Exchange Chambers presents charity cheque to Friends of Rosie
October 9, 2024
Exchange Chambers Chief Executive Jonathan I’Anson presented children’s cancer research charity, Friends of Rosie, with a cheque for £54,786.00 last week.
Members and staff from Exchange Chambers have been fundraising for Friends of Rosie for the past two years. As a result of Exchange’s efforts, the charity is now funding a second year of targeted research into Proton Beam Therapy designed to treat sarcomas in children. This project is being carried out at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and will get underway in November.
Friends of Rosie is a volunteer-led charity that provides funding for children’s cancer research to get new ideas off the ground. Its mission is to help every child with cancer to survive and thrive.
When five-year-old Rosie Larkin lost her battle with cancer in 1991, her friends and family were determined to carry on the fight and set up the Friends of Rosie Children’s Cancer Research Fund. So far, the charity has funded a total of 28 research projects at a cost of £2.75 million covering a wide variety of childhood cancers from neuroblastoma and leukaemia, to osteosarcoma and brain tumours.
Presenting the cheque to Friends of Rosie Trustee, Mahesh Vara, Jonathan I’Anson said:
“Friends of Rosie is a fantastic, volunteer-led charity. It has been a real privilege to support their vital work and to fund a second year of specialist children’s cancer research into Proton Beam Therapy. I would like everyone at Exchange for making this partnership such a huge success. It has been a real team effort.”
Felicity Goodey, Chair of Trustees at Friends of Rosie said:
“The support we have received from Exchange Chambers over the last two years has been phenomenal. We couldn’t get pioneering research like this off the ground without such support and we would like to thank everyone who has donated and fundraised as part of the Exchange Chambers charity partnership. The difference it makes to children with cancer is huge.”
