Press release -
Local firms give children’s charity a spooky treat!
Volunteers from Northumbrian Water and Barclays organised a special Halloween dinner in aid of charity The Sick Children’s Trust, which supports families with seriously ill children in hospital.
The charity has two ‘Homes from Home’ in Newcastle: Crawford House at the Royal Victory Infirmary and Great North Children’s Hospital and Scott House at Freeman Hospital. Each house provides free, high-quality accommodation, as well as emotional and practical support for families with sick children receiving lifesaving care at the hospitals.
The event, held on Friday 31 October at Seaham Hall in County Durham, was hosted by Heart Radio’s Breakfast Show presenters, Gary and Lisa.
With spooky decorations adding to the fun, guests raided their fancy dress drawers and witches, devils and various other horrors enjoyed the meal. Thanks to the efforts of the volunteer committee and guests, the event raised a fantastic £6,500.
Caroline O’Doherty, Campaign and Appeals Manager at The Sick Children’s Trust said: “We’re thrilled that volunteers from Northumbrian Water and Barclays have organised such a successful event and raised a brilliant £6,000. It’s certainly one of our more memorable fundraisers and it was great seeing so many creative and creepy costumes. The money raised will go directly towards keeping our ‘Homes from Home’ open to families, 24/7, 365 days a year. A huge thank you to everyone who took part.”
The Sick Children’s Trust’s Scott House is the charity’s newest ‘Home from Home’ and was opened last month by Ant & Dec and Alan Shearer. It takes the number of houses ten and means the charity can now support 146 families every night of the year.
Topics
- Health, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals
Categories
- fundraising
- crawford house
- scott house
The Sick Children’s Trust was founded in 1982 by two paediatric specialists Dr Jon Pritchard and Professor James Malpas. They believed that having parents on hand during hospital treatment benefited a child's recovery.
Today we have ten ‘Homes from Home’ at major hospitals around the country where families can stay free of charge, for as long as they need whilst their child is undergoing treatment.
Every year we help around 3,500 families, but there is a growing demand for our ‘Homes from Home’ as children must increasingly travel long distances to get the specialist treatment they need.
We are working to a future where every family with a seriously ill child in hospital will be able to stay together, just minutes from their child’s bed during their treatment.
