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In June 2021, Dr Ruth Bentley and a team of willing volunteers piloted the first ever Royal Primary Care Charity Marathon walk, where they donned their walking boots with plenty of compeed plasters in tow and walked the distance between all 8 of our Chesterfield surgeries, starting at Clay Cross and finished at Rectory Road in Staveley visiting each of our surgeries along the way for a well deserved rest.
This year the challenge extends to our newest practice in Heanor, Derbyshire which adds an additional 9 miles, taking this years total trek to a whopping 30 miles.
Funds for last years walk were raised for the Chesterfield Royal Hospital Special Care Baby Unit & Neonatal team. The team managed to raise a fantastic £1,239.This year, Dr Ruth Bentley and her team are hoping to raise even more for another great local cause.
We asked our staff members to nominate charities close to their heart and we drew names from a hat, we had some really great charities nominated but the charity we drew for this year's fundraiser is FairPlay.
Fairplay offers a wide range of services to meet the needs of families with disabled children and young people. They offer support to children and young people, aged 0-25, and to parents and siblings. Fairplay runs play schemes and Saturday clubs for children, youth clubs, activity days, themed groups, and independent living groups for young people, and parent support groups and family trips for parents and siblings.
In conjunction with the Clinical Commissioning Groups and a specialist Community Childrens Nurse, Fairplay provides a home based care service for children with complex health care needs that may be life-threatening or life-limiting. The service provides a child-centred flexible service that meets the needs of the child and the family.
Fairplays services offer families the support that they need and gives them opportunities to take part in positive experiences that make a real difference to their lives. They enable parents to have valuable respite from 24 hour care and give children and young people the opportunity to develop a wide range of life skills.
Fairplay offers services from its purpose built centre in Chesterfield and also from outreach venues in Bolsover.
We would be really grateful for your support in sharing our page far and wide so we can raise as much money as possible for this wonderful charity to support our local families who would greatly benefit from the services Fairplay provide.
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