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Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital receives £26,000 from Together

The money raised will allow the charity to refurbish rooms in the hospital’s Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

Cheadle-based finance provider Together has presented Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity with a cheque for £26,000, following nine months of corporate fundraising, to help the hospital upgrade its Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

Since October 2015 the lender has been fundraising tirelessly and had set an initial target at £13,000 – the cost of refurbishing one room. However, Together then pledged that if this could be exceeded, they would make the funding up to two rooms – at £26,000.

Thanks to the support of its 450 colleagues, as well as brokers and suppliers, Together smashed that target, and added the extra pledged funds.

Leading industry publications Bridging and Commercial and Loan Talk also supported the campaign, by nominating it as their charity of choice for two award ceremonies and its Finance Professional Conference in Manchester, raising £8,950 in the process.

Commercial CEO at Together, Marc Goldberg, said: “Since we set out on this campaign, the support from our colleagues and our wider network has been fantastic. As a local business, it’s important to us that we give back to our community and this is something that will make a huge difference.

“I toured the hospital myself and saw the work that both the hospital and the charity do, and I’m so pleased that we’re able to help with this project. Having seen how wonderfully the charity has transformed other units, I’m looking forward to seeing how the funds will reshape the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, where children can spend a lot of time alone as they wait for an operation that could save their life.”

Joel Oxberry, corporate fundraising manager at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity, said: “We’re delighted to be able to commit to refurbishing two of the rooms in the unit thanks to this incredible donation. We’ve been working with Together since last year and we know they’ve worked hard and held some great events, gathering support from their wider community in the financial services sector, to reach this target.

“The refurbishment, which will start in the coming months, will see the ward undergo a full makeover; with a new design theme, soft furnishings, computer games, toys, and a lot of home comforts, to try and make the children a little more at ease during their time here.”

The fundraising initiatives included a golf day and auction, colleague dress down days, a Christmas campaign, plus donations and auctions at influential industry events.

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