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Charitable organisation helping children and their families in and around the Bury area. The Best of Bury Charity of the Year 2010
MedEquip4Kids
Charitable organisation helping children and their families in and around the Bury area
thebestofbury Charity of the Year 2010
Now based in Prestwich, MedEquip4Kids began in 1985 after a baby girl suffering from meningitis was sucessfully treated and made a full recovery at Booth Hall Children's Hospital. Her parents wished to thank the Manchester hospital, and decided to set up the Bobby Bear Appeal, which focused on fundraising for the Intensive Care Unit.
After the undisputed success of the Bobby Bear Appeal,in which £1 million was raised, the charity expanded to cover Pendlebury Children's Hospital. This expansion was subsequently followed by the whole of Greater Manchester, including Bury and the surrounding area, but renamed as the Children's Hospitals Appeal Trust, or CHAT. To avoid confusion with the New Children's Hospital Appeal being set up in Manchester, the charitable organisation became known as MedEquip4Kids.
MedEquip4Kids has now evolved to work in conjuction with medical staff, play therapists, community nurses, the ambulance service and other charitable organisations. Some equipment known to benefit the care of children in hospital is unfortunately not readily available within the limited budget of the NHS, so MedEquip4Kids aims to fund these important items and improve the environment in hospitals throughout the North West,including Bury and other local areas.
Increasingly, larger hospitals have the means to employ professional fundraisers to secure those extras the NHS cannot fund. However,smaller hospitals do not have access to a fundraising officer, so staff like nurses and paramedics raising money in their spare time and during their working day is not uncommon. MedEquip4Kids provides a unique and invaluable service in the North West and in local areas like Bury, fundraising on behalf of the wards and units of local hospitals.
MedEquip4kids has also provided items for the Children's Unit at Fairfield Hospital in Bury, which were delivered in March 2009. The unit asked MedEquip4kids to provide 6 Oxygen Saturation Monitors at a cost 0f £600 each, which will help medical staff to accurately assess the pulse rate and oxygen saturation level of a patient. This new equipment can provide a much more reliable reading on babies and small children,as they can get distressed easily.
As part of their policy, MedEquip4Kids believe these vital front-line staff should be focusing solely on caring for children, therefore resulting in the charity's aim is to fundraise on their behalf. The money raised is spent directly on the equipment they request and no money goes to any third party.
Get Active with Pip
MedEquip4Kids knows that exercise is vital for healthy children, so mascot Pip is on a mission this academic year! The challenge is to motivate 30,000 children into doing an hour of exercise every day for one week.
Get Active with Pip has already been presented to more than 20,000 children in the North West,and after its launch in 2007 it has been encouraging them to make healthy lifestyle choices regarding diet, exercise, sleep and personal hygiene/cleanliness.
Funds raised for MedEquip4kids by children throughout the North West and Bury will be spent providing equipment for sick and injured babies and children in hospital.
Ways you can help:
- Donate
- Fundraising events
- Gift Aid
- Fundraising website - Just Giving
- Payroll giving(monthly)
- Standing order payment
- Recycling mobile phones and toner cartridges
- Volunteer with MedEquip4kids
Fundraising events for MedEquip4kids take place throughout the year,with everything from MEGAHIKE to a parachute jump! For more information please visit our events page at thebestofbury under charitable organisations
For further information about MedEquip4kids please contact
Lindsay Southall - community fundraiser
on 0161 798 1600 or 07766 310697
Please mention that you found us at thebestofbury when contacting this charitable organisation.
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latest reviews
Thought Medequip for Kids was such a great charity myself and my business colleague decided to chuck ourselves out of a plane at 14ooo feet doing a tandem skydive in order to raise money for them great charity looking after kids in the NorthWest!
The Lancashire Loop Cycle Challenge was brilliant, we loved it! It was absolutely awesome and the first time we've done it but definitely will do it again next year!
The volunteers at the Lancashire Loop Cycle Challenge have been great. The event was brilliantly organised and excellently signposted. All the people along the route kept us going and the volunteers put so much into it. We had a fantastic time.
I wanted to raise money for one of the smaller charities rather than a national and, when I googled for one, MedEquip4kids came up. I thought it would be great to complete the BUPA Great Manchester Run for a Manchester-based charity.
I had a baby girl stillborn at 24 weeks at Fairfield Hospital and have had two boys since so I wanted to complete the BUPA Great Manchester run to do something for my local hospital. It was exhausting but exhilarating and has given me a great sense of achievement.
I love kids and wanted to help make a difference to those are ill or in hospital, which is why I chose Medequip4kids to raise money for at the BUPA Great Manchester Run.
Lava Trek was one of the most fantastic things I've ever done, visiting a spectacular country, making great friends and having a personal challenge all while raising money for Medequip4kids. I'd recommend it to anyone!
I very much enjoyed the Lancashire Loop Cycle Challenge, which was exceptionally well- organised. I hope the money will help Medequip4kids' wonderful efforts for sick babies and children.
The Medela breast pump is a really welcome piece of equipment and will be put to good use by the breastfeeding mums who have pre-term or ill babies in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre hospitals. The availability of the pump for community use will also have a positive impact on our breastfeeding rates. Thank you from the Neonatal Outreach Service and the families in our care.
Thanks to Medequip4kids, we have brightened the daily routine of children in Booth Hall and Pendlebury Hospitals. At the Theodora Children's Trust our team of specially trained professional artists have created charming characters to bring smiles, laughter, music and magic to not only children staying in hospital but also their parents, siblings, visitors and staff, for which we express sincere gratitude.
We have been very fortunate to have the help and support of Medequip4kids. Updating equipment and facilities is always a challenge- making sure that they are right for children is even more so. Medequip4kids understands the needs of children in hospital, and have worked with us to improve things here at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
Having the new Infusion Pump has brought the Eye/ENT Unit at the Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust into the 21st century. Our grateful thanks to everyone who donated funds to Medequip4kids which has enabled them to purchase the machine. It will certainly be put to good use and will enhance the care that we give our children undergoing ENT and Opthalmic surgery.
We are delighted to receive two Vital Life Signs Monitors and a Sleep Apnoea Monitor from MedEquip4kids. These will ensure that all "at risk" babies at Stepping Hill Hospital will have access to the same treatment.
We are delighted to receive two Vital Life Signs Monitors and a Sleep Apnoea Monitor from MedEquip4Kids. These will ensure that all "at risk" babies at Stepping Hill Hospital will have access to the same treatment.
All of the hospitals in the trust, including Fairfield General Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital, have benefitted from the fundraising work of Medequip4kids and we want to thank the charity for their continued efforts. It's not just children that hospital treatment who benefit- the charity also raises money to support NHS work in the community.
The Maternity Unit at The Royal Bolton Hospital would not have the state-of-the-art equipment we now have without the support of MedEquip4Kids. The addition of parent accommodation has also made a huge difference to the quality of care we can provide.
If it was not for the state of the art life-saving equipment provided by the neo-natal units, Callum and luke would not be alive now. The equipment provided by Medequip4Kids is the difference between life and death. These monitors show things such as the pulse rates and oxygen levels making it easier for the medical teams to see problems early and save lives.
We wanted to run because our children have benefitted from the medical equipment provided by charities like Medequip4Kids. Our twind Daniel and Martha were born eight weeks premature. That support from the NHS through charities like Medequip4Kids was something we really appreciated and it is only when you experience something like that you understand and appreciate what Medequip4Kids do!
My son Toby was cared for at North Manchester Childrens Hospital's special care baby unit and I asked them what I could do to say thank you. They suggested running the BUPA Great Manchester Run on behalf of Medequip4Kids which is just what I did!