Brian and Martin organise a charity football match to reunite friends after 20 years

To reunite Brian and Martin’s old football team of 20 years, along with a few running friends, Brian and Martin decided to do a one-off football match, raising money for elderly care Dementia patients and Cancer Centre at UHNM.

Hosted at Newcastle Town Football Club, the charity football match took place in late April 2024, and raised over £3,000 for UHNM Charity.

Martin said: “Brian and I decided to run this together for two good causes. Unfortunately I got injured a week before we were supposed to play, but looking at that cheque today, all the money that we helped raise for those people makes me genuinely happy.

"I’ve not done much fundraising in my life, but this was fantastic, we didn’t think we’d raise that much. If it wasn’t for all the players, Brian, and Newcastle Town FC for lending the pitch, it wouldn’t have happened.”

Brian added: "I can’t speak highly enough about UHNM Charity for their support. As someone who has worked for the NHS, any fundraiser trying to help the NHS absolutely 100 per cent gets my backing.”