Lifesaving research into children's cancer in Newcastle has been given a remarkable £200,000 boost as part of a new partnership between charities in the city.
Newcastle Hospitals Charity has made the grant directly to Children's Cancer North - who pay for vital research at the Wolfson Childhood Cancer Centre at Newcastle University. It's a two-year package of money that the charities involved said would help make up for loss of funds seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chris Peacock, chair of Children's Cancer North, said: "The pandemic and cost-of-living crisis have caused a very difficult climate for all charities. We had to cancel major fundraising events and this caused a substantial drop in income over the past two years. The impact of this meant that we have only been able to fund around 75% of our usual grant to the Wolfson Centre.
