Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity

The Birmingham Children’s Hospital, are devoted to caring for sick children, teenagers, and providing support to the families that are affected.

Their top priority is to create a real difference to young people suffering with illnesses by providing exceptional care and the best possible facilities.

Dr Thomas Heslop set up the Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children in 1862. Over time, the hospital has emerged as world leaders, providing the most advanced treatments, surgical procedures and phenomenal research and development.

Scotty’s Little Soldiers

A Military Family Charity founded in 2010 by Mrs. Nikki Scott. The work of Scotty’s Little Soldiers involves aiding children and young people who have lost a parent who served in the regular or reserve army, navy or air force. This includes those that passed whilst on active service, through accidents, illnesses and those medically discharged before their death.

Their programmes of support are called ‘smiles’, ‘support’ and ‘strides’. Smiles focuses on offering outing and gifts, support helps with familial counselling and support whilst strides offers grants and assistance for education and personal development.

Geoff Horsfield Foundation

Geoff Horsfield, one of the most respected sportsmen in the West Midlands, founded this project when he felt that he had a debt of gratitude to the local community. In May 2016, the Foundation opened its first project, a female only accommodation based in Erdington. The Foundation is now aiming to open a second housing project to help vulnerable adults who may have fallen through current support networks.

At the centre of this project are the more vulnerable, challenging people. After carrying out research, the Geoff Horsfield Foundation felt that their housing needs weren’t being met.