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Charity
Talbots Law have always been committed to raising money for good causes, and our staff have taken up a number of challenges over the years for the benefit of local and national charities.
2018 was no exception and our staff selected their Charity of the Year for as Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity, a cause close to the heart for many of the Talbots’ team.
We set ourselves an ambitious target to raise £30,000 and thanks to the efforts of all our staff we have smashed that target and raised £50,000.
In 2019 we hope to beat that performance and raise at least another £50,000 for BCH. See below for details of our plans and how we hope to smash our target.
At Talbots Law we always encourage our clients to remember a charity in their will. Click here to read about how you could help to write the story for tomorrow's children by remembering Birmingham Children's Hospital in your will.
What did we do to raise money this year?
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never share them with anyone or send you unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. They'll make sure Gift Aid (an additional 25%) is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer, too. That means more money goes to the charity, faster, with JustGiving.
What are we doing in 2019?
We started off our fundraising activities in 2019 by getting out our glow sticks, neon lycra, face paints and head torches, and danced, walked, jogged and ran the ultimate nighttime neon event - Glow in the Park 5K Fun Run at Stoneleigh Park on Saturday 6th April. Our team of 20 managed to raise over £2,500 to kickstart our fundraising.
Our 2nd challenge of the year fell on one person's shoulders - Sarah Rooney, Trainee Solicitor in our Dispute Resolution team completed the London Marathon, and raised just over £2,500 with a lot of help from her friends and colleagues.
Our third event was the Birmingham Triathlon on 16th June, where our Tribots team of four pushed themselves to the limit and smashed their target by raising £3,425.
Next up, we had a magnificent team of 7 riders cycling from Birmingham to Amsterdam on 5th September, and their story is here. They had a huge target - if you can help them reach it, you can donate here
Finally, 22 of our team voluntarily jumped out of a plane on 14th September, in a tandem skydive challenge to raise more than £7,000 and you can read more about the event here - and you can support them by donating here
Although we've completed our challenge events for this year, we'll still be dressing up and dressing down, and baking cakes to raise even more funds for Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Thank you to our corporate sponsors
What We're Raising Money For
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s mission is to raise the vital funds needed to make a real difference to all who use the hospital’s services, offering them the best experience possible. Their vision is to provide the best possible facilities and environment at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, for their exceptional patients and young people.
Talbots are raising money specifically for the Critical Journeys Appeal to help fund lifesaving equipment for their fleet of four KIDS/NTS ambulances. The Charity is just £400k short of their £2m target and we want to help them get much closer.
What is KIDS/NTS?
What else are we doing?
In addition to our fundraising activities, we are also volunteering to spend some time in the Hospital’s busy outpatient and emergency departments to entertain our patients through arts and crafts!
Children can often be waiting to see our medical staff for long periods of time and this can increase stress and anxiety levels – of both patients and parents alike! We’ll be helping to provide art and craft activities to keep the children distracted and to provide them with something fun to take home.
