THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY REACHES £6MILLION TARGET FOR HELIPAD APPEAL

Children who need emergency medical care will benefit from a new £6m helipad on the roof of Sheffield Children’s Hospital thanks to the generosity of the public, charities and local businesses supporting The Children’s Hospital Charity.

The new helipad will reduce delays for patients who need urgent critical care from across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire, and offer privacy and dignity. Sheffield Children’s is one of only five dedicated Major Trauma Centres in England, and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Air ambulances currently have to land in Weston Park, where trauma patients are then stretchered across a busy road under a police escort before entering the Emergency Department. The £6million barrier was broken by The BNA Charitable Trust with a donation of £50,000, and Westfield Health who donated a total of £95,000 towards the helipad, with their final donation of £50,000 in March 2023.

National charity HELP Appeal donated an incredible £2,818,500 in total - the largest contribution to the Helipad Appeal. Working with The Children’s Hospital Charity since 2014, the HELP Appeal is the only charity in the country dedicated to funding hospital helipads, relying solely on support from public donations.