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Branching Out - Sheffield Appeal

With the backing of Bafta nominated actor Dominic West, The Sick Children’s Trust has launched an ambitious new appeal - Branching Out - growing our support for families in Sheffield - to raise £980,000 for a vital new ‘Home from Home’ at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.

"When the charity got in touch and asked if I could support them, I felt as though it was something I owed. I am just delighted to be able to try and bring it to the attention of more people." Dominic West, actor

With your help and support we can make this challenge a reality and make a real difference to the families of children receiving specialist treatment in the Critical Care and Neonatal Surgical Units for serious or life-threatening illness. It is our hope that this new house will open in summer 2013, providing vital support to an additional 300 families per year.

“Last year alone we had 814 families on our waiting list at Treetop House. This new development will be well used from the very first day it opens!” Ann Wyatt, House Manager at Treetop House

Those familiar with Sheffield Children’s Hospital may know that Treetop House our thirteen bedroom ‘Home from Home’ is already up and running on the top floor of the hospital but this is simply not big enough to care for the increasing number of families that need accommodation close to their sick child’s bedside. In addition, the hospital is soon to build a new Clinical Care Block which will increase paediatric bed capacity from 140 to 200 and bring even greater demand for parent and family accommodation.

The Dews family (pictured below) have used Treetop House over the years as their eight year old daughter, Isobel was born with cerebral palsy.

"It's just been a blessing to be able to be with Isobel, and to bring her sister Olivia to stay and spend time with her at the weekends. Isobel's emotions are all over the place and that makes her condition worse, so i hate to think how upset she would have been if we were having to stay somewhere else. It's just a fantastic place and we can't say enough good things about it." Rebecca, Isobel's mum.

These two detached houses, located on the hospital site and currently used as office accommodation, will be leased to The Sick Children’s Trust and will be joined together to form a ‘Home from Home’, directly linked to Critical Care. These eleven new family bedrooms will literally change, and potentially save, lives.

Considerable alterations and major structural work is required – these include building a direct link to Critical Care, joining the two properties together, a new roof, new windows, doors, new lift installation and new heating, lighting and power supplies.

This ‘Home from Home’ is urgently needed and building work has already started.

Can you help?
Please consider making a financial donation towards this vital project. Every penny makes a difference so simply go to our donate page and choose the Branching Out - Sheffield 2012 Appeal. Or if you wish to sponsor a particular room then we would be delighted to recognise your donation by placing a small plaque in your chosen area of sponsorship.

For more information on the appeal please email our Regional Fundraiser - Yorkshire, Samantha Silverwood or call her on 07952016846. You can also contact Head of Fundraising, Jane Featherstone / 020 7931 8695.

The Dews family with Treetop House Assistant, Nichola Higgins.