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Luma Foundation raises £120,000 for pioneering cancer technology at Sheffield Children's Hospital

We have passed our fundraising target to fund nanopore sequencing at Sheffield Children's Hospital, cutting the wait for a brain tumour diagnosis from weeks to hours.

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Third annual Charity Clay Day at the Snilesworth Estate

Thirty teams, a moorland setting and a marquee full of generosity: our third Clay Day helped take the Sheffield appeal over the line.

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Zoë Metcalfe appointed as Luma Foundation's first Chief Executive

The trustees have appointed Zoë Metcalfe to lead the Foundation day to day as it grows its programme of projects and partnerships across Yorkshire.

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From clay targets to real impact: £88,797 for Leeds Children's Hospital

We are overjoyed to share the success of our second Charity Clay Day, which will fund two photobiomodulation units for children undergoing cancer treatment in Leeds.

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A major milestone for paediatric surgery at Leeds Children's Hospital

The Laparo Apex surgical simulator, funded by our first Clay Day and grants from the Yorkshire Property Charitable Trust and the Kusuma Trust, is now training surgeons in Leeds.

Guns on the line at Rievaulx, 2024

Charity Clay Day 2024: our first event raises £78,557

Our first fundraising event, a Clay Day at Rievaulx Abbey on Friday 7 June 2024, raised an outstanding £78,557 towards the Laparo Apex.

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Yorkshire Children's Hospital Fund relaunches as Luma Foundation

Leeds businessman Alex Duckett becomes Chair as the charity sets a £500,000 goal for robotic surgical technology for children's and neonatal wards.

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