Sir Bobby Robson Foundation

Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
Founded25 March 2008 (2008-03-25)
FounderSir Bobby Robson
Dr Ruth Plummer, Northern Institute for Cancer Research
TypeUK registered charity
(Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity, No. 1057213)
Location
Area served
North East England
Key people
Patrons:
Alan Shearer
Steve Gibson
Mick Mills
Niall Quinn
Robbie Elliott
Endowment£2.5m (September 2010 total)
Websitesirbobbyrobsonfoundation.org.uk
Sir Bobby Robson.

The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is a British cancer research charity which raises money to fund the early detection and treatment of cancer, and clinical trials of anti-cancer drugs. Based in the North East of England, the Foundation was launched on 25 March 2008 in the name of Sir Bobby Robson, himself a cancer sufferer five times since 1992, and who died of the disease on 31 July 2009.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Football legend Robson dies at 76". BBC News. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Journal25Mar08HallTreatments was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sir Bobby in cancer cash pledge". BBC News. 16 February 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008. Football legend Sir Bobby Robson has pledged to devote his time to helping in the fight against cancer...plans to raise £500,000 for his new charity. Sir Bobby who lives in County Durham, celebrates his 75th birthday next week. The Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trial And Research Centre will be at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital...Sir Bobby said: "I am going to try and raise a lot of money, £500,000, for a cancer research centre, which is very much needed in the North East..."So I am going to help raise this money and give my name to this charity"
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC25Mar08Launch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Welcome to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation". Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. n.d. Retrieved 29 December 2008. Sir Bobby's big goal is to fight cancer – in his own battle with the disease and by creating a charitable foundation. The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation will focus on the early detection and treatment of cancer and the clinical trials of new drugs that will eventually beat it.