Our Northern Region consists of the North West, North East and Yorkshire, including the counties of Northumberland, Cumbria, Tyne & Wear, Co Durham, Cleveland/ Teeside, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Cheshire.
There are around 40 volunteer fundraising groups in the North — organising various events from traditional things like coffee mornings and flag days through to gala ballet evenings and balls.
We currently fund medical research projects in Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Dewsbury, Sheffield, Carlisle, Manchester, Liverpool and Hull on themes as diverse as premature labour and birth, bone marrow transplantation, osteoporosis, Parkinson's disease, developmental coordination disorder, preventing wound infection after breast surgery, Hirschsprung's disease and bronchiolitis.
The Alternative Ladies Ascot Day Lunch
York Racecourse on Thursday, June 18th 2009
We all love the opportunity to dress up and enjoy something different and this is the ideal occasion to do so. This is your chance to enjoy the Ascot experience but without the travel!
The day will start at 12.30 with a welcome glass of Pimms. This is followed by a delicious 3 course summer lunch with coffee. Tea and cakes will be served during the afternoon and the last race is at 5.30 pm. Stay as long as you like to enjoy this experience. You will be able to watch the races and also place bets on your favourite horse. There will also be the opportunity to win other fantastic prizes during the course of the afternoon.
Please contact Karen Ratcliffe on 01757 228136 for further details or logon to www.karevents.co.uk for further information and a booking form.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic with Paddington Bear.
Sat 16th and Sun 17th Aug 2008.
Action Medical Research and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway invite you to a Teddy Bears’ Picnic to celebrate Paddington Bear’s 50th Anniversary. Enjoy a return steam train ride from Pickering to Levisham, with an hour at Levisham to have your picnic with Paddington, complete the teddy treasure trail, win a prize for best dressed bear , hear a story, win a Paddington Bear soft toy in the raffle and much more. Every child will also get a free Paddington Bear story CD. Don’t forget your teddy! There will be five trains departing each day – 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300 and 1400. Tickets available from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, tel 01751 472508, email
info@nymr.co.uk
Upcoming events
Sunday, October 5th
Do you have your own place in this year’s BUPA Great North Run? Would you like to join our team and help Paddington Bear celebrate his 50th Anniversary? If you would like to run for us please email greatnorthrun@action.org.uk or tel 01403 210406 – we’d love to have you with us.
Visit www.action.org.uk/greatnorthrun for more details
