Our Supporters
 
 

The success of the IMAGINE Appeal depends on the support it receives from individuals and organisations on all levels. Here you can find out more about some of our supporters.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Appeal President             The Countess of Derby

Appeal Vice President      Sir Desmond Pitcher 

Chairman                           Jim Davies, Davies Wallis Foyster

Board

  • Richard Burrell, Westbury Asset Managment
  • Angela Jones, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust
  • Kim Peters, Staley Peters
  • Alexis Redmond, Mersey Film Ltd
  • Nicholas Wainwright, Boodles
  • Malcolm Walker, Iceland Foods Ltd                                                                               

PATRONS



CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS

   

Littlewoods Shop Direct Group has been a proud partner of Alder Hey Children's Hospital since 2003, when it donated a total of £2.25 million to help fund the development of the Littlewoods Children's Neurosciences Foundation.

 Officially opened in December 2006, the Neurosciences Unit is already helping to treat thousands of ill children from the North West and beyond, to help improve quality of life and for doctors to better understand brain conditions.

Furthermore, Littlewoods Shop Direct Group actively encourages its 21,500 employees to help raise extra funds for the hospital by organising special events and regular fundraising initiatives. 

Iceland are long term partners of Alder Hey Imagine Appeal. After their marathon efforts this year to raise over £1million for us,  Malcolm Walker  chose the occasion of their Store Manager's Conference at  Liverpool  Arena and Conference Centre to make the cheque hand over.          

    

The event was more like a Variety performance with Girls Aloud, The Manche ste  r Camerata Orchestra, James Bond-style flame throwers and violinist group The Sirens - all ho  ste  d by  Kate    Thornton! To round it all off, Raphael and Montse Benitez were invited to accept the cheque on our behalf.         

 

Alder Hey's Imagine Appeal was the nominated    charity for the John Smith's Grand National for      the third year running in 2008. In addition to having     a named televised race on the Friday and a     raffle in their hospitality areas, John Smith's also      sponsored the jockey's penalty shoot-out (along       with Totesport) which took place after racing on      the eve of the National.     

All the jockeys lined up alongside the Imagine      Appeal's President Lady Derby and patrons       Sheree Murphy and Coleen Rooney to blast        the ball in the back of the net and raise £14,000     for the charity. Some of our oncology patients        even got in on the act.          

The John Smith's Grand National have announced that Imagine Appeal will be there official charity for 2009.


THE BARCLAY FOUNDATION

In 2007 the Imagine Appeal received its largest ever donation of £3 million pounds from The Barclay Foundation. This incredibly generous donation will fund an intra-operative MRI scanner. Once installed, this scanner will make Alder Hey the first children's hospital in the UK, and amongst only a handful in the world, who will be able to offer this ground-breaking facility. The scanner allows surgeons to carry out scans in the operating theatre during surgery to get an immediate and accurate update on the child's progress and will help Alder Hey remain at the international forefront of research and care.