23 Sep 2015

SIR BOBBY ROBSON FOUNDATION GOLF DAY

In just a week’s time (30 September), North East football will unite and swing into action to raise funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. The Sir Bobby Robson Celebrity Golf Day, sponsored by Pin Point Recruitment,
18 Sep 2015

THANK YOU TO OUR GREAT FUNDRAISERS

We’ve been able to share a small number of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation’s Great North Run stories with you this week. Hopefully, whether or not you were involved with the run this, or any other year,
18 Sep 2015

GREAT NORTH RUN – KATY SIMPSON

Katy Simpson, 24, from Burnopfield, near Stanley in County Durham, had always hated running. She hated running when, about 15 years ago, she and her cousin, Helen Gavin, ran the Junior Great North Run. At the time,
17 Sep 2015

GREAT NORTH RUN – ALISON JANE

Last year, Alison Jane undertook the Great North Run for her partner, Craig Malcolm, who was in intensive care with an extremely rare cancer-related illness. This year she was running in his memory. We are very proud
17 Sep 2015

GREAT NORTH RUN – ISSY AND MARK ROBSON

Sir Bobby’s son, Mark, ran the Great North Run for his Dad and for all the people he has met through the charity who have also been affected by cancer. The first time he took on the
15 Sep 2015

GREAT NORTH RUN – JACK STANLEY

Jack Stanley made his Great North Run ‘debut’ this year and he ran to raise funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation in memory of his sister, Natasha Prosser. Sadly, Natasha died in 2010 aged 33. She
15 Sep 2015

GREAT NORTH RUN – ALISON BAXTER

Two years ago, Alison Baxter’s husband, Bob, a lecturer at Hartlepool College of Further Education, ran in the Great North Run for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. At that time, he was undertaking a clinical trial of
12 Sep 2015

‘RUN GEORDIE RUN’ AROUND THE WORLD TEAM EFFORT

In just 231 days Mark ‘Run Geordie Run’ Allison will set off from Portugal on the next leg of his incredible Around the World challenge (correct as of Saturdat 12 September). The European segment is 3,400 miles
28 Aug 2015

BRANNEN AND PARTNERS DONATE £2,500

Brannen and Partners, a family run Chartered Surveyors and Property Management company, has donated £2,500 to help local people with cancer through the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. The money was raised partly by distributing gifts to local
25 Aug 2015

TICKETS SELLING FAST FOR ‘LADY ELSIE’S CHARITY NIGHT’

Tickets for a lively evening of music, comedy and nostalgia at All Saints RC Church Hall in Lanchester, County Durham, are being snapped up and only a handful remain available. The event, on Friday 28th August, is