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Andems Runners, Rochdale Harriers and race Marshall’s have raised £14,000 to help ‘Save Samantha Smith’, Mollie Campbell the International Basketball player and the Children’s...
Date Published 10/04/2018
An 11-year-old girl has raised £700 for family friend Samantha Smith by having her hair cut.
Date Published 19/03/2018
An 11-year-old girl is aiming to raise £300 for family friend Samantha Smith by having her hair cut towards the end of March.
Date Published 17/02/2018
By donating just £5 to the Save Samantha Appeal you could be in with a chance of winning a luxury break in the Lake District worth £1,500.
Date Published 04/01/2018
Such is the scope of what makes up the news on Rochdale Online that it gives a uniquely broad insight into the people and happenings in the borough, and with this being the season...
Date Published 26/12/2017
Scott Teirney swam a whopping 10,528 lengths – 164.5 miles - to raise funds for the Save Samantha appeal..
Date Published 12/12/2017
Staff from the council’s fostering team raised £722 towards lifesaving treatment for Samantha Smith by competing in an It’s a Knockout challenge at Falinge Park.
Date Published 30/11/2017
Paul Mears and Danny Hirst have raised £7,532.50 for the Save Samantha appeal by swimming between Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
Date Published 24/11/2017
Following two unsuccessful surgeries to stop her neck dislocating, Samantha Smith has booked follow-up appointments in Spain and America to plan her next steps towards her future.
Date Published 16/11/2017
Scott Teirney has completed the impressive feat of swimming 100 miles in just seven weeks and two days in aid of the Save Samantha fund.
Date Published 11/11/2017
Your online shopping could help raise vital funds for the Save Samantha appeal, without costing you a single extra penny.
Date Published 15/10/2017
After two unsuccessful neurosurgeries, Samantha Smith is calling for greater education of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), one of the many conditions which affects her.
Date Published 13/10/2017
Following two operations in Washington with a leading surgeon over the summer, Samantha Smith has now revealed devastating news: the surgeries have failed to stop her neck from...
Date Published 30/09/2017
Hundreds of people attended the annual Wardle Village Fete, enjoying an afternoon of carnival arts and crafts, good food, fairground rides, donkey rdies and stalls.
Date Published 03/09/2017
Following a successful second operation on Friday 18 August, Samantha Smith has been suffering from ‘excruciating pain’ since the procedure.
Date Published 25/08/2017
Samantha Smith’s family have been told that her second lifesaving surgery on Friday (18 August) went well, and although Sam was ‘in a lot of pain, she was quite responsive’.
Date Published 21/08/2017
Samantha Smith has to raise a further £50,000 to cover costs for an urgent and unexpected second life-saving operation on Saturday (19 August). Last week the mother of two from...
Date Published 15/08/2017
Samantha Smith needs need scans as soon as possible on her brain stem and cranial cervical junction. She is due to meet with her life-saving neurosurgeon, Doctor Henderson, next...
Date Published 05/08/2017
Inflatable Fun World, Jungle Book, Springhill Hospice - Open Garden Day, Family Fun Days, Sportsman's Evening, All Saints Church, Hamer final service, Fire Service Museum Monthly...
Date Published 03/08/2017
When did you first get involved with Rochdale Feel Good Festival? We've sponsored the main stage since 2009 but the festival is something we've supported since the beginning,...
Dominic Apenteng is set to take on a tandem skydive to raise funds for his partner, Samantha Smith, on Sunday 27 August.
Date Published 02/08/2017
Samantha Smith has suffered a setback in her recovery after she slipped and fell on 15 July. The single mother-of-two underwent a five-and-a-half-hour procedure on 11 July to...
Date Published 26/07/2017
Samantha Smith, whose brain and spinal cord were being crushed under the weight of her own skull, has had her life-saving surgery in Washington DC following a five-and-a-half-hour...
Date Published 15/07/2017
Samantha Smith will be having stage one of her life-saving treatment at 5pm Tuesday (11 July).
Date Published 11/07/2017
Samantha Smith, who is due to have a life-saving operation on Tuesday (11 July), needs to hit her fundraising target by Monday (10 July).
Date Published 08/07/2017
Danny Hirst and Paul Mears are preparing to swim across the Atlantic from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura to raise urgent funds towards Samantha Smith’s life-saving neurosurgery.
Samantha Smith has received a provisional surgery date, but still needs the public’s help to fund further tests and surgery. Sam, whose brain and spinal cord are being...
Date Published 29/06/2017
Samantha Smith is due to meet with a surgeon in Washington on Thursday 22 June as she is just £8,000 from reaching her target of raising £150,000 to cover the cost of her vital...
Date Published 15/06/2017
40 children and adults took part in a sponsored ‘bounce’ at Tramp2Lean Rochdale on Tuesday (9 May) to raise more than £1,200 for Samantha Smith, the young mum from Smithy Bridge...
Date Published 11/05/2017
Samantha Smith has just six weeks to raise £150,000 before it is too late for surgeons to carry out the life-saving neurosurgery she so desperately requires.