CHARITY FOLK NIGHT Rochdale East Rotary Club recently hosted a Charity Folk Night at Rochdale Cricket Club, with Hindle Wakes and special guests The Saddlers, plus dialect poetry from Alyson Brailsford and Sally James. All proceeds from the evening were donated to Wheelchair Foundation UK, an independent charitable organization with a goal to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult worldwide who needs one, but has no means to acquire one. They offer independence to people deprived of mobility by war, disease, accident, natural disaster and advanced age.
ONE YEAR AND COUNTING!
£2 MILLION MILESTONE
Counting down ‘one year to go’ to the opening of the Rugby League World Cup 2013, tickets have gone on sale for the match between Fiji and Ireland, hosted at Spotland Stadium. The Group A, Monday evening match in Rochdale is scheduled to take place at Spotland Stadium on 28 October 2013. In a group that contains hot favourites England and Australia, the match is already being billed as a key decider for which of the two competing teams will go through to the next round. Mark Widdup, Service Director at Rochdale Borough Council, said: “It’s very exciting to see tickets for our game at Spotland Stadium finally go on general sale, and I think that with tickets starting at £10 to see the best players in the world in such a prestigious sporting event is exceptional value. We are very proud to be hosting what I am sure will be a fabulous occasion for all the family.” Tickets starting at just £10 (£5 concessions) for group games and quarterfinals are available to purchase for all games and via various special packages at www.rlwc2013.com or phone 0844 847 2013. They are also available in person from Spotland Stadium box office. Find out more on Twitter @rlwc2013 or Facebook.com/rugbyleagueworldcup.
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Rochdale based charity, The Gem Appeal, has raised an incredible £2 million, since it was launched 18 years ago, by Bamford mum, Karen Johnson. Karen's sons, Simon and Michael, suffered from Hunter's Syndrome - a rare degenerative disease with no known cure. It affects just 90 people in the UK and there are now drugs available to minimise or halt its effects. Unfortunately Simon died in 1999, aged 12 and Michael in 2001, at the same age. Karen has continued her fundraising efforts in their memory and the charity holds many celebrity supported events throughout the year. Money raised has gone towards building a specialist research centre at Pendlebury Children's Hospital, which helped develop enzyme replacement therapy used today to treat the sufferers of the disease.