Mayor's Charity Appeal 2011-12
Middleton Heartline, Springhill Hospice, MAD Theatre Company
and Demesne Community Centre
This year Councillor Alan Godson, supported by
the Mayoress, Miss Gillian Brown, will be raising funds for
Middleton Heartline, Springhill Hospice, the MaD Theatre Co and
Demesne Digital Mammography Fund.
The MaD Theatre Company
provides a creative platform for young people in the Middleton area
of the borough, particularly those from socially and economically
deprived backgrounds. They write all their own material dealing
with issues relevant to the participants and perform in
professional theatres all over the North West. They also run a
Theatre in Schools project in Middleton secondary schools and
provide Arts Award Accreditation to all the young people
involved.
Middleton Heartline is a charity that
dramatically transforms the lives of heart surgery patients and was
set up in Middleton in 1990 by six people recovering from heart
surgery. Heartline provides advice, help, holistic therapy and
exercise regimes for anyone who have had heart problems. The group
also provides support and assistance to members and their
families to help encourage and promote a fitter, healthier
lifestyle.
Springhill Hospice opened in 1989, and provides
specialist palliative care for people with life-limiting illness.
In-patient, Day Hospice, outpatient and a 24 hour advice line is
available for patients throughout Rochdale and surrounding areas.
In addition to services for patients, care is extended to the
patients’ carers and families. The Hospice is an independent
charitable organisation and relies on voluntary contributions in
order to keep the doors open.
The Demesne Community Association in
Middleton is a local campaign to raise funding for a Digital
Mammography machine in Middleton. The people of Heywood, Middleton
and Rochdale suffer some of the highest death rates from breast
cancer in the country. At present, women have to travel
out of the area to Rochdale or Bury for screenings
and installing a digital mammography in Middleton would
encourage women to be screened and thereby improve survival in
breast cancer.
If you would like to make a monetary donation,
cheques should be made payable to “The Mayor’s
Charity” and sent to the above address. Alternatively you
may prefer to sponsor a small part of one of the Mayor &
Mayoresses many charity events, if so please
contact the Mayor's Officer to find out more about the
Mayoralty or for any other civic or ceremonial information.
Registered Charity Number
1043910
All donations would be gratefully received and
can be made direct to
The Mayor’s Office
Town Hall
Rochdale
OL16 1AB
Telephone: 01706 924668