Kieran Trippier has donated £5,000 to St Oswald's Hospice after Newcastle United players and staff stepped up to support assistant Graeme Jones at a charity event last week.
Jones' mother, Rita, received end of life care at the Gosforth facility in 1991 and died at just 46 years of age following her brave battle with cancer. Jones previously told ChronicleLive how it was, understandably, a 'horrendous time for everybody', but the Geordie never forgot how the doctors and nurses helped make his mother feel 'safe' and provided the support his family desperately needed.
Jones vowed to give back when he returned to the North East 30 years later and became an ambassador for St Oswald's with his wife, Debbie. The Joneses duly helped to organise a sportsman's dinner at the Hilton Gateshead last Thursday, which has raised more than £68,000, and counting, for the hospice.
