Run for Margaret Kerr

We have 10 places for the BUPA Great Edinburgh Run and 5 places for the Great North Run if you would like to run in aid of the Margaret Kerr Unit. If you would like more information please email thedifference@borders.scot.nhs.uk

 

 

For General information about The Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal and details on how you can donate please click here.

 

Continued Fundraising for The Margaret Kerr Unit

If you wish to fundraise for, or donate to, The Margaret Kerr Unit you still can!

 

All donations made to the Unit will pay for additional equipment, enhancements to the environment and patient comforts. We are talking to patients and their families who are being cared for in the Unit about what else they would like to see - and we will do our very best to make provision for all the requirements that are brought to our attention.

 

Follow this link to make a donation , donate now or donate direct at www.justgiving.com/MargaretKerrUnit  

 

December 19, 2012

 

Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal achieves the £1 million target

 

The public fundraising appeal to raise the ‘final million’ pounds required to build The Margaret Kerr Unit has exceeded its target, less than 16 months after it launched.

 

Appeal Chairman, James Marjoribanks has been overwhelmed by the response from the public. “We have received over 1000 individual donations since September 1^st 2011, culminating in a total to date of £1,012,000 and it is still growing! The variety of events and activities that have taken place range from coffee mornings, to marathons, to open gardens – the list is endless. On behalf of the fundraising team of myself, Catherine Duthie and Clare Oliver I would like to sincerely thank once again everyone who has contributed to the creation of this very special place. I would especially like to take this opportunity to thank those that have made in memoriam donations for loved ones who could not benefit from the purpose built facilities, but want others to be able to experience the difference that a specialist palliative care unit will make to the lives of patients and their families with a life limiting condition”.

 

Adding his congratulations, Chair of NHS Borders John Raine explains:

“The project to build the Margaret Kerr Unit started in 2010 when details of Miss Margaret Kerr’s legacy emerged. Since then a dedicated project team have worked swiftly to ensure that her wish to provide a specialist in-patient palliative care unit for the people of the Borders has been delivered ahead of schedule and on budget. This facility will greatly improve the experience of patients and their families at a very difficult time in their lives and I am very proud that, thanks to the generosity of numerous charitable trusts, organisations, national and local charities and of course the general public, we will be able to welcome patients to The Margaret Kerr Unit during the first week of 2013”.

 

Ends

 

For further details contact Communications on 01896 825589/5520

 

 

October 2012

The October edition of the Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter is published. Click here to view.

 

 

September 2012

The September edition of the Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter is published. Click here to view.

 

August 2012

 

Sir Chris Hoy signed Team GB skin suit for auction

Thanks to the generosity of British Cycling and Sir Chris Hoy we are now the proud owners of a signed team GB skin suit worn (and signed) by Sir Chris.

The suit will be auctioned at the Borders Change Foundation Charity Dinner on Friday 7th September 2012. The dinner is a sell out, but if you are interested in bidding for this item please contact Clare Oliver on 01896 828261. 

 

August Edition of The Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter

The August edition of the Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter is published. Click here to view.

 

The Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter

The first edition of the Margaret Kerr Unit Newsletter is published. Click here to view.

 

June 2012
Fundraising reaches £500,000 milestone.
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May 2012

  

 

April 2012
We are delighted to announce that the Jedburgh Running Festival committee has chosen to support us this year. A brand new event "the ultra marathon" will be introduced with all profits going to the Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal fund. Every runner who enters will also have the opportunity to donate to the appeal if they wish. The running festival takes place on Sunday 28th October 2012 and is now open for entries.

Please click on the following link to go to their website www.jedburghhalfmarathon.org.uk 

March 2012
Fundraising reaches £300,000 milestone.
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February 2012
Fundraising reaches £100,000 milestone.
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January 2012
NHS Borders approves full Business Case for the Margaret Kerr Unit
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Previous News

December 2011
Give an extra special present this Christmas...
Please click here to read about our appeal story which recently appeared in The Southern Reporter.