Charities

At Runshaw, staff and students come together to raise money for charities all year round.

The college always raises money for a wide variety of charities but we have one nominated international charity nominated and selected by Runshaw staff and students. Since 2019, our charity has been Medécins Sans Frontières. MSF was founded in 1971 with the aim of providing medical care to people in the most desperate situations. These were often people in crisis situations such as famine, warfare and natural disasters. In these situations normal medical care could not be given. The aims of MSF have remained the same; they now work in 65 countries providing 30,000 staff. They have resources ready to respond quickly as a crisis unfolds.

Rapid and effective response to emergencies is at the core of what MSF does. MSF keeps pre-packaged kits so that teams can offer rapid lifesaving assistance – from surgical kits, inflatable hospitals to cholera kits. They have cash reserves for emergencies meaning they can provide assistance quickly, when and where the need is greatest. The work of MSF over the last fifty years has saved countless lives.

Our Charities have included:

• In 2009 & 2019, over £13,000 was raised in total for charities which included: Cancer Research, Children in Need, Derian House, Haiti Earthquake, Graeme Ballald, Sport Relief and Teenage Cancer Trust amongst many others