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Regional daily helps raise £800,000 for hospital appeal

A regional daily-backed campaign has raised £800,000 in aid of a children’s hospital on its patch.

The Oxford Mail is aiming to help raise £2m in total for Oxford Children’s Hospital in celebration of the facility’s 10th anniversary.

Included in that total is £126,000 raised through The Oxford Mail’s OX5 Run in April, which saw more than 1,000 runners run at Blenheim Palace.

The Mail splashed on the appeal’s success so far on Monday.

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The hospital charity’s head of fundraising Eleanor Jones said: “We are extremely grateful to the local community and the Oxford Mail readers for getting behind the 10th Anniversary Appeal of the Oxford Children’s Hospital.

“The support for this appeal shows just how loved the Children’s Hospital and all our children’s services across Oxfordshire and beyond.

“Every day we have been inspired by stories of fundraisers of all ages running, walking, climbing and dancing determined to raise money and make our hospital the best it can be for our young patients and their families.”