Set dancers raise money for CyberKnife at QEHB
Holy Trinity Set Dancers from Sutton Coldfield joined together to raise money for CyberKnife at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
The group have previously raised money for CyberKnife and chose to fundraise again for the piece of cutting-edge equipment that helps saves lives every day.
The CyberKnife machine was part of a £6.5 million appeal to make the cancer treatment centre at QEHB not only one of the best in the UK, but amongst the best in the world.
It is a robotic system which uses high doses of radiation to sub-millimetre accuracy as it has the ability to track the tumours position throughout the treatment.
The CyberKnife machine is able to treat small, well-defined tumours located in traditionally difficult to reach parts of the body which if damaged, would have devastating effects. It is used a lot to treat selected brain tumours and is now being used more to treat different tumours around the body.
The group of dancers at Holy Trinity Catholic Church pay to rent the church hall each week and any leftover money goes into an account which accumulates over time, and when they have enough money in there to donate, they choose a Charity to give it to.
The group, which is 20 years old now, have met some people who have been treated by CyberKnife before, which is where their interest in funding for the machine came from and they raised a huge £300 which will go towards the everyday running of the machine which will help save even more lives.
Amy Harding, Communications Assistant for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity, said: “It was so lovely to see the group join together to and have fun fundraising for CyberKnife. The machine helps save lives every day for people with small tumours that are in hard to reach places.
“The money the dancers have raised will go towards the everyday running of the machine, which is something the NHS doesn’t fund themselves. A huge thank you goes to everyone who made a donation to the Charity for CyberKnife.”
To find out more about our cancer treatment here at QEHB and to donate to help raise money for the machines, please click here.
