Team Rosemere proves itself a born survivor to raise more than £10K

Among those who dared its Royal Marine commando designed military grade climbs, hauls, slides, leaps and crawls were colleagues from the Royal Preston Hospital’s Upper GI and Colorectal Surgery team, who raised £1,230, and critical care staff nurse Amy Meeson and her husband Andrew, who raised £610 by being sponsored to stay the course, which was set out over the Beat-Herder Festival site in the Ribble Valley.

Joining them were groups of work colleagues from Chorley construction company D & G Builders and Joiners, who raised £4,435, and CRT Flooring Specialists Ltd, of Chorley, who raised £1,900, plus staff from Buckshaw Village logistical services company Fulfillmentcrowd, who raised £1,600.

Their entries to the event had been subsidised by Lancaster company W&B Civil Engineering, which had donated £1,000 to sponsor the Rosemere Born Survivor team. The charity’s fundraising manager Sue Swire said: “Our thanks to our team sponsor and all our team members and their sponsors for making the Born Survivor Lancashire event so successful.

“It was tough going and very challenging but the great atmosphere and sense of camaraderie also made it good fun.”

Rosemere Cancer Foundation works to bring world class cancer treatments and services to cancer patients from throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria being treated at Rosemere Cancer Centre, the region’s specialist cancer treatment and radiotherapy centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, and also at another eight local hospital cancer units across the two counties.

The charity funds cutting-edge equipment, clinical research, staff training and innovative services and initiatives that the NHS cannot afford in order to make patients’ cancer journey more effective, comfortable and stress-free. For further information on its work, including how to make a donation, visit www.rosemere.org.uk