Impact Report
2015/16
At the Heart of the
Royal Hospital for
Children, Glasgow
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity aims to support every
baby, child and young person treated at the Royal Hospital
for Children, Glasgow.
The year 2015-16 was a transformational
one for Scotland’s largest children’s hospital,
and for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
Following the move of the hospital from the
Yorkhill site in June 2015, we have taken our
place at the heart of the Royal Hospital for
Children, Glasgow at its new location within
the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
campus.
As we approach the end of our first year in the
new hospital we can reflect on the significant
impact that your support has made possible.
We invested over £5.5 million in the hospital
before its doors opened, and have contributed
a further £3.3 million in the year since.
Thanks to you, we have funded:
Enhanced Medical Equipment, helping
hospital staff deliver the best possible
medical care;
Family Support Services, providing
reassurance and practical support during dark
and difficult times;
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Hospital Programmes, bringing joy and
excitement to children every day with the
help of volunteers and our innovative play
and events programme;
Paediatric Research, leading the way to
better treatment and care for children today
and for generations to come.
Over the past year our donors, fundraisers
and volunteers have shown their resolute
support for the charity and for the 160,000
babies, children and young people treated at
the hospital each year. For that, we are truly
grateful.
Your continued support makes a real
difference to the lives of each and every one
of the patients treated in the Royal Hospital
for Children, and together we look forward to
making an even greater impact in the weeks,
months and years to come.
Thank you.
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Arthur, 6 weeks
What We
Raised
Our income was £4.5 million in the year
2015/16. The majority of our income came
from individuals, communities and businesses
nationwide, with many participating in
community fundraising initiatives and events.
We also received gifts from people in their
Wills, and grants from charitable trusts.
This year we funded more than £3.3 million of
enhanced equipment and services, including
pioneering play and volunteer programmes,
state of the art medical equipment, family
support services and paediatric research.
Our impact has been felt by children and
families from throughout Scotland who are
both inpatients and outpatients at the Royal
Hospital for Children, and by many more who
attend community clinics across the West of
Scotland. Your continued support ensures that
the babies, children and young people treated
at the hospital receive the best possible care.
Thank you.
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How we raised £4.5 million in 2015/16
Community
Initiatives
£1,372,588 | 30%
Individuals
£830,620 | 18.3%
Corporate
Partnerships
£675,910 | 14.8%
Events
£643,181 | 14.2%
Trusts
£549,232 | 12.1%
Legacies
£267,724 | 5.9%
Trading
£144,542 | 3.2%
Investments
£45,374 | 1.0%
Other
£21,396 | 0.5%
Total income £4,550,567
Our charitable expenditure in 2015/16
Programme
Delivery
£1,054,324 | 31.3%
Patient & Family
Support Services
£673,551 | 20.0%
Medical
Equipment
£674,853 | 20.1%
Hospital Facility
Enhancements
£401,924 | 12.0%
Research &
Education
£372,846 | 11.1%
Other
£184,159 | 5.5%
Total charitable expenditure £3,361,657
The above figures have been extracted from
our unaudited draft financial statements.
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Zarina and Janette from the Family Support & Information Centre.
Our Impact:
Family Support
Supporting Families 7 Days A Week
This year will see the expansion of the Family
Support and Information service, which
provides practical and emotional support to
families and carers whose children are treated
at the hospital.
The service operates from the purpose-built
Family Support and Information Centre,
a bright and welcoming space that was
enhanced through a very generous donation
to Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity from
a long standing family supporter.
The comfortable furniture, private interview
rooms and calm environment make the
Centre a sanctuary for families during times
of anxiety and stress.
Following our initial funding, we have now
equipped the Centre with the resources it
needs to open 7 days a week. The range of
services has also been expanded to include
Family Support, Financial Support and
Emergency Support.
Additional Support
for Vulnerable Families
Thanks to the generosity and ongoing support
of the STV Children’s Appeal, we have
further enhanced the Family Support and
Information Service through a unique project
that aims to support 500 families each year
who struggle with the financial pressures of
caring for their ill child. This project provides
immediate financial and emotional relief to
vulnerable families, and gives them access
to the resources they need to cope with their
challenging circumstances.
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As part of our Financial Inclusion
Service we successfully claimed over
£950,000 worth of benefits last year
for 448 families previously unable to
access their eligible welfare support.
Families like Lesley Condie and David Byrne,
whose son Nathan was born with a congenital
heart defect and spent the first 6 months of
his life in the Royal Hospital for Children:
“The Family Support and Information team
came to the ICU to talk to us about Disability
Living Allowance. They made it all so quick,
easy and took away the stress from the
daunting forms. At first we didn’t think we
needed help because we both worked. As time
went on and we spent more time away from
work we noticed the costs of having a child in
hospital mounting.
“We’re so glad that we were referred and
applied for the support. It’s a huge weight off
our shoulders. I was really concerned about
going back to work and missing out on time
with Nathan, as we missed out on so much
during his first 6 months. The allowance
means that I can possibly return to work on
30 hours instead of 37 hours per week, giving
me an extra day to spend precious time with
Nathan. It’s priceless.”
Lesley Condie
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Our Impact:
Medical Equipment
Caring for Little Hearts
A heart condition is the most common
problem a baby can be born with, affecting
nearly 1 in every 100 babies born in Scotland.
Every year, thousands of babies, children and
young people living with heart conditions are
treated and cared for at the Royal Hospital
for Children, which is the national provider of
paediatric cardiology services in Scotland.
In November 2015 we launched our Little
Hearts Appeal, which raised £150,000 to
purchase a state-of-the-art 4D cardiac
scanner. The scanner will help medical
staff diagnose and treat heart conditions in
thousands of children each year, and is the
first of its kind in the UK. When a baby’s heart
can be as tiny as 2cm, clear and accurate
scans are vital to ensure a timely diagnosis
and successful treatment.
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Dasha’s Helping Hands
One very special young fundraiser who helped
to raise this incredible total is Dasha Kennedy,
whose Christmas card design was sold to raise
funds for the Little Hearts Appeal. Dasha’s
wonderful drawing was inspired by the care
that her younger sister Caskie receives at
the hospital for the rare genetic condition
Isochromosome 18p Syndrome:
“Caskie gets a lot of support from the hospital.
She attends many clinics which help to
make her life a little easier. This Christmas
tree is made up with helping hands from the
hospital, all of Caskie’s carers, nursery staff
and friends who fundraise.”
Dasha and her mum Jane
Thank you to everyone who donated
to our Little Hearts Appeal.
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
Meet James
Little James Baillie from Fife was diagnosed
with a heart condition at just 12 hours old,
and is one of the many children from across
Scotland who will benefit from the new
cardiac scanner funded by the Little Hearts
Appeal.
James was born with a large hole in his heart
and the condition Pulmonary Atresia with
AVSD, meaning that his pulmonary arteries
were not attached to his heart correctly. He
has undergone three open heart surgeries to
repair the abnormalities with his heart, and
has spent much of his young life at the Royal
Hospital for Children.
“James has had countless scans at the
hospital. It can’t be underestimated how
important it is for the surgical team to have
as much information about the child’s heart
as possible and to know exactly what they
are facing.”
Jenny, James’s mum
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Children like James will often require multiple
surgeries throughout their lives. Thanks to
the generosity of our supporters, staff at the
hospital now have access to the state-of-theart scanning equipment they need to capture
detailed images of even the tiniest of hearts.
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Our Impact:
Volunteers
Smiles and Support, Every Day
More than 200 volunteers dedicated over
10,000 hours of their time last year to support
us at the hospital, in local communities, and
at fundraising events across the country.
Thanks to them, patients, families and
fundraisers can rely on seeing a friendly
face when they need it most.
Our Hospital Volunteer Programme
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity in
partnership with NHSGGC recruits, supports
and trains all of the volunteers who support
the patients, families and visitors to the
Royal Hospital for Children. There are many
volunteering roles at the hospital, including
Play Makers, Welcome Guides and Teen
Volunteers. This pioneering partnership with
NHSGGC ensures the effective recruitment
and management of volunteers in the hospital
and has helped to enhance the patient and
visitor experience within the hospital. We
look forward to welcoming more volunteers to
the hospital and in local communities in the
coming year.
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Meet Lydia and Joshua
11 year old Joshua from Milngavie is a patient on
the neurology ward and recent had brain surgery
to remove recurring abscesses on his brain.
Joshua also has Asperger’s syndrome, which
makes the hospital environment particularly
stressful for him.
This year, Joshua will make the big step to
Secondary School. Our Hospital Education
volunteers like Lydia help to make sure that
patients like Joshua still have access to
educational activities and resources so that
they can keep up to date with their education.
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Martina, 8
Our Impact:
Innovative Play Programmes
Every Day is Play Day
Hospital visits can be frightening and
confusing for children like Martina, who has
been a regular patient at the Royal Hospital
for Children since birth. Our structured play
and events programme educates, entertains
and reassures children throughout their
hospital journey, helping to overcome their
fears and bringing moments of joy and
laughter in the most difficult circumstances.
Our hospital based team ensures that children
at the hospital have the chance to play every
day. From the Clown Doctors to our volunteer
Play Makers, the Teddy Hospital to the Teen
Zone, and through a year-long programme
of exciting and fun events, we provide age
and needs appropriate play opportunities in
partnership with NHSGGC.
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“Martina loves the
Teddy Hospital.
The play therapy
is a way for her to
open up and helps
to explain things in
a way that I can’t
to her.”
Martina’s sister Christine
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Our Impact:
The Hospital Environment
Brightening Hospital Visits
The sights and sounds of the hospital have
a significant impact on the experience and
wellbeing of patients and their families.
A hospital can often be a scary and
intimidating place for a child, filled with
uncertainty during a stressful time.
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity worked
closely with staff and patients throughout
the building phase of the Royal Hospital for
Children and enhanced many areas of the
hospital, including the Family Support and
Information Centre, the play rooms,
the Sanctuary, and family rooms in the
Intensive Care Unit.
Following feedback from patients and
staff, we have continued our programme of
enhancements to the hospital environment.
In early 2016 we funded a project to
transform the waiting areas and treatment
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rooms of the Imaging and Diagnostics
department, where there are no windows
and the machinery is large and noisy.
Over the course of four weeks, Gregory,
Emmanuel and Kata from the Anouk
Foundation transformed the bare clinical
walls of the department with therapeutic
murals, creating a warm, soothing and
welcoming space. The department now
has a much more cheerful and comforting
environment, which helps to reduce the fears
and anxieties of patients. This in turn helps
to improve communication and collaboration
between staff, parents and patients for a more
successful clinical outcome.
“It makes it feel like a children’s hospital.”
Mary Pirie, Lead Radiographer
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity
Our Impact:
Research
Helping Children Today
and Tomorrow
Our vision is that all children and young
people treated at the Royal Hospital for
Children have the best care and experience
possible. Research plays a pivotal role in
helping us to achieve our vision, with hospital
and university staff continually striving for
the advancement of children’s health.
Scotland’s First Office
For Rare Conditions In Children
2016 will see the opening of Scotland’s first
dedicated Office for Rare Conditions. The
Office will be based at the Royal Hospital
for Children and the University of Glasgow,
and has been made possible thanks to the
ongoing support of our generous and loyal
fundraisers.
Several hundred children from around Scotland
are treated for a rare condition at the hospital
each year, and the Office will work to support
the health care professionals and researchers
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who are involved in the care of these children.
Rare conditions are chronic and often, but
not always, life-threatening. While some
conditions are common and affect a number
of people, the vast majority will affect far
fewer, sometimes a handful or even a single
child in the whole of the UK.
As 75% of rare conditions are identified
in childhood, it is vital to obtain as
comprehensive an understanding of these
conditions as possible in order to improve the
treatment that patients receive, both today
and in the future.
“The establishment of Scotland’s first Office
for Rare Conditions in Children is a pioneering
move towards the improved knowledge and
treatment of a wide range of conditions, each
of which has its own unique challenges.
“Through local oversight and surveillance of
the treatment and management of young
people suffering with challenging rare
illnesses, we can take great steps towards
improving the overall care that they and their
families receive.”
Professor S. Faisal Ahmed, Samson Gemmell
Chair of Child Health, School of Medicine,
University of Glasgow
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Thank You
to Our Supporters
Thank you to all of our donors, volunteers and
fundraisers for giving so generously in the
past year. Your donations are vital to the work
of Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity and we
are incredibly grateful for your support.
Caring for Scotland’s Children
2016/17 EVENT CALENDAR
10K Sponsored Walk
3 September, Glasgow
Skydives
Families, community groups, schools and
businesses from across Scotland donate and
fundraise throughout the year to help us
support the children and young people who
are treated at the Royal Hospital for Children.
10-11 September and throughout
the year, St Andrew’s Airfield
There are so many ways to get involved, so
please get in touch to find out more about any
of the following events and fundraising ideas:
Sporting Dinners
Fundraising Events
Great Scottish Run
1-2 October, Glasgow
27 October, Inverness;
28 October, Ayrshire;
29 October, Lanarkshire
Whether you join the fun at one of our
fundraising events or take part in your own
race, challenge or event, we will support you
every step of the way.
Glasgow Children’s Hospital
Charity Ball, Glasgow
Help at School or Work
Art Exhibition
Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity offers
a unique opportunity to engage pupils,
customers, staff and suppliers through
fundraising and volunteering.
11 November at the Glasgow Hilton
24 –27 November at The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Your Local Community
You can help to raise funds and awareness
in your local community by becoming a Talk
Service Volunteer, placing collection cans in
local businesses or fundraising with your local
club or group.
Gift Shop
100% of the profits from our shop come
back to Glasgow Children’s Hospital
Charity. Visit our Fundraising Hub at
the hospital, or shop online at www.
GlasgowChildrensHospitalCharity.org/shop
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call 0141 212 8750
Visit www.GlasgowChildrensHospitalCharity.org
or find us on social media.
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10k Sponsored Walk
Saturday 3rd September 2016
Elder Park, Glasgow
Join our 10k Sponsored Walk to help care for the boys and girls
treated at Scotland’s largest children’s hospital!
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Call 0141 212 8750, email [email protected]
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