£6.8m target for Rob Burrow Centre for MND reached

The £6.8m fundraising target for the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease in Seacroft has been reached.

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00:00The £6.8 million fundraising target for the Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease

00:06in Seacroft has been reached.

00:08The MND community, including Rob's parents Geoff and Irene Burrow, Leeds Teaching Hospital's

00:13MND patients and their families, and the wider Leeds Hospital's charity fundraising community,

00:19came together and signed a timber frame which will be incorporated into the centre's construction.

00:24The new building will be a flagship centre in the north of England, covering more than

00:281,000 square metres, with a striking design that includes a light and spacious atrium,

00:33wheelchair-accessible parking and newly landscaped gardens.

00:37The building will enable all care and support for MND patients and their families to take

00:41place in one dedicated space, with a view to including research at some point in the

00:46future.

00:47The milestone was reached shortly after Kevin Sinfield's latest challenge to raise vital

00:51funds and awareness for MND, and the centre is scheduled to open at Seacroft Hospital

00:56in Leeds in summer 2025.