The Sick Kids Friends Foundation is a charity that wants to help children who are in hospital. Their mentality and ethos is to help children be “children first and patients second.” Despite being ill, a child should still be able to enjoy being a child and enjoy life.
Not only do they fund the latest medical equipment and research to take care of the children clinically, they also provide fun and play services to keep the children happy.
They also organise all sorts of fundraising events and challenges to fund the services they offer.
If you would like to find out more, please have a look at their website here.
We like to ask for your nominations and choose a charity that is close to your heart. So, last month we received a Facebook message from Deanna Wolf asking for us to support Quarriers next.
Quarriers is predominately a social care charity, helping vulnerable children, adults and families with various issues they may incur throughout their lives. This could be health related, financial or circumstantial.
The charity also provides care and support to these vulnerable groups, providing more information on different disabilities, illnesses and how to support young people in the UK.
We are delighted to give a donation to Quarriers and help them fund this valuable work.
So as you can see from this month, it’s really great when people want to interact with us on social media and we really do listen to what you have to say.
If you would like to nominate a charity please get in touch, why not be really modern and Facebook or Tweet us? On the other hand, you could always ‘Tweet’ us the old fashioned way via carrier pigeon… whatever works for you…
As you know, every month we donate money to a charity of your choosing. This month our very own Graphic Designer, Ryan, has nominated The Leanne Fund as our Charity of the Month.
The Leanne Fund was started in memory of Leanne Mitchell, who had Cystic Fibrosis and really lived life to the full. The charity seeks to help young people and their families to be active, love life and create long-lasting memories.
The money that is raised goes towards funding special treats such as weekends away, driving lessons, spa days etc. The charity also provides counselling and crisis grants to help people cope better. They have even started supplying special TV cards in hospitals so that children who are admitted to hospital often, and for longer periods of time, are able to watch TV.
If you want to read more about The Leanne Fund, you can view their website here and learn about the work that they are involved in. There are also a number of events scheduled to take place to help raise money.
Whether you are a major fan of golf or only like to play occasionally, completing 100 holes in only one day would prove a difficult task for anyone (even Tiger Woods?) Well that’s exactly what Tom Lovering and Michael McEwan managed to do on Monday the 22nd June, playing from 4am – 10pm and walking 23 miles in the process.
Why did they want to play 16 hours of golf in one day? To raise money for Yorkhill Children’s Charity, who provide support for paediatric, obstetric and neonatal care. Every year, the charity help 160,000 people and continually strive to improve the care they can give. Having now moved to the new Glasgow hospital, Yorkhill are excited about the prospects of new equipment and the care that can be given. Have a look at their fancy new home here.
Tom and Michael completed the ‘100 Holes Challenge’ for exactly this reason: to help Yorkhill provide even better care.
If you would like to read more about their golfing-marathon or wish to donate, you can visit their Just Giving page here. You can also read more about Yorkhill Children’s Charity by clicking here.
Is there a charity close to your heart? Why not nominate them as our next ‘Charity of the Month’ and we will donate £50 to the charity of your choice.