sick kids in good company march 2012
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Corporate List...AccentureAEGONAlexander DennisApex HotelsAsda Stores LtdATOSBarclaysBarrie & HibbertBraemore Property Mgt & Lomond CapitalBritish Polythene Industries PLCBrodies LLPBuccleuch PropertyCairn Energy plcCB Richard EllisCentral TaxisCisco Close Motor FinanceConnell & Connell WSCornhill Building Services LimitedDiageo PlcEdinburgh Airport LtdEdinburgh OrthodonticsEdinburgh Rugby ClubESC PackagingExxon Chemical Fife Ethylene PlantFife Creamery LtdFife Fabrications LtdFinancial Services AuthorityFMC Technologies LtdForth Ports plcGala Maybury CasinoGambado
Gladedale GroupGraham ConstructionHead Resourcing LtdHotel MissoniHSBC Hymans RobertsonInspire PhotographyJames Barr LimitedJennersJohnson & Johnson Medical LimitedJones Lang LaSalleLaing O'RourkeLegal & GeneralLloyds Banking GroupLothian BusesLV= Intermediary DivisionMaclay Murray & Spens LLPMalones Irish BarMarriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country ClubMcDonald'sMiller GroupNairn's Oatcakes LimitedNathans Waste Savers LtdNexen Petroleum UK LimitedNichols AssociatesOsprey HolidaysPalace Of HolyroodhousePeter Vardy Ltd BMWPolar Flame MusicQuartermileRF Com LimitedRoyal Bank of Scotland
Royal London GroupS LucaSainsbury's Sainsbury's BankScotmid Scottish Qualifi cation AuthorityScott-Moncrieff Wealth ManagementSeven Investment ManagementSigma Seven LtdSkanska ConstructionSpar ScotlandSpringfords Chartered AccountantsTesco BankThe Balmoral HotelThe DomeThe FilmhouseThe Globe InnThe NWH GroupThe Point HotelThe Real Mary King's CloseThe Royal Yacht BritanniaThe TrainlineTorness Power StationVirgin MediaWaitroseWalter Scott & Partners LtdWood Mackenzie LtdMcGrigors LLPBiddy MulligansDomino'sEdinburgh Leisure
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In Good CompanyIn Good CompanyThis 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 fi nancially, 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!
Visit our new facebook page at www.facebook.com/edinburghsickkids
CARDIO PULMONARY EXCERCISESYSTEM UPDATESYSTEM UPDATEWe 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.
Our next project is to raise £31,000 to fund a unique position at the hospital, the fi rst of its kind in the UK. By funding such a post, children and families will receive support when there is a facial disfi gurement. 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 diffi cult 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 diffi culties 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.
NEXT PROJECT -NEXT PROJECT -CHANGING FACESCHANGING FACES
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 JunePlease 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.
CELEBRATIONSANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS20th20th
Let's Work Together to Help Sick Kids get Better!
RECYCLINGDid 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 offi ce 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.
Find out more about getting involved...For all corporate enquiries
please contact Will Guest on0131 668 4949 or email him at
TO BOOK OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTSvisit www.edinburghsickkids.org, email [email protected] or telephone 0131 668 4949
The Sick Kids Friends Foundation. A company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland. No SC385020. Registered Offi ce 20 Millerfi eld Place, Edinburgh EH9 1LW. Scottish Charity No SC020862.
Charity of the Year...Charity of the Year... 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 fi nd out more about Charity of the Year opportunities please contact Will directly.
A Sky dive, the Great Scottish Run, pamper evenings, dress down days, cake sales and a bake off, a big summer raffl e and christmas raffl e, a “Harry Potter” cinema evening, a chocolate fountain, a clothing bank and lots more, all of which raised over £11,000 in total.which raised over £11,000 in total.
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, raffl es, fairs, a bring and buy sale, ‘Payroll Pennies’ and lots more all contributed to the £17,000 raised by AEGON in 2011.
Sainsbury's BankSainsbury's Bank
AEGONAEGON
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.
Johnson and JohnsonJohnson and Johnson
Edinburgh employees within Lloyds Banking Group Audit department so 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 benefi t 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 benefi cial relationship where it was not only about delivering the desired benefi ts for the charity but also ensured that we were able to achieve our own goals from a morale and team building perspective."
Lloyds Banking GroupLloyds Banking GroupGroup Audit - Edinburgh
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If you’re thinking of buying fl owers online to send to anyone, please consider using this website: www.charityfl owers.co.uk Not only do they offer a fantastic range of beautiful fl owers at great prices, we will also receive 15% of the retail price from every order.
Facebook – sign up and “like us”!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!
A few thank-yous...A few thank-yous...
Ex-staff members of Luca’s Ice Cream chose to donate all their wages from
working on Christmas Eve
Laing O’Rourke present a cheque for £1,468 from Christmas fundraising
The Filmhouse encourage people to donate DVD’s to SKFF in December 2011
Fife Fabrications present a cheque for £500
Hyman’s Robertson raise £502 from a raffl e and dress down day in December
Close MF raise a fantastic total of £4,000 from an auction at a recent
dinner reception
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
FLOWERSFLOWERS
Corporate List...AccentureAEGONAlexander DennisApex HotelsAsda Stores LtdATOSBarclaysBarrie & HibbertBraemore Property Mgt & Lomond CapitalBritish Polythene Industries PLCBrodies LLPBuccleuch PropertyCairn Energy plcCB Richard EllisCentral TaxisCisco Close Motor FinanceConnell & Connell WSCornhill Building Services LimitedDiageo PlcEdinburgh Airport LtdEdinburgh OrthodonticsEdinburgh Rugby ClubESC PackagingExxon Chemical Fife Ethylene PlantFife Creamery LtdFife Fabrications LtdFinancial Services AuthorityFMC Technologies LtdForth Ports plcGala Maybury CasinoGambado
Gladedale GroupGraham ConstructionHead Resourcing LtdHotel MissoniHSBC Hymans RobertsonInspire PhotographyJames Barr LimitedJennersJohnson & Johnson Medical LimitedJones Lang LaSalleLaing O'RourkeLegal & GeneralLloyds Banking GroupLothian BusesLV= Intermediary DivisionMaclay Murray & Spens LLPMalones Irish BarMarriott Dalmahoy Hotel & Country ClubMcDonald'sMiller GroupNairn's Oatcakes LimitedNathans Waste Savers LtdNexen Petroleum UK LimitedNichols AssociatesOsprey HolidaysPalace Of HolyroodhousePeter Vardy Ltd BMWPolar Flame MusicQuartermileRF Com LimitedRoyal Bank of Scotland
Royal London GroupS LucaSainsbury's Sainsbury's BankScotmid Scottish Qualifi cation AuthorityScott-Moncrieff Wealth ManagementSeven Investment ManagementSigma Seven LtdSkanska ConstructionSpar ScotlandSpringfords Chartered AccountantsTesco BankThe Balmoral HotelThe DomeThe FilmhouseThe Globe InnThe NWH GroupThe Point HotelThe Real Mary King's CloseThe Royal Yacht BritanniaThe TrainlineTorness Power StationVirgin MediaWaitroseWalter Scott & Partners LtdWood Mackenzie LtdMcGrigors LLPBiddy MulligansDomino'sEdinburgh Leisure
SPRING 2012 SC020862
In Good CompanyIn Good CompanyThis 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 fi nancially, 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!
Visit our new facebook page at www.facebook.com/edinburghsickkids
CARDIO PULMONARY EXCERCISESYSTEM UPDATESYSTEM UPDATEWe 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.
Our next project is to raise £31,000 to fund a unique position at the hospital, the fi rst of its kind in the UK. By funding such a post, children and families will receive support when there is a facial disfi gurement. 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 diffi cult 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 diffi culties 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.
NEXT PROJECT -NEXT PROJECT -CHANGING FACESCHANGING FACES
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 JunePlease 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.
CELEBRATIONSANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONSANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS20th20th
Let's Work Together to Help Sick Kids get Better!
RECYCLINGDid 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 offi ce 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.
Find out more about getting involved...For all corporate enquiries
please contact Will Guest on0131 668 4949 or email him at