As Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) celebrates 15 years of its Oxford Road Campus, Manchester Foundation Trust Charity – the organisation which raises funds for the Trust\u2019s family of ten Greater Manchester hospitals and their associated services – today sends out a message of thanks to businesses, big and small, for their support throughout this period. The charity has also encouraged others to reach out to explore working together in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s been 15 years since Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital (RMCH), Saint Mary\u2019s Hospital (SMH) and Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH) opened new sites on Oxford Road, with 2009 also seeing an extension of Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royal Manchester Children\u2019s Hospital is now the largest and busiest children\u2019s hospital in the country, treating and caring for children and young people from Manchester and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since our Charity was formed, we have raised over \u00a362million for the Trust\u2019s family of hospitals. This has supported world-class treatment by providing state-of-the-art equipment, enabled pioneering medical research to advance our understanding of illnesses and how best to treat them, and created welcoming, friendly environments that allow patients, and their families, to feel at ease during their time in our care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The support of local businesses, big and small, has been crucial to these efforts and the charity would like to thank everyone that has been kind enough to show their support over the years. The charity has been lucky enough to receive support in so many ways. Fundraising has been a huge part of this, but also businesses volunteering at events, donating items in kind and helping to promote and connect our charity across the city of Manchester and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This continued support from the business community has helped towards making many projects a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brand-new cutting-edge equipment for the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Saint Mary\u2019s Hospital, the Manchester Burns Camp initiative supporting children and young people in their rehabilitation following burn injuries, specialist Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) beds and the Trust\u2019s lifesaving Oxford Road Campus Helipad have all been supported with the help of the local business community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alongside the Trust\u2019s 15-year milestone, Manchester Foundation Trust Charity is also proud to announce it has been chosen as the charity partner for the 2024 City of Manchester Business Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rachel Laycock, Senior Corporate Manager at Manchester Foundation Trust Charity says:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to work with so many businesses at Manchester Foundation Trust Charity over the last 15 years and we are thankful to everyone for their support. One of the joys of this job is not only seeing how this support improves people\u2019s lives within our hospitals, but also how fundraising and volunteering can make a difference to businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTeams pull together, new friendships are formed, workplaces unite, personal bests are bested, and people realise they are capable of so much more together. There are so many benefits to be had from fundraising and volunteering for both sides and we\u2019re lucky to have worked with so many brilliant people from the Manchester business community that have embraced these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tanya Hamid, Director of Manchester Foundation Trust Charity says:<\/strong> \u201cWe\u2019re extremely pleased and grateful to have been announced as the charity partner for this year\u2019s City of Manchester Business Awards and on behalf of the charity I would like to thank Downtown in Business for making this possible. The Manchester business community has been central to the brilliant projects we\u2019ve been able to support throughout our hospitals over the last 15 years and we\u2019re thankful for their continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust celebrates 15 years of its Oxford Road Campus, Manchester Foundation Trust Charity sends out a message of thanks to businesses, big and small, for their support throughout this period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":91952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1309,11,16],"tags":[25,2975,3376],"class_list":["post-91879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester","category-members-news","category-news","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-foundation-trust-charity","tag-manchester-university-nhs-foundation-trust"],"views":203,"yoast_head":"\n