Rolls-Royce chooses to support Portsmouth neonatal charity for 2018
AN ORGANISATION supporting neonatal intensive units has been selected as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars charity of the year.
Ickle Pickles, which works with Queen Alexandra Hospital, in Cosham, Portsmouth, will benefit from the car firm’s fundraisers this year.
Colleagues at the Home of Rolls-Royce, at Goodwood, vote for their house charity every year through a company-wide nomination process and this year’s winning charity is Ickle Pickles.
Rolls-Royce colleague Mike Nunn knows how important the work of the charity is. His wife recently had twins born at 28 weeks and received support from the neonatal unit at QA Hospital.
Mike said: ‘Our son weighed 1.1kg and our daughter 590g.
‘Both are now home after six months and are doing remarkably well.
‘By supporting Ickle Pickles, we allow other parents who face the same journey the opportunity to benefit from the charity’s help and support.’
Lorraine Blackburn, from the charity, welcomed the support from Rolls-Royce.
She said: ‘We raise money to purchase life-saving equipment for premature and sick babies.
‘We were thrilled to hear Rolls-Royce has chosen Ickle Pickles as its house charity.
‘We are extremely grateful and this will make such a difference to the units we support.’
Last year, employees raised more than £25,000 for its chosen charity.