Ward 5 at Airedale General Hospital is a 24 bed Stroke and Neurological Rehabilitation ward. 

The team on ward 5 have decided to work together to raise money so we can invest in new rehabilitation technology to aid our stroke patients upper limb recovery. 

We are hoping to raise £1000 to purchase 2 upper limb rehabilitation devices that staff can then use on a one to one basis with patients, to assist with the recovery of upper limb function. 

The trust we work for covers a 700 sq mile area, so during the month of October we have decided to use this figure and cover 700 miles via walking, running,  swimming or cycling. Each member of the team, their families and patients will contribute to the total and we will try cover 700 miles! 

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning NHS hospital and community services trust providing high quality, personalised, acute, elective, specialist and community care for a population of over 200,000. We cover a widespread area of over 700 sq. miles within Yorkshire and Lancashire. We employ over 2,400 staff and have nearly 300 committed volunteers. Last year we treated over 32,000 inpatients, 31,000 non-elective patients and 144,000 outpatients. Our Emergency Department saw more than 58,000 patients and over 2,000 babies were born.