Actor joins hospital charity’s running team to raise funds

Ben Ryan Davies with patient William Rose, 11, from Cheadle Hulme

Rochdale actor Ben Ryan Davies, best known for this role as Ronan Burley in Waterloo Road, has joined the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity’s running team for the 2012 BUPA Great Manchester Run.

The star has been put to the test by patient William Rose in a bid to get ready for the 10k event.

Mr Davies, who recently played Peter Pan, is now training with Cheadle Hulme based fitness community BioticFit to complete the Great Manchester Run and is on a mission to try and raise as much as possible to help make a difference to patients he met when he recently visited the hospital.

He said: “Coming to meet the patients today has really given me the inspiration I need to take part in the Great Manchester Run and I hope other runners will join me in raising money for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity so we can make a big difference to these remarkable children.”

Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity raising money to ensure continued excellence in treatment, care and research at the hospital – improving the lives of thousands of children each year across the North West and beyond.

The support of the Charity means that the hospital can provide additional resources that make life easier for patients and their families who use the hospital.

The Charity has three main areas of work: 

• to support research projects to improve our understanding of children’s illnesses
• to help to create an environment that’s more child-friendly
• to provide state-of-the-art equipment for diagnosis and treatment.

For more information on joining the running team for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity contact the charity team on 0161 276 4522, tweet @RMCHCharity or visit www.rmchcharity.org.uk