Trustee Journal: Becoming Changemakers

Trustee Journal: Becoming Changemakers

October 2024

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Lounge
Lounge October 03, 2024

We’re so proud to be Changemakers.

Beyond proud.

And I’m so excited to be able to tell you a little bit more about what being a Changemaker for Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity actually means, what it means to us as individuals, and our journey so far in this partnership.

As you’ll hopefully already know, The Lounge Foundation is a charity focused on women’s and children’s health.
We’re passionate about making a true impact on individuals’ lives and creating a long-lasting impact.
And what Changemakers is focused on impacting is the children’s lives at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

So when the team from the charity reached out to us to discuss the Changemakers, they immediately grabbed our attention.

They told us;
Changemakers is a network of visionaries, united by a passion to transform the lives of sick children at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. And we want you to be a part of it. Will you come and take a visit to see what we do?

And of course, the answer was yes.

As a Midlands-based brand and charity, and having had personal experiences at the hospital with our own children, we were already feeling so connected to the Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity and inspired by its work.

Visiting the hospital was totally eye-opening.
And speaking to the team - the same.

We couldn’t quite believe how incredible the work that the hospital and charity are doing truly is, and we equally couldn't quite believe that what we had built through Lounge and The Lounge Foundation was going to allow us to be involved in such a special organisation.

The charity's Changemakers have a clear mission.

To deliver state-of-the-art, life-saving equipment for the hospital.
To provide inspiring, child-friendly spaces at the hospital.

Just incredible.

Such tangible and impactful mission statements that we felt aligned so instinctively with our Foundation’s objectives and mission too.
We could envision the impact that being involved could truly have on these young children's lives, and we knew we needed to be a part of that.

Since becoming Changemakers, we have been involved in some incredible initiatives with the team.

One is the iMRI Appeal, to purchase a state-of-the-art intraoperative MRI scanner for their expert neurosurgeons to use during brain tumour and epilepsy surgery.

Another is an ongoing project called the ‘It Starts Here’ Appeal, that is focused on transforming the current main entrance at the Children’s Hospital into a world of wonder for the 100,000 brave young patients and their families that walk through the hospital front door each and every year. The goal of this appeal is to create a magical, child-friendly experience where patient fear and anxiety gives way to excitement and the journey towards recovery feels like an adventure!

We’re so excited to be able to continue taking you on this journey of the amazing things we’re involved in as Changemakers for Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity. There are some incredible things in the works, so watch this space.