Corporate supporters take to the seas in support of the Red & White Appeal

 Thanks to OnDeck, a group of representatives from eight companies who are supporting Southampton Hospital Charity’s Red & White Appeal| enjoyed a day’s sailing on board a Farr65 yacht in the Solent yesterday.

Setting sail from Cowes, Isle of Wight, representatives from BDO, Carswell Gould, the Coast 106 radio, the Daily Echo, Kiteleys solicitors, Red Funnel, Skandia and Southern Water joined members of the Southampton Hospital Charity team for an action-packed team building day on the water.

The day was organised by the charity as a way of thanking companies for supporting Red & White Appeal day which took place on Friday 4 March, and saw fundraising activities across the city and region, raising over £50,000.

Southampton Hospital Charity’s Red & White Appeal aims to create a specialist treatment centre for patients with leukaemia and other life threatening blood disorders at Southampton General Hospital. £2.2million is needed to fund the state of the art outpatient unit which will take patients from across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Wiltshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Channel Islands. 

Over £851,000 has been raised to date towards the £2.2million target, and the Charity hopes to complete the project and provide the very best facilities for these patients, as quickly as possible.

Fundraising manager, Carrie Bolt said “We were delighted to be joined by some of our corporate supporters who have made a real difference with their generous support of the Red & White Appeal. We would like to say a big thank you to everybody who came and made it such an enjoyable day, and of course to the team at OnDeck for providing us with this fantastic experience.”

Fancy your own team building challenge to raise money for the Red & White Appeal? Why not take on the three peaks challenge this September and climb the three highest peaks in the UK, all in 24 hours.  Find out more| or call 023 8079 8881.