Bradley Dack teamed up with the club’s charity partner, Benefit Mankind, to present a cheque for over £2,000 to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

The Rovers forward, who is the Blackburn-based charity’s player ambassador, launched an appeal video last month to support cancer patients at the Manchester hospital.

A new study, called EMBRaCE, is being carried out, using cutting-edge wearable technology, where patients will wear special scan watches, which gather and interpret data to improve understanding and help patients undergoing cancer treatment.

The appeal raised £2,140, which has funded 10 scan watches, which can assess a range of vital signs – including electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, temperature, physical activity levels and sleep – and, potentially, save lives.

Benefit Mankind, who are in their second season as Rovers’ chosen charity partner, were selected to take part in the fundraising campaign and invited Bradley to join them at The Christie, where they handed over the cheque and were given a behind the scenes tour of the impressive Proton Beam Therapy Centre, which opened in November 2018.

Louise Stimson, Head of Fundraising at The Christie charity, said: “We are incredibly grateful to Benefit Mankind for their very generous donation to The Christie charity. The funding will support a clinical trial for wearable technology for some of our proton beam therapy patients.

“Our Proton Beam Centre patients were also thrilled to receive presents from Benefit Mankind. We enjoyed meeting representatives from Benefit Mankind and Blackburn Rovers, and showing them around the Proton Beam Therapy Centre. Special thanks to the charity ambassador Bradley Dack for also attending and sharing smiles at the centre.

Rovers and Benefit Mankind provide support to cancer patients