Wednesday 11 September 2013

Just over one week until our Charity Golf Day!

We now have 30 teams confirmed for Stanley's Memorial Charity Golf Day on Friday September 20th and with a target of £10.6k to raise we can now proudly let everyone know what that money is going to go towards.

EACH

EACH have launched a "Fund the Hospice for a day" scheme and we are very proud to be the first ones on this new scheme.  £5,300 helps Quidenham operate for just one day, allowing children and their families to access the care and support they need. This includes:
  • Short break care which allows families to have a much needed rest knowing their child is receiving the best possible care
  • 24/7 symptom management by EACH's True Colours Symptom Management Team
  • Hydrotherapy to promote relaxation, improve muscle strength and movement and to relieve pain
  • Music therapy to aid communication, expression and to encourage physical and cognitive development
  • Specialist play to help build confidence, promote choice, create memories and help understand, cope and reflect on medical experiences
  • Care at end of life including memory making and funeral planning
  • Family support sessions offering emotional and psychological support including bereavement support
All of these are invaluable and mean a tremendous amount to the children and their families.

The day that we have nominated to fund is January 2nd, 2014 which would have been Stanley's 3rd birthday.  We can think of no more fitting tribute!

GOSH

With GOSH we have elected to put funds towards equipment that will directly benefit the Cardiac department.  So far this year we have put £5k towards part sponsoring a cardio probe to be used with an Echo machine which is a crucial piece of equipment in the diagnoses of heart conditions.  We have also nominated a portable echo machine with funding required of £80,000 as our next piece of equipment to part fund.  Both of these help to diagnose heart conditions within children and are simply a vital piece of equipment.  We know from Stanley's experiences how often they are used, and how important these items are.
 
Brad