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Tuesday, 09 March 2010
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Medium Grants
Medium Grants are those up to £500 and are approved by the Director of Fundraising under guidance laid down by the Board of Trustees.
Staff apply for Medium Grants for numerous reasons although it is often specific to a particular child who requires something very specialist. Medium Grants are often also used to support additional training and staff development over and above that which is available through the NHS.
Funding decision is usually made within 48 hours of receipt of application and a total of x grants have been made to staff and individual children in 2009 totalling £x.
Small Grants
Small Grants are usually less than £100 in value and are made up from the small donations which come in via the wards and departments.
These gifts, usually £10 or £20, are usually restricted for the use of the ward or department they are given to and staff access them with the permission of the ward sister or department manager. As of the end of September 2009, we have made a total of 67 small grants this year in almost every part of the hospital.
Projects and Appeals
ARCHIE funds numerous projects every year and this will hopefully give you a taste of the range of projects we support.
ARCHIE projects fall into three different categories within the Children’s Hospital and Community based Paediatric teams. Our Large Grants are approved for projects after careful scrutiny by our Clinical Advisory Committee and then the Board of Trustees.
Our Medium Grants are approved by the Director of Fundraising and allow quick access to funds up to £500. Decisions are made with guidance from the Board and these projects are reviewed quarterly by the Clinical Advisory Committee.
Small Grants are typically up to £100 and are authorised by ward sisters and department managers for the urgent purchase of individual items often out of normal hours.
Summary of Large Grants made in 2009
Project: G-MED Upgrade
Amount: £250,000
Summary: To enhance the environments in all eight G-MED centres throughout Grampian (Elgin, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Aboyne, Stonehaven, Turriff, Aberdeen and Huntly) to create more child friendly environments. This includes the appointment of the ARCHIE Arts Coordinator.
Project: Specialist Nurse for Children’s Pain Management
Amount: £150,000 over 3 years
Summary: Fund a specialist nurse to provide an enhanced level of pain management in children and to provide in-house training for existing staff.
Project: Rosehill House Redevelopment
Amount: £35,000
Summary: To upgrade the public spaces and treatment rooms within the Child and Family Mental Health department based in Rosehill House to make them more child friendly. The project involved patients, families and staff working with an artist to deliver a unique and exciting new look and feel of the building.
Project: ARCHIE Music Therapist
Amount: £16,000 for 2009
Summary: To fund the provision of a Paediatric Music Therapist with a view to developing music therapy within children’s services in 2010 and 2011.
Project: ARCHIE Family Support Worker
Amount: £30,000 per annum
Summary: To provide a family support worker, based in the ARCHIE Parent Accommodation Suite, to enhance the care and support available for families of sick children.
Project: Play Specialists
Amount: £20,000
Summary: To allow the play team to develop additional services to provide an enhanced environment for the care of children. Examples include brining in face painters, magicians, music concerts, music therapy, theatre acts and arts workshops.
Project: Young People’s Department, Royal Cornhill Hospital
Amount: £35,000
Summary: To redevelop the Young People’s Department to make it a more suitable environment for the care of young people and to provide them with extra equipment and facilities to provide an enhanced service.
Project: Promotion of Independence
Amount: £2,500
Summary: Provide specialist equipment to the Physiotherapy Team to allow children with very complex needs to enjoy more independent activity and exercise.
Project: Specialist Cot for Raeden Centre
Amount: £3,500
Summary: Provide a specialist cot to allow complex needs children within the Raeden Centre to have a higher level of care and use of more tailored, case specific equipment.
Project: Sunbeam Chair
Amount: £3,000
Summary: Purchase a special chair for complex needs children to allow them more comfortable conditions whilst waiting for outpatient appointments.
Project: Dina Dinosaur Programme
Amount: £1,100
Summary: Provide a training programme to staff within the Child and Family Mental Health Team to offer an additional treatment activity for patients in Aberdeen.
Project: Lightweight Wheelchair
Amount: £2,200
Summary: Provide a special lightweight wheelchair for a child with a unique range of conditions to allow them to participate in some sporting activity.
Project: Music Systems for Theatres
Amount: £1,500
Summary: To provide new equipment for 2 surgical theatres allowing modern music systems (ipods etc) to be used so children having local anaesthetic procedures can have their own choice of music playing.
Project: Fingabox, Patient Assessment Unit, Day Case Unit, A&E
Amount: £7,000
Summary: Provide Fingabox entertainment centres for these three places within the hospital. These are especially popular with infants and young children.
Project: Specialist Cot for use in Banchory Respite Centre
Amount: £10,000
Summary: A special cot allowing the extension of services offered by a respite centre in Banchory – allowing more complex needs children to utilise this facility.
Project: Wheelchair Loan Service
Amount: £3,500
Summary: Purchase additional wheelchairs to allow the creation of a loan service of wheelchairs for children going home from the hospital who may require, or would benefit from, a wheel chair for a week or two.
Project: Sensory Voyager, Day Case Unit
Amount: £3,000
Summary: Provide a specialist mobile sensory unit for children who are too poorly to come to the sensory room or for those who are recovering from surgery – especially very young children and babies.
Project: Speech and Language Therapy
Amount: £2,500
Summary: To redevelop the treatment room providing a modern, enhanced environment for children using this department.
The ARCHIE Foundation is the official charity of The Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital and Community Based Child Health throughout Grampian and the Northern Isles.
