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’Thank you’ funds raised for hospital by children

Giving back to the Royal Manchester

Children’s Hospital as thanks for care

Local children have raised over £800 for the
Manchester University Foundation Trust
Charity after running the Greater
Manchester Mini Run on Saturday 21 May.

The group – Ella’s Army – tackled the
mile-long run to raise money for the
hospital charity, which supports treatment
and research at Manchester hospitals,
including the children’s hospital – where and Britain’s Got Talent runners-up, Sign
many of them have received life-saving Along With Us.
treatment in the past.
Other runners included Christian Kilduff,
Ella Chadwick has completed the run each seven; Lauren Norbury, 12; Hollie Barton,
year since her kidney transplant in 2014, and 12; Millie Barker Gorse, 15; Maddie Barker
was this year joined by 10 friends, including Gorse, 13; Izzy Barker Gorse, 12; Jack Barker
some from the inclusive sign-language group Gorse, nine; and Lucy Rawes Moran, 13.

Highest award for Rochdale soup kitchen

The Soup Kitchen Rochdale
receives Queen’s Award for
Voluntary Service

The Soup Kitchen Rochdale
has been awarded the
highest honour a voluntary
group can receive in the
UK: the Queen’s Award for They started by serving soup Marilyn and Vida say the
Voluntary Service. from the boot of a car in accolade is “testament to the
front of the town hall, and it many hours” the 52
Now based in Champness soon became apparent that a volunteers contribute and
Hall on Drake Street - after permanent site was needed. are “extremely grateful” to
a year at St Chad’s - the receive the award.
soup kitchen was founded Nearly 700 meals a week
by trustees Marilyn Jones were delivered during the The Soup Kitchen Rochdale
and Vida Slater in 2004, height of the pandemic, as has now reopened, providing
recognising a need to volunteers worked with meals three days each week,
provide support for the other groups to keep people and around 300 bags of
homeless and vulnerable. fed. supplies weekly.

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