Trustee Journal: 2024 Recap
This Christmas, we wanted to take some time to reflect on the year we have had at The Lounge Foundation.
It’s been a year of firsts for the Foundation.
We launched our first big project, The Legacy Project, built to provide grants to individuals who really needed it - in memory of the wonderful Nicky (nicknacklou).
With the help of our wonderful Legends, we're over the moon to share that we offered grants to 115 women. We were blown away by the applications we received and the stories that we had the privilege to read: to say we were moved would be an understatement. We have funded a variety of grants, from help with therapy to process diagnosis and treatment, mastectomy tattoos, enabling women to make lasting memories with their families, and so much more. We are so proud of the impact the Foundation is having, and the genuine difference that this grant programme has made for so many. We’ll be sharing more on this in the new year, so keep an eye on our socials.
This year, we also became Changemakers with the incredible Birmingham Children's Hospital. We’ve talked about the Changemakers scheme throughout the year, but we wanted to share that we are now looking at how we further our impact with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital. The first step in this has been The Foundation at Christmas.
We’ve worked with the team at Lounge HQ to bring a smile to the faces of those who are spending Christmas in hospital. We have done everything we can to cover all bases - with Lounge staff kindly donating gifts for women and children at the hospital. We’ve also volunteered and staffed the Children's Santa’s grotto, and designed and donated 200 DIY ‘Santa Stop Here’ signs for children experiencing Christmas in hospital to colour and display on Christmas Eve. We can’t even begin to explain the joy that we get from the relationship we’re building with the hospital, and the passion we all have for making as much impact as possible.
And we’re not stopping there. We’re working on making 2025 a truly special year.
As a charity team, we’re in the midst of planning how we can raise more awareness, work with some incredible charities, and of course we’re in talks about our legendary Feel Your Breast campaign.
We can’t wait to bring you along on this journey with us, and see what we can achieve in 2025.
