We have appointed 3 new Trustees, all experienced nursing personnel based on Ward 33; they are Sarah, Andrea, and Jessica. We welcome them on board but, at the same time need to tell you that one of our longest standing and founder Trustees, Professor Liakat Parapia has stepped down from his position as Trustee at the Charity. He has served as a Trustee since establishing the Annette Fox Leukaemia Research Fund, which held its first meeting in July 1983.

We are delighted to announce, however, that Professor Parapia has accepted the role of Honorary Chairman for life at the Annette Fox Fund.

Professor Parapia is well known in Bradford and beyond for his groundbreaking work in serious blood disorders and has dedicated his life to supporting patients and their families in the Bradford area.

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From the beginning of January 2025 we have formed a partnership with Cancer Support Yorkshire to provide a welfare rights service for patients with severe blood disorders.

We are providing funding to support this service two days a week and the service is still getting known about and developing.

We hope to keep you updated in due course about this.

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At the beginning of April we held another of our ever popular Gala Dinner Dances, once again at the Craigland's Hotel where we were very well looked after.

Our time with Smokie has also ended for now, so it was with a little trepidation that we signed a relatively new Beatles tribute band called Beatles Complete to host our evening.

Wow how amazing were they! Young and full of enthusiasm they entertained us all and some folk even thought they looked just like the original fab four.

The evening was a great success and raised just over £5000 towards our charity.

Thanks are due to everyone who supported us on the evening and contributed to its success.

We hope to hold another event next year, watch this space for details.

If you would like to help us in any way please contact Michelle on michelle.adam@bthft.nhs.uk

Chris
Treasurer