This weekend’s local achievers have been nominated on behalf of the ‘Dreame Fund’. Paul Taylor and Dave Scott (pictured below) will be attending the Birmingham match courtesy of NUST, their valuable role as part of the team is in the capacity of operating theatre orderlies.

The Dreame Fund is a major help in coping both physically and psychologically with such events. As well as providing suitable equipment to enhance patient rehabilitation, it also helps to cater for the more holistic aspects of care.

Patients typically will have had treatment for life-threatening conditions such as cancer of the liver and pancreas, as well as spinal corrective surgery and transplant surgery.

The ICCU provides care for patients who cannot be cared for in an ordinary ward setting.

There are a few tickets left for a black tie fundraising dinner on 14th May (see below for details) or alternatively there are a number of auction items including a cricket bat signed by the England team (Reserve £200) and an hour’s coaching with Geoff Cook (Reserve £70). If you can’t make the dinner you can submit an advanced sealed bid via secure email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you would like to help ‘The Dreame Fund’ in any way please contact Joe at the above email address or to donate please visit www.justgiving.com/DREAME-launch

To read more about the work of ‘The Dreame Fund’ please see below.

NUST's latest 'Local Achievers' are Andrea and Dave Thompson who will attend the Wolves game. They founded 'The Toma Fund' in 2008 in memory of their son, Jordan, who lost his life to cancer (leukaemia), at the age of 15. Jordan, who attended the Newcastle United academy from the age of 10, began fundraising to help other teenagers in the North East who were also fighting this cruel disease. Following his tragic death the work has continued and raised an amazing £350,000+ for the Teenage Cancer Unit at the RVI.

The Toma Fund has grown substantially and has now realised the dream of becoming a stand alone, registered charity. The charity will now not only help teenagers fighting cancer, but also children, young people and their families receiving treatment for cancer at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust hospitals.

Visit www.tomafund.org to find out how you can help this great initiative.

Help Newcastle's young homeless and win a signed SuperMac football.

The NUST's local achievers this week are 2 representatives of the Tyneside Foyer which was destroyed by fire recently.  They will be attending the Newcastle v Everton match on Saturday courtesy of the Trust.

A signed football by SuperMac and his fellow North East legends is up for grabs thanks to a generous donation from Real Radio North East – with all money going to victims of the fire that devastated a unique service for homeless young people in inner-city Newcastle.

As the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reported last month: "More than 30 vulnerable young adults escaped from a blazing building as flames ripped through a hostel for the homeless”.