A star spangled line-up of North East heroes has pledged support for plans to create a dedicated children’s cancer research centre in Newcastle. Musician Sting and TV writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais of Auf Wiedersehen Pet fame are amongst a contingent of much-loved and respected names from the world of music, stage, business and community work to have become patrons of the Future Fund. The Fund aims to raise £5.5 million to create the Newcastle University Centre for Childhood Cancer, a state-of-the-art facility where the city’s academics and clinicians can advance and accelerate the children’s cancer research and treatment that has already earned them international recognition. It is a collaborative project between the University, the North of England Children’s Cancer Research (NECCR) charity and Newcastle Hospitals’ Great North Children’s Hospital – home to one of the UK’s leading centres for paediatric oncology.

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