{"id":45954,"date":"2021-06-01T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/?p=45954"},"modified":"2021-04-26T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T14:38:04","slug":"we-are-proudly-supporting-leicester-childrens-hospital-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/2021\/06\/01\/we-are-proudly-supporting-leicester-childrens-hospital-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"We are proudly supporting Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe\u2019re delighted to have donated to the Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal to support Phase One of a dedicated children\u2019s hospital in Leicester.<\/p>\n

The \u00a37.5m Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal was set up in response to the East Midlands being the only region in England without a dedicated, single-site children\u2019s hospital. Currently, Leicester\u2019s Hospitals offer one of the largest children\u2019s acute services in the country, however these are spread across two hospital sites and mixed in with adult services. Patients, families, carers and medical staff often have to move between hospitals, resulting in extremely stressful experiences and an inefficient service, such as leading to delayed diagnosis and treatment.<\/p>\n

The Appeal is working towards transforming the services currently provided to children by creating a state-of-the-art, dedicated children\u2019s hospital. Once complete, all children\u2019s services will be moved into the Leicester Royal Infirmary\u2019s Kensington Building, allowing patients and families to receive high quality and specialist care, with less stress and no travelling between sites.<\/p>\n

Phase One of the project is to relocate the world-renowned East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre (EMCHC) from Glenfield Hospital into the Kensington Building, allowing the centre to make its expert care even more effective and providing them with additional space to treat children. It will also provide clinical staff with a modern environment designed specifically for the needs of children.<\/p>\n

Lisa Davies, Director of Leicester Hospitals Charity, said: \u201cWe are deeply thankful to Mulberry for such a generous contribution to our Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal. We are so close to reaching our target to help establish our region\u2019s first ever dedicated children\u2019s hospital, and this contribution from Mulberry will go a long way to helping us get there and give all of our children the hospital they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrew Granger, a member of the Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal Board, said: \u201cWe are extremely grateful to Mulberry for their generous support of this Appeal to create a dedicated children\u2019s hospital in Leicester that will transform the lives of children in the East Midlands for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Wilkinson, Director of Mulberry, said: \u201cAt Mulberry, we are committed to supporting and forging lasting partnerships with the communities amongst which we operate, and we\u2019re very proud to have made a donation to the Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal in support of their incredible project.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding a designated children\u2019s hospital will be a huge benefit to countless vulnerable children, their families and medical staff across the East Midlands. We\u2019re thrilled to be a part of this project, especially during this difficult time where the vital work hospitals do is more appreciated than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

The donation comes as part of our ongoing campaign which marks the Mulberry Homes division of the business\u2019 10-year anniversary. Throughout 2021, we have committed to donating to charities and organisations local to our developments.<\/p>\n

The appeal is run by the Leicester Hospitals Charity, which exists to support patients, their carers and the NHS staff who look after them in Leicestershire and Rutland and beyond. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.leicesterhospitalscharity.org.uk\/childrens-hospital-appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re delighted to have donated to the Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal to support Phase One of a dedicated children\u2019s hospital in Leicester. The \u00a37.5m Leicester Children\u2019s Hospital Appeal was set up in response to the East Midlands being the only region in England without a dedicated, single-site children\u2019s hospital. Currently, Leicester\u2019s Hospitals offer one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,98],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45955,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45954\/revisions\/45955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mulberryhomes.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}