Corporate List... This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the companies that have helped us so far this year – we would need to devote the whole of In Good Company to listing everyone, so please accept our apologies if you have helped us in some way and are not listed here. Our thanks go out to everyone who supports us, whether financially, through Gifts in Kind, sponsorship or volunteering and in all the other ways in which you help us. Thank you for doing all you do to help the Sick Kids get better! Accenture AEGON Alexander Dennis Apex Hotels Asda Stores Ltd ATOS Barclays Barrie & Hibbert Braemore Property Mgt & Lomond Capital British Polythene Industries PLC Brodies LLP Buccleuch Property Cairn Energy plc CB Richard Ellis Central Taxis Cisco Close Motor Finance Connell & Connell WS Cornhill Building Services Limited Diageo Plc Edinburgh Airport Ltd Edinburgh Orthodontics Edinburgh Rugby Club ESC Packaging Exxon Chemical Fife Ethylene Plant Fife Creamery Ltd Fife Fabrications Ltd Financial Services Authority FMC Technologies Ltd Forth Ports plc Gala Maybury Casino Gambado
Gladedale Group Graham Construction Head Resourcing Ltd Hotel Missoni HSBC Hymans Robertson Inspire Photography James Barr Limited Jenners Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited Jones Lang LaSalle Laing O'Rourke Legal & General Lloyds Banking Group Lothian Buses LV= Intermediary Division Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Malones Irish Bar Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club McDonald's Miller Group Nairn's Oatcakes Limited Nathans Waste Savers Ltd Nexen Petroleum UK Limited Nichols Associates Osprey Holidays Palace Of Holyroodhouse Peter Vardy Ltd BMW Polar Flame Music Quartermile RF Com Limited Royal Bank of Scotland
RECYCLING Did you know that you can recycle clothes, shoes, mobile phones, and ink cartridges, all whilst raising funds for the Sick Kids at the same time? Contact us for more details of how can help, either individually or as a company. Clothing bins are available free for use in your office and are emptied as soon as they become full with no more effort than making a phone call to request a collection. And at £500 per tonne of clothes donated to us, the donations soon add up.
Royal London Group S Luca Sainsbury's Sainsbury's Bank Scotmid Scottish Qualification Authority Scott-Moncrieff Wealth Management Seven Investment Management Sigma Seven Ltd Skanska Construction Spar Scotland Springfords Chartered Accountants Tesco Bank The Balmoral Hotel The Dome The Filmhouse The Globe Inn The NWH Group The Point Hotel The Real Mary King's Close The Royal Yacht Britannia The Trainline Torness Power Station Virgin Media Waitrose Walter Scott & Partners Ltd Wood Mackenzie Ltd McGrigors LLP Biddy Mulligans Domino's Edinburgh Leisure
Find out more about getting involved... For all corporate enquiries please contact Will Guest on 0131 668 4949 or email him at will.guest@luht.scot.nhs.uk
Let's Work Together to Help Sick Kids get Better!
In Good Company SPRING 2012
SC020862
CARDIO PULMONARY EXCERCISE
SYSTEM UPDATE We are delighted to announce that, thanks to your help, we have managed to raise the £47,000 needed to purchase a Cardio Pulmonary Exercise System for the hospital. The system will help to assess and monitor children suffering from a wide range of breathing disorders including Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and other life-threatening debilitating respiratory illnesses. Head Resourcing organised a Decathlon of events with funds raised going towards the system and managed to raise over £8,000 over the course of a month. We are most grateful to them, the guests at our Girly Get Together and everyone else who contributed to this piece of equipment.
NEXT PROJECT CHANGING FACES Our next project is to raise £31,000 to fund a unique position at the hospital, the first of its kind in the UK. By funding such a post, children and families will receive support when there is a facial disfigurement. This may be due to burns, cleft lip and palette, plastic surgery or a dermatological problem. The Changing Faces practitioner will support the family through difficult times and decisions; in some cases surgery is the initial preferred option of families, but sometimes with support from the practitioner there is no need for such drastic action. Working together, strategies for coping with the difficulties which such conditions give rise to can be worked out. For more information on this and all our other current projects, please visit our website or get in touch with Will directly; his contact details are on page 4.
20th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
CELEBRATIONS
To mark the exciting occasion of our 20th Anniversary, we are planning a series of thrilling events designed to suit all audiences and which we hope you will want to get involved in. Our next events are:
Ladies Lunch at The Balmoral - 20th April Teddy Toddle and Summer Fair at Meadowbank - 16th June Please visit the events pages of our website for details of these and other events. Alternatively, if you’re not able to attend these events but want to get involved, why not organise your own event, for which we would be delighted to give assistance as necessary. Could you for example get 20 colleagues together to organise your own fundraising challenge to raise £2,000, or even £20,000 over the course of a year! Or why not tie in with the Olympics as a sporting theme as one team of employees from RBS has done to fundraise for us. As this goes to press, the team of 6 are attempting to cumulatively cycle 2012 miles before the Olympics, and with the target of raising £2,012; I look forward to updating you on their progress shortly. We are also always looking for new locations to take a collecting tin or to display posters advertising our forthcoming events. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of helping sick children and their families.
Visit our new facebook page at www.facebook.com/edinburghsickkids
Charity of the Year... Johnson and Johnson Summer & Christmas fairs, a challenging walk to the summit of Ben Vrackie and back, a battle of the sexes cycle, a bake sale, a golf tournament; and £17,000 raised as a result.
It was wonderful to be able to work with so many companies in the form of Charity of the year partnerships last year and we are so grateful for all the hard work and energy that everyone dedicated towards fundraising for us. Here are some examples of how companies helped us throughout 2011. If you would like to find out more about Charity of the Year opportunities please contact Will directly.
A few thank-yous... Laing O’Rourke present a cheque for £1,468 from Christmas fundraising
Ex-staff members of Luca’s Ice Cream chose to donate all their wages from working on Christmas Eve
Lloyds Banking Group Sainsbury's Bank Group Audit - Edinburgh E Edinburgh employees within Lloyds Banking Group Audit department sso enjoyed their year working with us that very kindly they chose to support us for a further 12 months. We’re overjoyed to be working with them again, not least because it allows us to further build and plan our activities to the benefit of both parties. Here’s what they had to say about the partnership in 2011: "The Sick Kids Foundation makes supporting this charity seem 'easy and effortless', the fact that we were allocated a local representative (Will Guest) means that we are regularly updated with upcoming events, initiatives and new fundraising ideas which really encourage us to get further involved. Will took the time to establish the goals of our business area to help build a mutually beneficial relationship where it was not only about delivering the desired benefits for the charity but also ensured that we were able to achieve our own goals from a morale and team building perspective."
Fife Fabrications present a cheque for £500 Close MF raise a fantastic total of £4,000 from an auction at a recent dinner reception
A Sky dive, the Great Scottish Run, pamper evenings, dress down days, cake sales and a bake off, a big summer raffle and christmas raffle, a “Harry Potter” cinema evening, a chocolate fountain, a clothing bank and lots more, all of which raised over £11,000 in total. The Filmhouse encourage people to donate DVD’s to SKFF in December 2011 Hyman’s Robertson raise £502 from a raffle and dress down day in December
Sestrans megacycle raises £3,100. We’re delighted that the Megacycle will be supporting SKFF again this year. To take part, or for further details of this years event which is on Sunday the 6th of May, please visit www.sestran-megacycle.co.uk
AEGON Susan Wilcock, Head of Brand and Marketing Media, said: 'It's impressive that our employees have dug deep and put an immense amount of work into ensuring another successful year of fundraising activity. AEGON is pleased to match the amount raised by their hard effort.' Dress down days, raffles, fairs, a bring and buy sale, ‘Payroll Pennies’ and lots more all contributed to the £17,000 raised by AEGON in 2011.
FLOWERS
Facebook – sign up and “like us”!
If you’re thinking of buying flowers online to send to anyone, please consider using this website: www.charityflowers. co.uk Not only do they offer a fantastic range of beautiful flowers at great prices, we will also receive 15% of the retail price from every order.
We now have nearly 2,000 followers on our facebook page! For all the most up to date news and developments it really is not to be missed and is packed full of supporters news, details of latest projects, photographs of how people have been supporting us, and so much more!
TO BOOK OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS visit www.edinburghsickkids.org, email sickkidsfriends@luht.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 668 4949 The Sick Kids Friends Foundation. A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland. No SC385020. Registered Office 20 Millerfield Place, Edinburgh EH9 1LW. Scottish Charity No SC020862.
Charity of the Year... Johnson and Johnson Summer & Christmas fairs, a challenging walk to the summit of Ben Vrackie and back, a battle of the sexes cycle, a bake sale, a golf tournament; and £17,000 raised as a result.
It was wonderful to be able to work with so many companies in the form of Charity of the year partnerships last year and we are so grateful for all the hard work and energy that everyone dedicated towards fundraising for us. Here are some examples of how companies helped us throughout 2011. If you would like to find out more about Charity of the Year opportunities please contact Will directly.
A few thank-yous... Laing O’Rourke present a cheque for £1,468 from Christmas fundraising
Ex-staff members of Luca’s Ice Cream chose to donate all their wages from working on Christmas Eve
Lloyds Banking Group Sainsbury's Bank Group Audit - Edinburgh E Edinburgh employees within Lloyds Banking Group Audit department sso enjoyed their year working with us that very kindly they chose to support us for a further 12 months. We’re overjoyed to be working with them again, not least because it allows us to further build and plan our activities to the benefit of both parties. Here’s what they had to say about the partnership in 2011: "The Sick Kids Foundation makes supporting this charity seem 'easy and effortless', the fact that we were allocated a local representative (Will Guest) means that we are regularly updated with upcoming events, initiatives and new fundraising ideas which really encourage us to get further involved. Will took the time to establish the goals of our business area to help build a mutually beneficial relationship where it was not only about delivering the desired benefits for the charity but also ensured that we were able to achieve our own goals from a morale and team building perspective."
Fife Fabrications present a cheque for £500 Close MF raise a fantastic total of £4,000 from an auction at a recent dinner reception
A Sky dive, the Great Scottish Run, pamper evenings, dress down days, cake sales and a bake off, a big summer raffle and christmas raffle, a “Harry Potter” cinema evening, a chocolate fountain, a clothing bank and lots more, all of which raised over £11,000 in total. The Filmhouse encourage people to donate DVD’s to SKFF in December 2011 Hyman’s Robertson raise £502 from a raffle and dress down day in December
Sestrans megacycle raises £3,100. We’re delighted that the Megacycle will be supporting SKFF again this year. To take part, or for further details of this years event which is on Sunday the 6th of May, please visit www.sestran-megacycle.co.uk
AEGON Susan Wilcock, Head of Brand and Marketing Media, said: 'It's impressive that our employees have dug deep and put an immense amount of work into ensuring another successful year of fundraising activity. AEGON is pleased to match the amount raised by their hard effort.' Dress down days, raffles, fairs, a bring and buy sale, ‘Payroll Pennies’ and lots more all contributed to the £17,000 raised by AEGON in 2011.
FLOWERS
Facebook – sign up and “like us”!
If you’re thinking of buying flowers online to send to anyone, please consider using this website: www.charityflowers. co.uk Not only do they offer a fantastic range of beautiful flowers at great prices, we will also receive 15% of the retail price from every order.
We now have nearly 2,000 followers on our facebook page! For all the most up to date news and developments it really is not to be missed and is packed full of supporters news, details of latest projects, photographs of how people have been supporting us, and so much more!
TO BOOK OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS visit www.edinburghsickkids.org, email sickkidsfriends@luht.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 668 4949 The Sick Kids Friends Foundation. A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland. No SC385020. Registered Office 20 Millerfield Place, Edinburgh EH9 1LW. Scottish Charity No SC020862.
Corporate List... This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the companies that have helped us so far this year – we would need to devote the whole of In Good Company to listing everyone, so please accept our apologies if you have helped us in some way and are not listed here. Our thanks go out to everyone who supports us, whether financially, through Gifts in Kind, sponsorship or volunteering and in all the other ways in which you help us. Thank you for doing all you do to help the Sick Kids get better! Accenture AEGON Alexander Dennis Apex Hotels Asda Stores Ltd ATOS Barclays Barrie & Hibbert Braemore Property Mgt & Lomond Capital British Polythene Industries PLC Brodies LLP Buccleuch Property Cairn Energy plc CB Richard Ellis Central Taxis Cisco Close Motor Finance Connell & Connell WS Cornhill Building Services Limited Diageo Plc Edinburgh Airport Ltd Edinburgh Orthodontics Edinburgh Rugby Club ESC Packaging Exxon Chemical Fife Ethylene Plant Fife Creamery Ltd Fife Fabrications Ltd Financial Services Authority FMC Technologies Ltd Forth Ports plc Gala Maybury Casino Gambado
Gladedale Group Graham Construction Head Resourcing Ltd Hotel Missoni HSBC Hymans Robertson Inspire Photography James Barr Limited Jenners Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited Jones Lang LaSalle Laing O'Rourke Legal & General Lloyds Banking Group Lothian Buses LV= Intermediary Division Maclay Murray & Spens LLP Malones Irish Bar Marriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club McDonald's Miller Group Nairn's Oatcakes Limited Nathans Waste Savers Ltd Nexen Petroleum UK Limited Nichols Associates Osprey Holidays Palace Of Holyroodhouse Peter Vardy Ltd BMW Polar Flame Music Quartermile RF Com Limited Royal Bank of Scotland
RECYCLING Did you know that you can recycle clothes, shoes, mobile phones, and ink cartridges, all whilst raising funds for the Sick Kids at the same time? Contact us for more details of how can help, either individually or as a company. Clothing bins are available free for use in your office and are emptied as soon as they become full with no more effort than making a phone call to request a collection. And at £500 per tonne of clothes donated to us, the donations soon add up.
Royal London Group S Luca Sainsbury's Sainsbury's Bank Scotmid Scottish Qualification Authority Scott-Moncrieff Wealth Management Seven Investment Management Sigma Seven Ltd Skanska Construction Spar Scotland Springfords Chartered Accountants Tesco Bank The Balmoral Hotel The Dome The Filmhouse The Globe Inn The NWH Group The Point Hotel The Real Mary King's Close The Royal Yacht Britannia The Trainline Torness Power Station Virgin Media Waitrose Walter Scott & Partners Ltd Wood Mackenzie Ltd McGrigors LLP Biddy Mulligans Domino's Edinburgh Leisure
Find out more about getting involved... For all corporate enquiries please contact Will Guest on 0131 668 4949 or email him at will.guest@luht.scot.nhs.uk
Let's Work Together to Help Sick Kids get Better!
In Good Company SPRING 2012
SC020862
CARDIO PULMONARY EXCERCISE
SYSTEM UPDATE We are delighted to announce that, thanks to your help, we have managed to raise the £47,000 needed to purchase a Cardio Pulmonary Exercise System for the hospital. The system will help to assess and monitor children suffering from a wide range of breathing disorders including Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma and other life-threatening debilitating respiratory illnesses. Head Resourcing organised a Decathlon of events with funds raised going towards the system and managed to raise over £8,000 over the course of a month. We are most grateful to them, the guests at our Girly Get Together and everyone else who contributed to this piece of equipment.
NEXT PROJECT CHANGING FACES Our next project is to raise £31,000 to fund a unique position at the hospital, the first of its kind in the UK. By funding such a post, children and families will receive support when there is a facial disfigurement. This may be due to burns, cleft lip and palette, plastic surgery or a dermatological problem. The Changing Faces practitioner will support the family through difficult times and decisions; in some cases surgery is the initial preferred option of families, but sometimes with support from the practitioner there is no need for such drastic action. Working together, strategies for coping with the difficulties which such conditions give rise to can be worked out. For more information on this and all our other current projects, please visit our website or get in touch with Will directly; his contact details are on page 4.
20th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
CELEBRATIONS
To mark the exciting occasion of our 20th Anniversary, we are planning a series of thrilling events designed to suit all audiences and which we hope you will want to get involved in. Our next events are:
Ladies Lunch at The Balmoral - 20th April Teddy Toddle and Summer Fair at Meadowbank - 16th June Please visit the events pages of our website for details of these and other events. Alternatively, if you’re not able to attend these events but want to get involved, why not organise your own event, for which we would be delighted to give assistance as necessary. Could you for example get 20 colleagues together to organise your own fundraising challenge to raise £2,000, or even £20,000 over the course of a year! Or why not tie in with the Olympics as a sporting theme as one team of employees from RBS has done to fundraise for us. As this goes to press, the team of 6 are attempting to cumulatively cycle 2012 miles before the Olympics, and with the target of raising £2,012; I look forward to updating you on their progress shortly. We are also always looking for new locations to take a collecting tin or to display posters advertising our forthcoming events. Join us as we celebrate 20 years of helping sick children and their families.
Visit our new facebook page at www.facebook.com/edinburghsickkids