5ps and 10ps raise £25k for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity

Slimming World’s 900,000 members raised £25,000 in just three months for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity.  The money will go towards some of the essential refurbishment and redevelopment of the hospital’s new cardiac ward.

Slimming World has set itself a target of raising £150,000 for the charity over the course of this year.

Slimming World donates 10p from the sale of every recipe book, and its members are invited to drop small change from their weekly £4.95 group membership payment into Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity branded donation boxes. The collection boxes have been available in all 16,000 of Slimming World’s local community groups.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity is a new partner for Slimming World in 2017 and, this year, the weight management organisation’s 900,000 members, 4,500 Consultants and 300 head office staff are raising money to support the hospital, as well as Cancer Research UK and the Irish Cancer Society. In 2016, Slimming World raised a life-changing £2.5 million for its charity partners.

Johanna Mather, who manages Slimming World’s national charity partnerships, says: “As the UK’s favourite way to lose weight we really want to change the world for the better. We’re absolutely thrilled that our members, Consultants and head office staff have raised so much money in such a short space of time for this incredible new unit, and we’re so pleased to be able to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity which offers first-class, life-saving clinical care to seriously ill children from across the UK. This donation shows that the small change donated through our ever-popular recipe books and colourful new donation boxes - created using artwork by children who visit the hospital - really does make a big difference.

“Now this fantastic first milestone donation has been made, our fundraising will continue and our aim then is to raise a further £125,000 to buy a vital piece of equipment – a brand new, high-resolution cardiac ultrasound machine for the hospital. The equipment will have huge benefits for even the smallest of hearts and we’re delighted to be involved with such a worthwhile cause.

Amit Aggarwall, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, says, “We’re delighted that Slimming World members have raised £25,000 so far. The money they raise is making a real difference to seriously ill children from across the UK and we are very grateful for their support.”