Raising money for Robert Broude's Day Unit

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Robert Broude was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer when he was only 17 years old. He died after a 2 ½ year battle at the age of 19 in 2004.

Rob was treated at the Young Oncology Unit (YOU) at The Christie in Manchester - the YOU is a dedicated unit for 16-23 year olds who have cancer.

Rob underwent numerous courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and had 2 major operations. During this time he continued to live as normal a life as possible, carrying on with his education at The Manchester Grammar School and even managed to achieve his ambition of going to University. He spent one term at Sheffield University before he died.

*UPDATE* 2 October 13th 2021
Thank you all again for your kind and generous donations throughout the years, and in particular, the recent Hulk Run.
An update on our fundraising following the Hulk Run, which raised a total of £15,819.65 bringing our overall fundraising total to £479,592.67

*UPDATE* 1 (September 2nd 2020)
As of September 2nd 2020 the Robert Broude's Day Unit team page closed.
Up to this date the Broude family, along with their friends have raised a total of £445,707.69

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been involved, supported and donated to help create a new Day Care Unit at the YOU, which is known as “Rob’s Day Unit”, and for continuing to raise money for better equipment and facilities, in memory of Rob.

With love and thanks,
The Broude Bunch