Eleven colleagues from the trust run the Leeds 10k for charity
June 16, 2025
Eleven amazing staff members from across Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust laced up their trainers this weekend for the city’s 10k run. The Jane Tomlinson Run for All sees runners take to the streets of Leeds raising money for amazing causes.
On Sunday 15 June 2025, twelve runners; eleven staff members from the Community Trust and a family member took to the starting line to fundraise for Leeds Community Healthcare Charity. They are: Simon Toyne, Leah Leslie, Sarah Yeomans, Frankie Skirrow, Angela Yates, Sallie Smith and Nick Smith, Colin Priestley, Susan Simpson-Hutchinson, Michelle Potts, Hayley Marsh and George Glover.
Talking about his motivation for signing up, Simon Toyne, Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service Team Manager said, “There is something inherently motivating in committing to do an organised race, even if it is just the determination to finish it without stopping when others are watching.
To incorporate that as a way to raise money towards a worthy cause, such as LCH Charity brings an added sense of positive accountability towards those sponsoring me and to help improve lives a little more, through doing something I consider leisure and fun.”
Also completing the run was Leah Leslie, Clinical Governance Officer who said, “Supporting the Trust through fundraising is very close to my heart for various personal reasons. The funds raised by the Charity make a real difference in improving patient care and experience. Running has always been a passion of mine—it’s not just about fitness but also about mental wellbeing and “me time,” especially balancing life as a new mum and returning to exercise after having a baby.”
Leeds Community Healthcare Charity aims to help improve and enhance the care provided to the people of Leeds. Read more here: https://leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/about-us/charity/
You can still donate to the fantastic cause here: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/teamlch.
