Grand Appeal Call goes out to firms to ‘shine bright’
THE Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity, is calling on all businesses large and small to unite this Christmas in helping to illuminate the hospital and to ‘shine bright for Bristol.’
Following a successful campaign last year, the ‘Light Up Bristol’ display is back bigger and better this year, with much-loved Gromit Unleashed characters and seasonal stars set to adorn the walls of the building in central Bristol. And there will be even more opportunities for organisations from across Bristol and the South West to get involved.
The dazzling design will feature some of Aardman’s most iconic characters – from Gromit to Shaun the Sheep and Feathers McGraw – as well as small, medium and large illuminated stars available to sponsor.
Launching on December 1, the lights will be switched on at dusk every day throughout December, providing a spectacular festive display for patients and their families, as well as hospital staff, visitors and everyone passing the hospital building on Upper Maudlin Street.
By sponsoring one of the illuminations on the hospital, businesses will have their company name placed outside, displayed on a Grand Appeal webpage as a proud sponsor and promoted across the appeal’s social media channels.
Sponsors from the business community are already lined up to support the Shine Bright campaign, with CAMB Machine Knives International, Rotec Hydraulics Ltd, LDC, Renishaw, Natracare, Osborne Clarke, RSK, Global Furniture Alliance, Smith Consult and Lansdown Place Wealth Management pledging their support.
Another campaign sponsor and long-time supporter of The Grand Appeal, Jamie Cameron, director and head of community engagement at Burges Salmon, said: “We are proud to have a longstanding relationship with Bristol Children’s Hospital charity The Grand Appeal, and we are especially pleased to once again help illuminate the hospital with a special Christmas light display, which will hopefully bring a smile to the children that this amazing charity supports.”
The money raised from the campaign will support The Grand Appeal’s three family accommodation houses, music, arts and play therapy at Christmas and beyond, as well as a range of pioneering equipment to help save the lives of young patients.
Helen Haskell, head of fundraising (corporate) at The Grand Appeal, said: “Christmas is a magical time of year – a time for giving and sharing special moments with those you love.
“No one expects to spend Christmas in a hospital, but sadly this will be the reality for many babies and children this year. As the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity, our Shine Bright campaign brings some festive Christmas cheer to patients and their families at a time when they need it most.”
For more information on how to sponsor an illumination and to help light up Bristol Children’s Hospital this Christmas, visit www.grandappeal.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/ events/light-up-bristol-childrenshospital/ or contact Helen Haskell at helen@grandappeal.org.uk