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Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust is dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care at Addenbrooke's and the Rosie hospitals.

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More nights at home for young cancer patients and an impressive increase in five-year survival rates
Sep 23, 2026 · original
A portable backpack for young cancer patients to allow them to spend less time in hospital and more time at home with family and pioneering infrared scanners that are improving the five-year survival rates in cancer patients by up to 28% are just some of the many projects being funded by supporters of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT). Last night’s annual John Addenbrooke Lecture, following the theme Strategy for Life-Changing Care , brought medical experts, clinical staff and ACT donors and supporters together under one roof to hear how funding from the charity is having a huge impact on patient care and outcomes. As the official hospital charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie, ACT funds cutting-edge equipment, specialist staff, extra comforts and vital research above and beyond what the NHS can provide alone. Last night’s lecture, held at AstraZeneca’s eye-catching Disc building on
Baby panda cub sculpture donated to children at Addenbrooke’s Hospital school will keep young patients connected to the outside world
Sep 16, 2026 · original
Sarah Bush from Cheffins gifting the panda cub to Nadine Gooding-Hébert, Headteacher at Pilgrim Pathways A donation of a baby panda cub from Cambridge’s first Wild in Art sculpture trail to feature pandas will help keep children undergoing treatment in hospital stay connected to the outside world, says the head of the school which has received the gift. Addenbrooke Charitable Trust’s (ACT) Panda Meander trail will raise funds for children’s services at Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie, including helping to build the new Cambridge Children’s Hospital. ACT is the official charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie and funds cutting-edge equipment, specialist staff, extra comforts and vital research above and beyond what the NHS is able to provide and is also raising money to help build both the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital and the Cambridge Children’s Hospital. Sarah Bush from Cheffins with
Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival smashes last year’s fundraising total to raise over £50,000 for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
Sep 7, 2026 · original
This year’s Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival saw a day of firsts, a day of celebrations and a day of coming together to remember why everyone involved was taking part. At what marked the festival’s 20 th year, the 43 teams that took part smashed the £50,000 target, currently £52,500 and rising – with money raised for Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) going towards cancer services, helping to build the pioneering new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital. Last year, the hospital charity set an ambitious target of £50,000 – after hitting £40,000 in 2025. But in a day of surprises and lots of ‘firsts’, ACT and all their supporters surpassed their target, with money still coming in. Buffaload Logistics became the team to raise the highest amount for the Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival ever , following a surprise donation of £5,000 from one of their clients; with another ‘first’ marking the £5,0
Businesses backing Panda Meander Sculpture Trail inspired by tour of new hospital construction site
Aug 20, 2026 · original
“Seeing first-hand the support available at some of the toughest moments in a family’s life brings home just how important this project is.” Panda Meander sponsors visiting Cambridge Children’s Hospital construction site Companies sponsoring Cambridge’s 2027 giant panda sculpture trail, raising funds for children’s services at Addenbrooke’s as well as a groundbreaking new children’s hospital for the East of England, have said a visit to the construction site has strengthened their resolve to push fundraising as far as they can. Panda Meander will be the city’s third Wild in Art sculpture trail and is hosted by Addenbrooke’s hospital charity, Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) – with proceeds going towards making children’s services at the hospital even better and building Cambridge Children’s Hospital, the first specialist children’s hospital in the east of England. The East of England
Cambridge scientist wins Lister Prize for pioneering Parkinson’s research project – backed by ACT
Jul 2, 2026 · original
A scientist whose pioneering Parkinson’s research was given early backing by Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) has just been awarded a prestigious Lister Prize Fellowship. One of only eight biomedical researchers recognised by The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine this year, Dr Janin Lautenschläger says the Fellowship – which includes £300,000 in flexible five-year funding – will help take her project to the next level. According to Parkinson’s UK, more than 173,000 people nationwide will soon be living with the progressive neurological condition, which impacts movement, balance, coordination and even cognitive function. Investigating the earliest signs and stages of the disease at a molecular level, Dr Lautenschläger’s research has the potential to speed-up understanding, diagnosis and treatment. “Supporting early-stage research is vital; as in this case, it can lead to breakth
Cutting-edge equipment, which is dramatically improving cancer survival rates and funded by supporters ACT, wins multiple awards for Addenbrooke’s
Jul 1, 2026 · original
“These scanners have transformed the way clinicians look for cancer in the lymph nodes. Collecting more lymph nodes is associated with an increase in five-year survival rates of up to 28%. What’s more, higher lymph node yields lead to more accurate prognosis. By helping clinicians find more of these lymph nodes, the scanners are improving treatment decisions and helping to achieve better outcomes for patients.” Cutting-edge equipment, funded by ACT supporters, has dramatically improved the five-year survival rates of cancer patients – winning multiple awards for Addenbrooke’s at this year’s prestigious Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) Awards. Four out of a total of five awards – including overall Biomedical Science Champion – went to the Histopathology teams at Addenbrooke’s. Histopathology, which is the study of diseased tissue, is vital in diagnosing and enabling faster treatment
ACT-backed research could lead to life-saving pneumonia treatment
Jun 24, 2026 · original
Three subtypes of severe pneumonia have been identified in Cambridge – a crucial step in tailoring future treatment Images taken from ACT’s photo library Responsible for an estimated 2.5 million deaths per year, it’s the most common infectious cause of death worldwide. But now – thanks to Cambridge research, part-funded by ACT’s supporters – there’s been a potentially life-saving leap in understanding of both pneumonia and its future treatment. Researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, which helps explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs) recover faster than others, while for some the disease can be life-threatening. These findings are hoped to inform tailored treatments, allowing individual patients to receive the most appropriate therapies. Paul White, ACT’s Director of Communications and Impact, has thanked the charity’s supporters, remi
Ahead of Volunteers’ Week, meet the local people giving their time to Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust and making a real difference
May 29, 2026 · original
Volunteering doesn’t only help others – it helps you too. That’s the message being shared by volunteers for Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) ahead of Volunteers’ Week (June 1 to 7). Sally Laight “What is surprising is how it lifts you. You think you’re doing it for others, but, my lord, it helps you so much as well.” So says Cambridge’s Sally Laight, who started volunteering with ACT following cancer treatment – a more than four-year journey which involved multiple surgeries, chemotherapy and emergency care for septic shock. Having been treated at both Addenbrooke’s and by London specialists, Sally says: “Don’t let anybody tell me anything bad about the NHS: they’ve saved my life 20 times over. And they really care. They treat the body; they treat the soul – they treat the person. With the personal experience I’ve had, how could I not want to give something back?” The official hospit
For some it was the physical challenges, for others it was the fear factor – but for the team that completed Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s Trek China it was the teamwork that got them through some of their toughest moments
May 22, 2026 · original
A team of intrepid trekkers which has just returned from a five-day Trek China challenge for ACT say it was teamwork that got them through. Not making it easy for themselves from the offset, the team included Nick Ferguson, a lorry driver for Royal Mail, whose fear of heights is so bad he can’t even climb ladders – so tackling the remote steep uphill and downhill sections of the wall was never going to be easy. ACT’s Head of Community Fundraising, Donna Lee-Willis, who represented the hospital charity along with Rebecca Beattie, the Events and Public Campaign Manager, said – whilst everyone who went described the trek as an ‘incredible experience” – “Some found it physically demanding from a fitness perspective, while others found the fear factor of some of the unrestored sections extremely tough.” Praised by their tour guide as having the best teamwork they’d ever seen, Donna said it wa
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust helping to create a ‘people-first’ design for a giant 3D sculptural mural to welcome patients to the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital – Supporting the arts in a hospital environment
May 21, 2026 · original
Copyright: Ivan Morison Patients walking into the reception area of the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital when its doors open will be welcomed by… The Welcome : a huge 3D sculptural mural made from locally sourced clays and glazes. Ivan Morison, the artist commissioned to design the piece, has designed it using ceramic tiles, with a 3D depth, allowing patients and visitors to sit within the piece, allowing them time to pause and reflect. Ivan Morison at Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital workshops at Wysing Arts Centre. Copyright: Rob Hill “It’s a real honour to be commissioned to develop a work for such an important place, where people will be going through profound and life-changing experiences,” he said. “The patients, visitors, the hospital deserve a really great piece of art,” he added, describing the work as “quite a monumental piece.” “It’s big and it’s quite physical. But I

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