Long term charity partner Scapa brought an early Christmas surprise for patients on the young oncology unit in December, much to the delight of the patients and their families, not to mention staff on the unit who care for the patients each day.

Chief Executive of Scapa, Heejae Chae, is also keen to support the young patients, and this Christmas was no exception. Carol, Isabelle and Irina from Scapa played Santa for the morning donating scarves, gloves, hats, perfume, aftershave and chocolates as well as an Xbox Connect with four controls and a range of games so all of our young patients can enjoy it together.

Youth Support Worker Lorraine Wright works on the unit and knew exactly what each patients would enjoy, "the Xbox Connect is a wonderful gift and is something our patients have wanted for a long time, we really appreciate the amazing range of gifts Scapa have donated".

Scapa have been supporting The Christie through out 2011 and have so far raised over £6,000. This incredible act of generosity is a great example of the variety of ways people can support the charity and make a real difference to the young cancer patients as they spend Christmas on the unit.

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