Tag: Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity

Harry Potter spends his birthday at Sick Kids!


On the run up to Harry Potter’s birthday on the 31st of July the Royal Hospital for Sick Children was transformed into The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  It wasn’t magic that caused the metamorphosis, it was the amazing effort, talent and teamwork of the staff and children which made it all come together!

Each ward’s name changed to reflect their magical purpose with ‘Diagnostic Alley’, ‘Haemogoblyn’ and ‘Surgical Snape’ to name a few. Beautiful installations were created to match including huge floating Harry Potter glasses and dragons swooping down from the ceiling. There were always more details to be discovered and enjoyed such as opportunities to free Dobby by decorating a sock.

Throughout the week the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity’s (ECHC) Arts Programme ran lots of exciting Harry Potter themed activities. Artists used projectors to create immersive environments for flying cars and children and families were invited to take part in classic Hogwarts classes such as Transfiguration class using 3D printing pens. Potter super-fans were also taken on a virtual Potter Trail and learned all the secrets behind the creation of the books.

ECHC also gave out awards to each ward to highlight the team’s talent. ‘Best Name’ went to ‘HuffnCough’, and the ward which split their space into Hogwarts and Diagon Alley won ‘Best Narrative’ by naming each bed space after a different magical shop.

Feedback from staff has been very positive ‘[The week] has been amazing at pulling everyone together and making the hospital look great’ and ‘It has created such a positive buzz around the hospital’.

Harry’s birthday was aptly celebrated with a Magic Show with ECHC’s resident magician, Tricky Ricky.

ECHC would like to thank the staff and children who worked so hard to make the hospital a truly magical place!

 

 

 

‘Girly Get Together’ to Raise Funds for Children’s Charity

‘Girly Get Together’ to Raise Funds for Children’s Charity

A LOCAL children’s charity is inviting women to come together to raise money at a fun filled evening of food, drink, dancing and live music. Continue reading ‘Girly Get Together’ to Raise Funds for Children’s Charity

Charity Fundraiser at Bainfield Bowling Club tonight

Louise Ross writes:

My daughter Kelly Ross has organised a fundraiser Race Night in aid of the Sick Kids, Edinburgh Royal Neo-Natal and Birmingham Children’s Hospital who have all had a huge part in saving her little boy Rory and still continue to look after her.

This is her way of putting something back into the charities that helped her and also the comunity and people who have helped with donations have been immense.

The event takes place tonight at Bainfield Bowling Club at 7pm.

 

Chris takes on 18 gruelling challenges to support children’s charity

A dedicated dad has vowed to complete 18 lung-bursting challenges this year for the charity which lifted his daughter’s spirits during her toughest periods of treatment. Chris Rhodes, 41, has taken on the incredible #18for18 challenge to raise funds for Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC). Continue reading Chris takes on 18 gruelling challenges to support children’s charity

Miracle boy Evan’s dance delight

An Edinburgh boy who battled through his first two hours of life, only to be expected never to walk, talk or eat, is leaving everyone speechless with his on-stage dance performances. Evan Glass has been fascinating and defying medical experts with his physical resilience after numerous bleak diagnoses from birth. Continue reading Miracle boy Evan’s dance delight

Inaugural Survival Challenge raises over £2,500 for Children’s Charity

A SURVIVAL challenge on one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks has helped to raise funds for an influential children’s charity.

Six brave teams of four from companies including Gilson Gray LLP, Accenture and Laing O’Rourke proved what they were made of by competing in an orienteering race and skill-testing challenges around Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park in Edinburgh.

With a number of outdoor challenges to complete, teams raced to the finish line and battled it out in the survival tasks, such as compass bearing, tent pitching, first aid, stove safety, and wildlife identification. They also had to prove their selfie-taking skills with five photo challenges as well as the classic survival tasks.

Each team committed to raise minimum of £500 in sponsorship for ECHC. Currently, the amount raised stands at £2,500 with further fundraising events planned to take place over the coming weeks.

Taking home the trophy at the end of the day in a landslide victory was the ‘Power Rangers’ from SP Energy Networks (below).

Tabby Blades, Assistant Corporate Fundraiser for ECHC, said: “We would like to thank everyone who took part for their phenomenal efforts in completing Survival on the Seat.

“The money raised through the sheer determination of the teams will all go towards the work of the charity, helping children and their families to have more positive hospital experiences.

“As the inaugural Survival on the Seat challenge, we couldn’t be more thrilled with how much of a success the day was and we hope to repeat this again next year with even more teams and challenges.

“Being the warmest day of the year, it was a fantastic atmosphere with everyone enjoying the sunshine in the park. We couldn’t have asked for a better day for it.”

As a brand new fundraising initiative, ECHC teamed up with Friends of the Award (FOTA), an organisation which works in partnership with local authorities and schemes across the Edinburgh area to deliver Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) and the Junior Award Scheme for Schools (JASS) achievement awards.

FOTA assisted by providing valuable expertise prior to the event and important resources such as tents and stoves to be used for challenges, as well as a number of volunteers to make the day run smoothly.

Neil Birch, Expedition Co-ordinator for FOTA said: “We were so pleased to support ECHC in the more practical elements of the first ever Survival on the Seat challenge.

“There was some uncertainty in the run up to the event about what the minimum weather conditions would have to be for the challenge to go ahead, but thankfully it was a great day for it.

“We’re looking forward to collaborating again next year to bring a bigger, better and more challenging Survival on the Seat with ECHC – but we’ll have to think of some new tasks to keep the teams on their toes.”

Tabby added: “We also must extend our thanks to the kind volunteers from FOTA – we simply couldn’t have delivered the event without their insight and assistance.

“The invaluable support from our fundraisers and partners helps us to transform the experience of children both in hospital and across community healthcare settings in Scotland, making sure they are a child first, and patient second.”