St Mary the Virgin and St Everilda Roman Catholic Church, is a Grade I Listed Italianate Roman Catholic chapel which was built in 1839 alongside Everingham Hall, near Pocklington.
Tickets for the concert and the Alpine supper are limited to 200. They are priced at £35 plus a £1 booking fee and are available from the Daisy Appeal website.
Guests will be treated to seven songs from the legendary musical including Edelweiss, The Lonely Goatherd, Sixteen Going on Seventeen and The Sound of Music.
The all-female Wedding Belles choir, well known for singing modern and traditional harmonies at weddings and charity events will also take part and the story will be narrated by Hannah Smith-Levy, a local actor and trustee of all female theatre company She Productions, company in residence at East Riding Theatre in Beverley.
Supper will be in the Oak Barn at Everingham Park and the event is being sponsored by regional businesses Andrew Jackson Solicitors, Haines Watts and Handelsbanken, ensuring the Daisy Appeal can raise as much money as possible.
The Sound of Music will take place from 2pm until 5pm on Saturday 26 September. To book tickets please visit the store section of the website.
Pictured are Katy Marriott (left) and Hannah Smith-Levy inside the Chapel of St Mary and Everilda at Everingham Park.
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]]>The Daisy Appeal is thanking Tesco and its customers after receiving a donation from the supermarket’s in-store fundraising initiative.
The supermarket presented a cheque for £1,000 donated from the Tesco Community Grants fund, which was previously called Tesco Bags of Help and funds good causes across the UK.
The money was awarded by the Tesco store in Morton Lane, Beverley, with donations also being made to Beverley RUFC and the Re-volution charity.
Since 2016 Tesco has supported over 36,000 community groups with more than £85m in grants, helping to fight holiday hunger, tackle mental health, support young people, host community events and much more.
The Daisy Appeal has raised a total of £20m since 2000 to fund cutting-edge research and state-of-the-art equipment and facilities including the £8m Daisy Appeal Medical Research Centre opened in 2008 and the £4.5m Jack Brignall PET-CT Scanning Centre which opened in 2014.
The charity has already raised £7.5m towards its target for the new centre at Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham. The centre is expected to become operational later this year and will house a radiochemistry and cyclotron unit which will produce radioactive tracers to improve accuracy and detection rates for cancer, heart disease and dementia in Hull, East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.
Claire Levy, Daisy Appeal Fundraiser, said:
A huge thank you to Tesco Community Grants for the donation of £1,000 to the Daisy Appeal, the money makes such a difference to the charity.
Every penny really does count as we near our target to complete the radiochemistry and cyclotron unit at Castle Hill Hospital, and we’re grateful to Tesco and to shoppers from across East Yorkshire for their part in making this happen.
We are still looking to raise £1.5m for the new facility, which will provide the opportunity for patients to receive more personalised care leading to earlier diagnosis and giving them better treatment and quality of life.
Once the facility is fully functional patients from a wider geographical area will have access to its services. The charity aims to play a leading role in clinically relevant PET-CT research over the next two decades and to show that the technology can be brought to the individual patient, quickly and effectively.
Dave Ryley, Community Champion at Tesco’s Beverley store, said:
We are delighted that The Daisy Appeal has been awarded £1,000 through our Community Grant scheme. The fact that an amazing £7.5m has already been raised for the appeal highlights the huge amount of respect for Castle Hill Hospital in our local communities.
To find out more about how the Daisy Appeal can help you organise fundraising activities please email Claire Levy at Claire@DaisyAppeal.co.uk
Pictured is Sharon Jackson (left), Lead Manager of Tesco in Beverley, presenting the cheque for £1,000 to Claire.
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