Soap stars show their support to cancer charity
Press Release Posted 28 May 2010
Left to right:
Head of finance at Sabre Europe Jo McCarthy, Partner and Head of
Regions audit at Deloitte Sharon Fraser, Hollyoaks? Leah Hackett,
The Christie?s chief executive Caroline Shaw, Hollyoaks? Claire
Cooper and chief executive of PZ Cussons Elaine
Birchall.Stars from the nation's biggest soaps gathered in Manchester
this week at a charity event held to raise money for leading cancer
centre The Christie.
Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor and former Street star Scott
Wright, Hollyoaks actresses Carley Stenson, Claire Cooper and Leah
Hackett, and Shameless's Tina Malone attended a Sex and the City
style fundraising reception at Harvey Nichols followed by a special
screening of the film Sex and the City 2. Craig Phillips from the
first Big Brother even made an appearance.
The event also celebrated the return of four leading
businesswomen from completing a 12,000ft drop skydive to raise
further funds for The Christie's new early clinical trials unit,
which will be the largest in the world.
The Christie's chief executive Caroline Shaw completed the
challenge with Sharon Fraser, Partner and Head of Regions audit at
Deloitte, Elaine Birchall, chief executive of PZ Cussons and Jo
McCarthy, head of finance at Sabre Europe. So far over £100,000 has
been raised via their justgiving site
www.justgiving.co.uk/fearlessfoursome.
The Christie in Manchester is one of the leading cancer centres
in Europe treating about 40,000 patients every year and is an
international leader in research.
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