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With your help we have funded over £16 million towards building the hospital,lifesaving equipment, arts, music, entertainment and play programmes and familyaccommodation.Ten years on, we are delighted to be celebrating this fantastic landmarkwith the hospital but none of this would have been possible without the support of ourdonors and we want to say a massive thank you to each and every one of you. Tocelebrate the 10th anniversary, the Grand Appeal teamed up with the hospital andeveryone got involved in celebrating in style! Continued on page 2...

Last month we celebrated the 10th anniversary of BristolChildren’s Hospital and what an amazing 10 years it has been.

Proudly supporting Bristol Children’s Hospital and St Michael’s Special Care Baby Unit

X-Factor winner and Grand Appeal supporter Matt Cardle visits the hospital to celebrate the 10th Anniversary

Summer 2011

The £1 million Cots for Tots Appeal isnearly half way there!

Because of to the incredible support and generosityof people from Bristol, the South West and furtherafield we have raised over £450,000 towardsproviding the four new intensive care cots andfamily accommodation for the Neonatal IntensiveCare Unit at St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol! Thankyou all so much for making a massive difference tothe lives of babies from all over the South West!More on page 3...

Thank you!

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News Round UpIt has been a very exciting few months here at The Grand Appealwith lots of momentous landmarks to celebrate – with X-Factorwinner, Matt Cardle popping in for a visit to celebrate theChildren’s Hospitals 10th birthday; our delight in hearing how closewe are to the half a million target of our Cots for Tots Appeal; tocelebrating with our Skydive extraordinaire volunteer, JohnWilkins, on his 80th birthday!

And what better way for John to commemorate the occasion by jumping out of an aeroplane threetimes in a day! The British Parachute Association have also been absolutely astounded by John’s achievement over the years and have awardedhim a Certificate of Merit for his dedication to the sport and his fundraising. Congratulations John! The Grand Appeal team wishes say a hugethank you to every single one of you, from all corners of the south west region, for your continued support and fantastic fundraising ideas. Wecouldn’t do it without you. We still have a long way to go to reach our target for the Cots for Tots Appeal and the Cardiac Ward so please doconsider supporting us this summer. Read on for inspirational fundraising ideas and events to take part in – whether you are a business, communitygroup or an individual wanting to make a difference, we have something to offer everyone.

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We celebrated with cake, balloons and goodie bags for each child staying in the hospitaland held lots of competitions including colouring and fancy dress. We even had anexciting challenge to capture the dragon who had escaped into the hospital wards! Thepatients and their families had fantastic celebrity visits from our very own animated duoWallace and Gromit and a very special guest, 2010 winner of the X-Factor Matt Cardle!The children loved meeting Matt and he really made their day, visiting hospital Wardsand the Play Centre and made everyone feel very special. He even gave us his famoushat worn throughout the X-factor to auction so watch out for that in our next newsletter!

Matt meets Sarah, Lauren and Gromit

from The Grand Appeal

Celebrations will be continuing throughout the year – To get involved and help us celebrate read on…

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The Appeal, supported by the Bristol Evening Post, is raising funds to providemore intensive care cots for sick babies as well as a dedicated FamilyAccommodation Unit close to the Unit.

Lauren Vincent, fundraising manager for the Cots for Tots Appeal is thrilled withthe support for the Appeal so far “Huge thanks to everyone who has donated tothe Appeal so far. We only launched the Appeal last October and thefundraising has really gathered momentum. Our mass skydive in April led by JohnWilkins to celebrate his 80th Birthday saw our brave fundraisers jump out of aplane to raise over £30,000 and over 100 runners in the Bristol 10k in Mayraised a further £20,000 towards our target of £1 million.”

The Appeal’s fundraising campaign will provide a new suite of four intensive care cots for the Special Care Baby Unit which will help the Unit to care for up to 150 extra babies every year. Georgia and Dimitrios Evangelopoulos whohave lived in Bristol for four years, spent several weeks in the Special Care BabyUnit when their son Georgios was born with complications at birth. Dimitrios said“We are very pleased that Georgios was so lucky to be treated by the staff at St Michael’s Hospital. The professionalism is superb; they looked after littleGeorgios and each day have helped to make him stronger. I would like to thankall the staff on behalf of my little boy for their exceptional efforts and care.”

The Appeal is also raising funds to provide a dedicated familyaccommodation suite so that parents can stay close to their sick or premature babies while they receive treatment.

Bristol Evening PostThe front page which launched the Cots for Tots appeal wasnamed front page of the year at this year’s Regional PressAwards. The Evening Post was in competition with regionalnewspapers from across the country.

The front page, with the headline "Help Us Grow" and featuring a photograph of prematurebaby Indra Crofts taken by Post photographer Jon Kent, was described by judges as "aconfident, haunting and dramatic way to launch a powerful campaign". They said: "Thelayout was simple and uncluttered and allowed the stunning picture and understated headlineto tell the story." All of us at The Grand Appeal would like to thank the Evening Post for theirwonderful continued support.

Cots forTots Appeal!

Georgia and Dimitrios Evangelopoulos with their son Georgios

There is still more than half-way to go in the fundraising campaign to raise £1 million needed for the Appeal. To fundraise for Cots for Tots, to get your company involved or to make a donation visit our website at www.cotsfortots.org.uk. Thank you.

Congratulations

The Cots for Tots Appeal goes from strength to strength. Thanks to the generosity of peoplefrom Bristol, Bath and throughout the South West region, the £1 million Cots for Tots Appealhas raised over £450,000!

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Wow! Gorillas AuctionWorking in partnership with Bristol Zoo Gardens, we are organising a truly memorable evening which will bring together the localcommunity to help support two very important causes in the area.Join us on 29th September at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol for an evening of magnificent entertainmentand your chance bid on beautifully decorated life-size gorillas - some by famous artists - to raisemoney for The Grand Appeal’s Cardiology Appeal and Bristol Zoo Gardens. The Wow! Gorillasproject brings a world class mass public art event to the streets and parks of Bristol this summer for10 weeks bringing the arts and business communities together. From the beginning of July look outfor life-size gorillas decorated by resident artists and sponsored by local businesses, showcasing thecreativity that Bristol has to offer. At the end of the 10 weeks the gorillas will be auctioned off toraise significant funds to support our Cardiology Appeal and gorilla conservation projects.

Please contact Sarah at The Grand Appeal for more information.

Andrea and Richard Fowler’s journey began when their twin baby girl Olivia was bornwithout a connection between her heart and her lungs. At just 10 days old Olivia was in theoperating theatre in the Bristol Children’s Hospital having life-saving open-heart surgerywhilst her parents and twin sister Elizabeth endured an agonising wait desperately hopingthat the surgery would be successful. And so began what will be the Fowler family’s longassociation with the cardiac care team of surgeons, consultants, nurses and specialist staffat the Bristol Children’s Hospital. Olivia survived the surgery and is fighting her way back

to full health. She will need surgery, treatment and care over manyyears from the cardiac team and will make regular trips to BristolChildren’s Hospital over the coming years.

Children like Olivia deserve the very best treatment and care possible.Olivia is lucky that specialist expertise to care for her is on-hand atBristol Children’s Hospital but there is more we can do. Medicalscience is advancing at a huge rate and we want to ensure thatbabies and children up to 18 years have access to the best and latestequipment available to diagnose and treat life-threatening heartconditions. We have a unique opportunity to buy the very latestequipment on the market which helps to detect, diagnose and manageheart conditions in children with breathtaking accuracy.

Olivia’s mum Andrea explains: “This equipment will give the consultants a more accurate picture of what’s happening within her heart withoutthe need for more invasive procedures. Obviously our goal, and that of her care team, is to ensure we do whatever we can to manage hercondition to extend her life and make it as full as possible. Any equipment that can aid this and keep her with us is a wonderful investment.”

With all our Heart...

Above: Olivia next to her sister Elizabeth

Right: Olivia today

Imagine hearing straight after giving birth to two beautiful twin girls that one ofthem needed life saving surgery...

Wallace and Gromit with a Wow! Gorilla

Together we can make this happenThe Grand Appeal is raising £250,000 to buy the equipment and to put it in an area which is child-friendly and comforting forpatients and their families, but we need your help. With more than 12,000 children every year from all over Bristol, Bath, the SouthWest of England and South Wales coming to Bristol Children’s Hospital for specialist cardiac care, we know this equipment willhelp save lives. Help us to help patients like little Olivia and become a ‘Cardiac Guardian Angel’, give a one-off donation, hold afundraising event or do whatever you can to help.

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Event Name Event Information Date

The Grand Summer BallBack by popular demand, the Hilton Bristol is hosting the GrandSummer Ball 10th June

Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride With four routes ranging from 9 to 38 miles this is a great way to seethe city and raise money 12th June

The Grand Descent Come and join us for the famous Bristol Children’s Hospital Abseil 18th & 19th June

Wrong Trousers DayIt’s that time of year again to don your Wrong Trousers for sick kidsacross the UK 24th June

Great Weston RideA beautiful 56 mile cycle from Bristol to Weston through the Mendipsand Somerset levels 17th July

Mass SkydiveAnother 30 daredevils will be taking jumping for Cots for Tots andThe Grand Appeal 10th September

Bristol Half MarathonAlong the scenic harbourside and under the stunning CliftonSuspension Bridge 11th September

Dragon Boat Race Take part in this oar-some team rowing event right in the heart of Bristol! 25th September

Bristol Zoo AuctionJoin us for a unique auction where life size gorillas will take centre stage 29th September

Tinsel for TotsAfter an amazing first year, our cracking Christmas fundraiser Tinselfor Tots is back! 10th December

Upcoming EventsThere are so many ways you can get involved withThe Grand Appeal this year! Here are just a few:

For more details on any of the above, or if you’d like to run your own event, we’d love to hear from you.

Contact us today on 0800 919 649 or info@grandappeal.org.uk

Kerri and James Webber with baby Charlie

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ThankYou!...to everyone who has supported us over the last few of months, your

support really does make a great difference! Although it is difficult tothank everyone who has supported us in this newsletter, here are just

a few of our donors over the past few months...

ThankYou!

Andrea Fowler for raising over £8500 so far and for continuing to support Cots for Tots

Kerri and James Webber for raising an amazing £2062 at their quiz night

A special thank you to Megan Rose, aged 7, who raised £5.09 from holding her own car boot sale at home for Cots for Tots

Hannah and Phil from Phil Yarrow Consultancy for all their excellent help and support

Bristol Post Office Sports and Social Club for raising over £1,200 from your pig racing event and other cracking fundraisers

All the Aardman model makers, especially Jim Parkyn, for our glimmering of Golden Gromits

Our amazing April skydivers for collectively raising over £30,000

Abbots Leigh & Leigh Woods Swann Benefaction Trust for their kind donation of £3528

Nicki Symes for all her cracking fundraising this summer

Andrew and Eric

Andrea Fowler

Team Jack

The Miners Arms for raising £1144 from your Hog Roast and the Bristol 10k

Everyone at Newton House, Kelly College for raising amazing an incredible £7128.15 from their swimathon

Jemma Webb on Ward 32 who has raised over £300 making and selling bracelets

Paula Banks and Team Jack for raising an inspirational £36,000

Mike, Wendy, Vicki and everyone else at the Bristol Evening Post for fantastic, continued support

Paragon Vending for raising a fantastic £2,218 from your sweet machines

Bristol Taxis Fund for Children’s Charities for donating an incredibly generous £5,000

Mike Boardman for bravely raising £260 from the Tough Guy Challenge

The Parishioners at St Augustine’s Church for their kind donation of £47.19

Bristol Hippodrome for collecting an incredible £4267.98

Everyone at White Stuff Bristol for raising over £3,500 on your Customer Day

The Ministry of Defence in Filton for supporting Cots for Tots through 2010 / 11 and raising £2372

The team at SBW Advertising for all your continued support

The Southwest Service Centre for choosing us as your charity of the year and raising £2937

We are grateful to each and every one of our wonderful supporters ...we couldn’t do it without you!

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