You Can't Stop The Beat

You Can't Stop The Beat!

Fundraising for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity
£21,539
raised of £35,000 target
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Wythall fun run, 19 June 2011
Participants: Karen Reid, Andy Page, Saundra Page, Jasmine Page
We support Birmingham Children's Hospital to improve the lives of sick children

Story

Jasmine Page had the first heart transplant at Birmingham Children's Hospital early in 2011 after being on life support in Intensive Care.  This JustGiving page has been created to raise money for a second life support (ECMO) machine that the hospital desperately needs.  Please support the charity by donating online here or by texting BEAT64 £2 to 70070

Wow! 'Aunty' Alison 'Good Fairy' Hammond won big on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Pantomine Special on ITV on 9th December.  Thanks for choosing Birmingham Children's Hospital and raising £12,500 (added to our offline total).  Thanks of course also to John Partridge - what a team.  Enjoy panto!

A further £645.50 was raised by Abi Larden who did a sponsored climb of Ben Nevisn earlier this year.  Thank you very much and well done.  This amount has been added to the offline donations.

We are pleased to add a further £1000 in the offline donations raised by York House at Windsor High School over the last year with a variety of events - see the letter in photos for more details.  Thanks to all of you.

Our "Jubilee Family Quiz Night" on Friday 1st June 2012 at Benjamin's, Halesowen raised £236.17 including extra donations from people who could not come on the night.  Thanks to all who attended.  Thanks for all you positive feedback on how much you all enjoyed yourselves - look out for the next one!

Thanks to Grange Farm Townswoman’s Guild in Coventry who named us as their charity of the year for 2011.  We have added £510 to the offline donations.

We are pleased to announce that we had two entrants in the Birmingham Great Run on 23rd October who collected £1161.50. See http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/9324697.Marathon_effort_for_heart_transplant_girl_s_appeal/

Our "Cake Making Competition and Autumn Fayre" on Saturday 1st October 2011 at Zion Christian Centre, Halesowen (zionnetwork.org) raised £901.36 on the day plus further online donations.  Thanks to all who came, to local Halesowen businesses who donated prizes, and a special thanks to Alison Hammond of This Morning for helping to judge the competition.

Previously, on 19th June 2011, four of us 'ran' the Wythall 5k Run.  Results are available here but we all managed our personal best times for a 5k run!!  Thanks for all your donations - a total of £1014 was raised from this event (following some late donations).

We have also added to the offline donations money raised by Windsor High School events including a fashion show and a Zumbathon.

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About the charity

It's bewildering and unsettling for anyone going into hospital but especially for children and that is why we are a fundraising hospital. We raise funds to enhance the experience of our patients by providing state of the art medical equipment and facilities and creating a child-friendly environment.

Donation summary

Total raised
£21,538.53
+ £354.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£4,838.03
Offline donations
£16,700.50

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