Tritax Symmetry has announced its nominated charities for the next two years after raising an impressive £37,105 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity and Sam’s Rehabilitation Fund last year.
Over the last 12 months employees embarked on a number of fund-raising challenges and events including a 100km challenge for each team member to complete, virtual horse racing and cocktail making socials, a charity golf day, raffles and a Euros sweepstake.
Ride High Riding Centre and Ronald McDonald House have been chosen as the company’s charities for the next two years.
Ride High was set up by Rachel Medill MBE in 2008 to help change children’s lives for the better using horses. The charity transforms the lives of disadvantaged children by giving them the opportunity to learn to ride and look after horses and ponies, effecting lasting change in their attitude, wellbeing, self-confidence and life prospects so they become happy, confident young people who are positively engaged in the outside world.
Ride High works with children aged 8-17 in Milton Keynes, particularly those living in the most deprived areas for whom there is no or little support available. Open to the public for riding lessons, liveries and parties, the equestrian centre’s profits all go towards supporting the 80 local children that visit every week.
Ronald McDonald House Charities UK has been operating for 30 years, since construction began on the first House in 1989. The best medical care for your child isn’t always close to home, and families often find themselves travelling long distances to be with their child in hospital.
The charity’s vision is for every child in hospital to have their families close by, and to ensure families are fully supported in their Houses and remain actively involved in their child’s care. This means that families can be by their child’s bedside in a matter of moments, whilst maintaining a degree of normal life and reducing emotional and financial strain.
The 12 Ronald McDonald Houses in the UK are located as close as possible to a specialist children’s hospitals across the UK, including in Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford and London. Every year the charity helps over 6,000 families stay close to their children in hospital.
Speaking about the causes, Rebecca Anderson of Tritax Symmetry, commented: “We’re thrilled to have raised so much last year, particularly given the pandemic. With physical events now becoming a reality once again, over the course of 2022 and 2023 the Tritax Symmetry team will be pushing themselves to undertake challenges and hold fundraising events to help these wonderful charities, with the aim of raising over £30,000. Additionally, the TSL team will also be looking to engage in volunteering opportunities with Ride High and Ronald McDonald House, as well as other local charities, wherever possible.”