SOLIHULL Moors have teamed up with Cure Leukaemia ahead of the club’s home game against Forest Green Rovers at the start of next month.
Moors hope to raise funds and awareness for the charity when they host Forest Green at Damson Park on Saturday, September 7 (kick-off, 3pm).
September marks Blood Cancer Awareness Month with Moors to rename Damson Park as the Cure Leukaemia Stadium for the game. The club will also donate 10 per cent of every ticket purchased to the charity.
Moors chairman, Darryl Eales, who is running the London Marathon next April for the charity, said: “It’s a wonderful charity with extraordinary people doing so much to try and help fight an illness that can affect anyone, at any age.
“We know our fans will donate and help at the Forest Green game and then if I can get round 26 miles to raise further awareness later in the season then I’m more than happy to do so.”
Cure Leukaemia chief executive James McLaughlin is running 224 miles across 16 locations where the charity provides funding for Run The Nations 2024.
He will run an average of 14 miles in each location. This signifies someone in the UK is diagnosed with a form of blood cancer every 14 minutes.
He hopes to raise £100,000 to fund the equivalent of two Cure Leukaemia Research Nurses. While also supporting the fight for 250,000 people living with blood cancer across the UK.
Some 40,000 people are diagnosed with blood cancer every year. This means six people are diagnosed during every 90-minute game of football.
McLaughlin said: “With our office being based at the Moors for the last couple of years we have been made to feel extremely welcome by Darryl and everyone at the club and we are immensely proud to be part of the club both on and off the field.
“Thanks to Gary Fox at V Installations, Cure Leukaemia is seen on the players’ kits across the country and for the club to rename the ground to The Cure Leukaemia Stadium for the Forest Green fixture and to be so generous in donating proceeds from ticket sales, will without doubt make a difference for blood cancer patients in Birmingham and across the West Midlands.”
For more information about Run The Nations 2024, visit: www.cureleukaemia.co.uk/events/run-the-nations
