Our charities and fundraising

Above & Beyond

Each year, we invest some £3 million in projects that make a real difference to patients in our hospitals.   We fundraise to improve the hospital environment, fund innovative research, support and train hospital staff and provide state of the art equipment.

Working with inspirational local people, we aim to make a difference to every patient and every condition.  When patients, their families and friends want to say thank you for the care they've received at the hospitals, they come to us.

We have funded state of the art equipment including monitoring units, incubators and tele-medicine facilities in the Bristol Heart Institute; supported research projects and staff training and development, improved patient access to the hospitals with the provision of an extra city centre shuttle bus, funded the planned re-development of the Bristol Eye Hospital and helped to transform the Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre.

Of course, behind all of these projects are the remarkable people who make them possible, our supporters. People have rowed up the Thames, cycled from Lands End to John O'Groats, organised street parties, held bring and buys sales, zip wired and abseiled to help us. Equally important are those that simply choose to make a donation to support our work. Whatever you choose to do will make a real difference to patients and the staff that treat them.

To find out more about our work and the people that help us, visit our website http://www.aboveandbeyond.org.uk/.

If you would like to make a donation to our hospitals log onto www.justgiving.com/aboveandbeyond or send a cheque to Above & Beyond, The Abbbots House, Blackfriars, Bristol, BS1 2NZ.

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal and The Cots for Tots Appeal

Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal is the only charity fundraising exclusively for Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St Michaels Hospital.
The Appeal was established in Bristol in 1995 and has spent nearly £18 million on patient care, facilities, comforts and state-of-the-art equipment, including a contribution of £12 million towards the new hospital building.

The Appeal fundraises to improve the quality of life for patients and their families by adding value to the excellent clinical service provided by the staff.  We fund items to enrich and enhance a patients experience in the Children's Hospital and Special Care Baby Unit, including arts, music, entertainment, providing and supporting the provision of family accommodation, funding patient information and DVDs, as well as providing funding for a wide range of equipment from life-saving cots, beds and ventilators to a child-friendly MRI scanner.

If you would like to join in with Wallace and Gromit and the tens of thousands of people who support our work every year, please contact us on 0800 919 649 or visit our website at www.grandappeal.org.uk where you can see how to join in the Wallace and Gromit running, skydiving and events challenges, how to make a donation, how to become a Guardian Angel of the children's hospital or Special Care Baby Unit and much more.

We offer bespoke fundraising packages for corporate supporters who are interested in supporting either the BRHC or the Special Care Baby Unit alongside our very precious Wallace & Gromit and Cots for Tots Appeal branding.  To develop a tailored corporate fundraising package please call Sarah Vipond our Corporate Partnerships Manager on 0800 919 649 or 0117 9273888.

Other organisations which help us and our patients

League Of Friends Bristol Royal Infirmary

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

The Guild of Friends for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 8874

Headstart - Bristol Oncology & Haematology Centre

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Radio Lollipop - Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

Telephone: 0117 342 8321

Bristol Hospital Radio Service

e-mail: iain.elliott@bris.ac.uk

Friends of Bristol Eye Hospital

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Bosom Buddies

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Cardiac Support Group - Bristol Royal Infirmary

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Friends of Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

Telephone: 0117 342 3432

Friends of Bristol General Hospital

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 6417

MS Multiple Sclerosis Society

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Women's Royal Voluntary Services - UH Bristol

Telephone: 07714 898 563

e-mail: john.clifford@wrvs.org.uk

e-mail: steven.hargreaves@wrvs.org.uk

Bristol & Southwest Children's Heart Circle - Bristol Children's Hospital

Telephone Voluntary Services: 0117 342 2774

Avon Ambulance - UH Bristol Voluntary Car Drivers

Telephone: 0117 342 0276