M6toll provide vital funding to The Myton Hospices
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £1500 to The Myton Hospices supporting their inpatient units.
Myton has two inpatient units in Warwick and Coventry. Both have teams of nurses, doctors and other health care professionals who specialise in helping patients and their loved ones to manage difficult symptoms, deal with any physical pain and reduce emotional distress. Their inpatient units also provide end of life care. In the year to 31st March 2020, 1,399 people received care at Myton, with 581 admissions to the inpatient unit consultant led beds. Patients in the Inpatient Units usually stay for around 10 days during which they aim to relieve their symptoms and control their pain. About half of them will then be able to go home while the rest will have spent their final days in Myton.
All of the inpatient services are provided free of charge; this includes relatives’ accommodation which is available in each hospice for family members who may not be local and wish to be with a loved one at the end of their life. Charlotte Ingram, Director of Income Generation at Myton, said: “We cannot thank M6toll enough for their support. We have to raise £9.2million this year to continue providing our services to people with life limiting illnesses, and their families, free of charge. Support from businesses like M6toll is invaluable and enables us to be here for people when they need us most, now and in the future”.
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “The services that Myton Hospices provide to the patients in their care is incredible and we are delighted to be able to provide funding to support the In-patient units which are vital to their patients and families”.
More information about The Myton Hospices can be found here www.mytonhospice.org/about-us/.
Since the M6toll opened 16 years ago, operators Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) have donated more than £1million to local good causes.
Last year, M6toll’s online scheme saw £20,000 given to ‘charity of the year’ Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, and dozens of smaller awards made to community projects. To find out more or to nominate a local project to receive funding please visit our Drive for Charity page.
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Back to newsM6toll support Caudwell Children with vital funding
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £1,500 to Caudwell Children to assist with supporting disabled children in urgent need of emotional and practical support during this challenging COVID-19 period.
Caudwell Children transforms the lives of disabled children across the UK acting as a safety net for families who are unable to gain the help they need. Founded in March 2000, Caudwell Children aims to change the futures of all disabled children providing access to the services, equipment, therapies and treatments they need. With an estimated 800,000 disabled children in the UK, many disabled children and their families are feeling isolated during this current period of national disruption and uncertainty.
The increased burden placed on the NHS and social services by the coronavirus outbreak means that many services for disabled children will be adversely impacted for the foreseeable future, so they need Caudwell Children’s help more than ever. Caudwell Children is supporting disabled children and families through the crisis with a short breaks service via video call, access to legal advice, home activity packs and a live chat service.
Paul Deakin, Partnerships Manager at Caudwell Children said: “Everyone at Caudwell Children was thrilled to hear that we’d been awarded £1,500 from the M6toll’s Drive for Charity scheme.
This money is vital, as it will help support disabled children in urgent need of emotional and practical support during this challenging COVID19 period. Our thanks go out to everyone at Midland Expressway for kindly supporting our children and families!”
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “We are so proud to be able to support this amazing charity who assist disabled children, ensuring they gain access to vital services and care. We hope our funding will support the charity during these challenging times ensuring disabled children receive the emotional and practical support they require”.
More information about Caudwell Children can be found here
Since the M6toll opened 16 years ago, operators Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) have donated more than £1million to local good causes.
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Back to newsM6toll announce plans for the future of Charity campaign
M6toll announce plans for the future of their Drive for Charity campaign
Britain’s only privately funded motorway has today announced that they will be continuing with their successful campaign to support a wide range of community projects, charities and voluntary organisations across the Midlands.
Unfortunately, with the outbreak of Covid-19, Midland Expressway Limited (MEL), operators of the M6toll, reluctantly made the decision to postpone the launch of their main Charity Partner scheme, which was due to see their online competition go live in March.
Andy Cliffe, chief executive of M6toll, said: “During these unprecedented and uncertain times, we took the decision to explore our options with our current Charity Partner until we are in a position to effectively communicate the scheme with other charities. We are delighted to announce that we will be extending our partnership with Midlands Air Ambulance Charity for an additional 12 months, helping them further the Sky Champs initiative, benefitting local schools.”
MEL will be continuing their support of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) with a further donation of £15,000 through their Drive for Charity Scheme, partnering the existing Sky Champs educational campaign which offers engaging activities for Early Years and Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils designed in line with the national curriculum. The Sky Champs educational packs have become an invaluable resource for many families over the past few months with over 220 packs being distributed to aide those who have been home schooling.
As part of their on-going Drive for Charity campaign, MEL will continue to run with the current In the Community and On the Road schemes. Andy added: “In recent months we have seen an increase in appeals for help from local smaller charities and organisations who are struggling to cope with the effects of C-19 them being unable to carry out their usual fundraising activities and are having to respond to an increased need for their services.
MEL’s commitment to the welfare of our local community doesn’t end when people drive through the toll booths. They care about the towns and villages surrounding the motorway and their Drive For Charity campaign is designed to support them.
Throughout the year around £33,000 will be distributed through the scheme, with a further £3,000 set aside for charity appeals suggested by M6toll staff.
Nominations for monthly Drive For Charity in the Community funding can be made here.
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Back to newsSupporting Ambulance Staff Charity Covid-19 Response Fund
M6toll support The Ambulance Staff Charity Covid-19 Response Fund
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £1000 to The Ambulance Staff Charity supporting their recently established Covid-19 Response Fund.
The Ambulance Staff Charity established the Fund to support ambulance service personnel during these unprecedented times. They wish to raise funds that will be used to continue to deliver high quality support in strained circumstances, helping to minimise anxiety and ensure the health and well-being of serving ambulance staff at this time of crisis.
Ambulance staff who dedicate their lives to supporting and saving others are themselves in need of support during this challenging time, so that they can continue to help the most vulnerable people in society. By donating to this Fund, MEL will be providing emergency funds to help the Ambulance Services across the UK who are striving to cope with the demands of fighting this pandemic. The support provided includes Mental Health support -psychological support for ambulance staff struggling with stress related illness or struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Counselling; Physical rehabilitation for ambulance staff injured in the line of duty; Welfare support/Debt Advice and financial grants and most sadly because its needed bereavement support for the families that are left behind when a loved one passes away.
Jasmin Rana, Director of Income Generation and Supporter Engagement at TASC said “We would like to thank everyone at M6toll Drive for Charity for awarding TASC, The Ambulance Staff Charity £1,000 through their community scheme. These vital funds will support Ambulance Service Personnel during these unprecedented times with mental health, counselling and welfare support, when they need it most. At this challenging time for us all, we’re determined to do everything we can to help our remarkable ambulance staff leading the fight on the front line, so that they can continue to help the most vulnerable people in society.”
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “During these extraordinary times it is so important that we come together to support local charities who are providing such a vital service, especially those key workers in our communities who are working tirelessly to keep us all safe and well. We are so proud to support the Ambulance Staff Charity and the amazing work they do for us all.”
More information about The Ambulance Staff Charity can be found here https://www.theasc.org.uk/what-we-do/
Since the M6toll opened 16 years ago, operators Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) have donated more than £1 million to local good causes, including Acorns Children Hospice.
Last year, M6toll’s online scheme saw £20,000 given to ‘charity of the year’ Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, and dozens of smaller awards made to community projects. To find out more or to nominate a local project to receive funding please visit www.m6toll.co.uk/about-us/drive-for-charity/
Back to newsM6toll support Blood Bikes during Covid-19
M6toll support Staffordshire, Shropshire & Cheshire Blood Bikes during Covid-19
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £750 to SSCBB to support them during these unprecedented times whilst they assist the NHS Trusts with PPE deliveries and Covid-19 testing.
SSCBB are currently exceptionally busy, in addition to their normal urgent deliveries they are carrying Covid 19 samples for testing, with their bikes regularly en route to Birmingham Patology labs. SSCBB are also assisting with the delivery of urgently needed PPE to the NHS Trusts in Shropshire Staffordshire and Cheshire.
SSCBB is an urgent 100% volunteer service which uses liveried blood bikes to deliver medical samples, blood, platelets, donated frozen breast milk and other urgent items to NHS hospitals across Shropshire Staffordshire and Cheshire. Launched in 2014, it recently reached its 20,000 delivery. It serves Burton NHS Trust, the University Hospitals of North Midlands including the Royal Stoke Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford.
During these uncertain times, they have been unable to carry out their usual face to face fundraising and with fuel costs increasing due to an increased need for their service, donations such as these from MEL are vitally important.
Lynne Stone, Trustee of SSCBB, responsible for fundraising efforts said “We are indebted to the M6toll Drive for Charity In the Community scheme for their generous donation. It comes at a time when we are unable to do our usual face to face fundraising and the funds will go towards keeping our blood bikes operational. Demands on our urgent service are high at present, in addition to our usual deliveries for our local NHS hospitals we have been called upon to deliver Covid 19 samples for testing and to deliver urgently needed PPE. ”
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “During these unprecedented times it is vital that we support local charities who are providing such a vital service to our NHS Trusts. We are so proud to support SSCBB and the amazing work they do in the local community.”
More information about SSCBB can be found here https://ssbbgroup.org.uk
Since the M6toll opened 16 years ago, operators Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) have donated more than £1million to local good causes.
Last year, M6toll’s online scheme saw £20,000 given to ‘charity of the year’ Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, and dozens of smaller awards made to community projects. To find out more or to nominate a local project to receive funding please visit www.m6toll.co.uk/about-us/drive-for-charity/
Alternatively, check out some more of our Drive for Charity Work Here.
Back to newsM6toll support Royal Voluntary Service during Covid-19
M6toll support the Royal Voluntary Service during Covid-19
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £750 to the Royal Voluntary Service to support them during these unprecedented times whilst they continue to support and assist those vulnerable, older people in the community.
Prior to Covid-19 the Royal Voluntary Service ran 11 cafes and 13 activity clubs for vulnerable older people in Birmingham, due to social distancing the charity have had to adapt their support, with staff and volunteers now making well-being calls to all their clients each day whilst also delivering food, essential items and medicines. The donation from the M6toll will help the charity to continue with this support system now and after Covid-19, ensuring that older people can return to café’s and social club safely in the future.
The Royal Voluntary Service support older, vulnerable people in the community through their network of volunteers running social clubs, dementia café’s and helping with practical support such as shopping, prescriptions and befriending. They also run Royal Voluntary Service shops and café’s in hospitals including Royal Orthopaedic, Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Bromsgrove Hospital and Selly Oak Artificial Limb Centre, providing affordable healthy food to patients, visitors and NHS staff, most of these are run by our volunteers.
Stacey Smalley, Regional Fundraising Manager for the Midlands at RVS said “On behalf of the staff, volunteers and clients at Royal Voluntary Service, I would like to thank the M6toll for their generous donation of £750 in support of our emergency appeal during the Coronavirus Pandemic. You have helped to ensure our services can adapt and continue throughout these challenging times. Our Community-based teams, including volunteers, are working tirelessly to ensure that despite these uncertain and anxious times, older people in Birmingham do not have to face them alone. Currently we have services supporting older people in the local community and the NHS. Thanks to the M6toll’s support we are able to adapt these services to this new way of living and ensure isolation doesn’t mean coping alone.”
Jo Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “During these unprecedented times it is vital that we support local charities who are providing such a vital service to vulnerable people in our community. We are so proud to support the Royal Voluntary Service and the amazing work they do for our local community.”
More information about the Royal Voluntary Service can be found here https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Since the M6toll opened 16 years ago, operators Midland Expressway Limited (MEL) have donated more than £1million to local good causes.
Last year, M6toll’s online scheme saw £20,000 given to ‘charity of the year’ Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, and dozens of smaller awards made to community projects. To find out more or to nominate a local project to receive funding please visit www.m6toll.co.uk/about-us/drive-for-charity/
You Can Read Another Drive for Charity Article Here.
Back to newsM6toll support helps patients keep in touch with loved ones
Midland Expressway Ltd (operators of the M6toll) have shown their support to University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) Charity by providing a donation of £1,500 through their Drive for Charity In the Community scheme.
The donation will be used to buy tablets that will allow older patients across the Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals to communicate with their families whilst in hospital.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, patients across University Hospitals Birmingham have been unable to receive visits from their loved ones. UHB Charity has asked for support to fund iPads and other tablets that will allow patients to see their families through video calls, helping them to keep in contact whilst in hospital.
Laura Power, Fundraising Manager at Good Hope Hospital Charity, said: “Our thanks go to everyone who voted for our Charity from M6toll. The generous donation that we’ve received will allow us to fund tablets for more patients across our hospitals, helping to give them the comfort of speaking and seeing their loved ones through this difficult time.”
Many patients have already benefitted from the tablets, amongst them is Gladys, who was able to speak to her family after not seeing them for two weeks whilst she was in hospital.
Natalie Morton, Ward Manager for Ward West One at QEHB, said: “We have been using the tablets daily and it’s been so useful at this difficult time helping patients to keep in touch with their family. It’s been so lovely to see our patients happily talking to their families during such an uncertain time.
“Some of our patients are in hospital for a very long time, so having these tablets is invaluable to those who want to keep in touch with their families.”
Joanne Brett, MEL Social Committee Member added: “We are so proud to be providing support to our local NHS in these challenging and uncertain times. We hope that our donation will bring their patients some happiness allowing them to communicate and keep in touch with their loved ones ”.
MEL’s donation forms part of a wider initiative to support local schools and community projects. MEL’s Social Committee is always on the lookout for local charities and community projects to support. To register your charity or community project with MEL for consideration to receive fundraising or practical (volunteering) support now or in the future visit Drive for Charity for further information.
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Back to newsM6toll Supports Local Children’s Hospice
As part of the M6toll’s Drive for Charity ‘In the Community’ funding, Midland Expressway Ltd (MEL); operators of the M6toll have provided £1,500 to Acorns Children’s Hospice.
Members of MEL’s Social Committee visited Acorns hospice in the Black Country, based in Walsall, this week to meet with their team and gain a better understanding of the specialist care and support they provide to local children and families.
MEL’s £1,500 will be utilised for the essential care and support of one child for two days, which includes bereavement care for families, the running and maintenance of hydrotherapy pools and hydro-spa, community support for families and support towards the laundry provision at two hospices.
Karen Larkin, HR Business Partner at MEL said: “We are delighted to support Acorns, it was extremely emotional to see first-hand the home-from-home environment and the individual care which the Walsall team provides.”
Rachel Learmonth, Partnership Officer (Trusts & Major Donors) at Acorns, said: “It was wonderful to welcome members of MEL’s Social Committee to our hospice in the Black Country so they could see for themselves how this fantastic donation will be spent.
“As a charity we rely on generous donations by local businesses and the community to raise the funds we need each day to run our hospices and provide our care and support services. So, this money will make a real difference to the children and families who need us.”
Acorns Children’s Hospice provides specialist palliative care for life limited and life threatened babies, children and young people across the West Midlands, as well as support for their families. This lifeline care is offered from its three hospices, based in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester, and in the community. In the past year, the charity has cared for more than 780 children and over 1,220 families, including those who are bereaved.
For more information on how you can support Acorns, please visit www.acorns.org.uk. To read more on our community work, Click Here.
Back to newsLocal Activity Centre Trust receives cash boost from M6toll
Staff from Midland Expressway Ltd (operators of the M6toll) recently visited Beaudesert Activity Centre after providing the Trust with £1500 towards their fundraising campaign.
Midland Expressway Limited’s (MEL) donation was a great boost to the Trust whose volunteers will now be able to begin work on building a grass sledging run for their young visitors.
Beaudesert Activity Centre is run and managed by the Beaudesert Trust and is a 130 acre site on the edge of Cannock Chase which provides fun and adventure for 60,000 young people a year. The Trust was founded to manage lands gifted for use by scouts, guides and other youth organisations.
In its 75 years it has provided visitors with exciting and safe day visits and overnight camping and residential experiences. The Beaudesert Trust is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable environment to promote learning and development of young people, working with groups such as the scouts, guides, youth groups, schools, colleges, and the Prince’s Trust.
Jeremy Cotton, Chairman said: “Beaudesert Outdoor Activity Centre is very grateful for the donation of £1500 from Midland Expressway Ltd. The grass sledging run will add a dimension of excitement for our young visitors and specifically build upon self-confidence and teamwork!”
Stuart Spence, MEL Social Committee Member added: “It was a real pleasure to visit the Beaudesert Activity Centre and hear about the exciting activities that are available to young people and groups such as The Princes Trust. Our Drive for Charity campaign is all about supporting projects and people within the towns and villages surrounding the toll road, so we are pleased to have been able to make this contribution.”
More information about Beaudesert Activity Centre can be found here http://www.beaudesert.org/. Alternatively, discover more of the Great Work Funded By Drive For Charity Here.
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