Our Research Projects
It is our primary aim to fund the most promising new childhood cancer research ideas in the North West. As a result of our funding researchers are able to obtain preliminary results to back up their ideas, which they can then use to secure large-scale funding from the big cancer research charities and pharmaceutical companies. Each year, […]
Easter eggstravaganza at Hale Prep
Hale Prep school proved themselves to be true chocoholics (and eggcellent fundraisers!) this Easter. They raised a cracking £1,000 for Friends of Rosie in their Easter egg raffle. Our huge thanks go to all the children, families and staff at Hale Prep school for their continued support of Friends of Rosie. Thanks to you we […]
Children’s charities unite for cancer research
Friends of Rosie and The Bradley Lowery Foundation are working together on a promising, new research collaboration for children with cancer. The two children’s charities unite to boost research into childhood cancer. In 2021, they will be partnering to fund new research into the detection and treatment of a rare type of childhood bone cancer, […]
Ewing Sarcoma – Mahesh’s story
Mahesh, from Bolton, was first diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma when he was eight years old, in May 1998. His mum had become alarmed at a growth which appeared on his left thigh. The growth quickly engulfed his thigh. A family friend (also a GP) advised that the tumour should be removed. Only after it was […]
Thank you, Sir Alex Ferguson
Our huge thanks go to Sir Alex Ferguson, our long-serving Patron, for his recent donation to children’s cancer research. Friends of Rosie received the generous donation from Sir Alex through The Elizabeth Hardie Ferguson Charitable Trust Fund. He set up the Trust in memory of his mother. Sir Alex’s donation will go towards our three […]