A group of patients, families and supporters joined Dr Agam Jung, Consultant Neurologist and Paul Watkins, Director of Fundraising for Leeds Hospitals Charity, to plant one of the National Trust’s ‘Trees of Hope’ saplings in the gardens of the newly opened Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
Fundraiser, campaigner and MND patient Ian Flatt submitted an application for the sapling, one of 49 salvaged saplings from the felled Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland. These have been distributed around the country, with one sapling now resident in the new gardens in Seacroft. Ian described the planting as “a symbol of hope… rising almost out of the rubble.”
Ian and his family joined Leeds Hospitals Charity patron Lindsey Burrow and other supporters to celebrate this gift, a powerful symbol of resilience, unity, and hope for our community. You can read more about this on the Leeds Hospitals Charity website.
