Scanner appeal closes in on £50k

The Tameside Hospital £1m CT Scanner appeal is feeling the love after receiving an incredible £6,000 boost.

Members of the hospital's Clinical Coding Department organised a Valentine’s Extravaganza, including a huge raffle draw offering up some amazing prizes.

Among gifts that could be won included £2,500 off a European Jet 2 holiday, a box at Manchester City, tickets to see Lancashire at Old Trafford among many, many more.

Hospital Chief Executive Karen James had the honour of making the draw and, this week, she praised the hospital team for their amazing efforts. 

“It was a big responsibility to join our Clinical Coding Department to draw the raffle at their Valentine’s Extravaganza, in aid of our Scanner Appeal,” said Karen.

“The whole team had got involved, sourcing prizes and selling tickets, as well as baking delicious cakes, including personalised Valentine cupcakes.

“In all there were 50 great prizes to be won and many happy winners in Astley House that afternoon. 

“Our Appeal is now a whopping £6,000 the better, thanks to our brilliant Clinical Coders.”

The Clinical Coding Department at Tameside Hospital. 

The latest fundraising efforts mean the total raised so far has already soared past the £40,000 sum and presently stands at more than £48,000.

• The Clinical Coding Department would like to thank all of the following for their generous donations: Jet2, Nigel Downing & Phil Hudson of Assembly Techniques Ltd, Lancashire Cricket Foundation, La Reserva Aparthotel, Buyagift.com, Ashton-Under-Lyne Golf Club, Oldham Coliseum, All Star Lanes, Twins Firwood Carpets, Joseph Holt Brewery, Heroes, Mucky Pups, Makeup by Lindsay, Michelle Street Hairdressing, Rachel at Headquarters, The Lounges, Old Cross Tapas & Grill, Makeup by Talia, The White Hart, Asha’s, Village Brasserie, Flip Out, The Sheldon Arms, Nando’s, Cineworld, Amaani, Giovanni’s, Queen’s Arms, Tokies, The Curry Lounge, Absolute Hair & Beauty, Claire Wray Beauty, Doodle Pots, Zoey at DB Beauty Academy, Katie at Exclusive Hair and Beauty, Majestic Barbers, Escape Reality, Total Ninja, Chuckles, Candolim, The Hartshead Inn, Bella Italia, Tranquility, Smith Knight Fay (Oldham) Volkswagen, Jenny’s Sweet Treats, Zest, Jessica Cooke, Beauty by Laura Jane, Beauty by Jess, AMH Hair, Lashes by Rebecca, Adam Griffiths PT, Jon Lally PT, Cake a Doodle Day, The Cake Box, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS FT, Angie Wild for all her help and support.

And of course…. all of the members of the amazing Clinical Coding Team.

Meanwhile, final preparations are being made for the 80s Party Night for the hospital’s scanner appeal tomorrow night (Friday). 

The evening at Denton Labour Club is being staged in memory of Mandy Turner (pictured below), who spearheaded the first £1m scanner appeal 30 years ago, and has been organised by Mandy’s Angels.

The Angels are Mandy’s sister Sharon, Mandy’s best friend Joanne Wilding and her daughter Siobhan Amanda (named in Mandy’s memory), plus head of fundraising for the appeal Angie Wild and Tracy Smith.

With dancing to the songs of the decade from fabulous DJ Paul Akehurst and Ali Boland, it promises to be a great night, with the 200 tickets sold out weeks ago.

But if you missed out don’t worry, Head of Fundraising for the appeal Angie and the Angels have many more fundraisers in the pipeline.

Elsewhere, members of the Ashton and Mossley District Freemasons have made a donation to the hospital scanner appeal.

BOOST: Freemasons Graham Ellershaw and Master Edward Wilkinson present the cheque to Karen James and Angie Wild.

Master Edward Wilkinson and Graham Ellershaw visited the hospital to present a cheque for £200 towards the purchase of the new, £1m state-of-the-art scanner.

Hospital chief executive Karen James and Head of Fundraising for the appeal Angie Wild accepted the generous donation from the Freemasons and thanked them for the cheque.

If you have any ideas on fundraising events and want to get involved by supporting the Scanner Appeal, contact Angie by emailing  angie.wild@tgh.nhs.uk.

Any donations too can be made via the Just Giving Page at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/tangscanner

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AMAZING: Hospital chief executive Karen James and head of the fundraising appeal Angie Wild accept a cheque from the Clinical Coding team.