A chance meeting in the WRVS Cafe in the outpatients department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital brought myself and Theo Ashforth together for the first time.
Theo has for the last four years been undergoing lots of complicated and painful surgery on his left leg, at first at Great Ormond Street, but more recently at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
I was having a break from fundraising in the outpatients department and looking for somewhere to sit, I asked Theo if I could join him. We began to talk and I asked Theo what was wrong with his leg. As he began to tell me his mother Camilla joined us and we talked some more. Theo asked why I was there, I told him I was a fundraiser for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity through Lisa’s fund. I explained Lisa died in the hospice in September 2010 and that I had launched Lisa’s Fund to raise £100,000 for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
Theo asked his mother if he could help by raising money for Lisa’s Fund. Camilla thought it was a great idea. Theo is obviously a young man with a strong social conscience having previously raised funds for the charity Steps. Theo has since found out more about the Arthur Rank Hospice movement as has expressed his pride at being able to be involved in raising funds for such a worthwhile and inspiring organisation. I would like to express our sincere thanks to Theo for his interest and support as without the help of people like Theo, my dream of raising £100,000 for the Arthur Rank Hospice, would be simply that – a dream.
Lisa’s fund has now reached a total of £93,000.
