21 Jul 2023

Fundraising dynamo Cilla Glasson and her passion for cancer research and treatment

From Nine To Noon, 10:10 am on 21 July 2023
Cilla Glasson, and the new MR linear accelerator at St George's Hospital Cancer Centre

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Cilla Glasson is a one-woman fund raising dynamo from Christchurch, having raised nearly ten million dollars for Christchurch's St George's hospital over the past 25 years.

This includes a brand new MR linear accelerator used in the treatment of soft tissue cancers - the only one of its kind in New Zealand, and just the 100th in the world to be sold.

It began treating patients last month. Cilla Glasson is a director on the board of St George's, and trustee on a number of charities including the Bone Marrow Cancer Trust, the youth development charity 180 Degrees and a director of the Salvation Army.

She was made a member of the NZ Order of Merit in 2014.