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Harlequin Fundraising Chosen By Addenbrooke's

We are delighted to announce that Harlequin Fundraising has been selected by Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust.

One of the largest and best known hospitals in the country, Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge has a reputation world-wide as one of the foremost university teaching hospitals.  They are one of only five comprehensive biomedical research centres in the UK, undertaking world-class research.

Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust is the charity for Addenbrooke's Hospital and its associated hospitals.  Its objective is to support and promote the work of the hospitals for the benefit of patients and staff, by raising extra funds to enhance services, facilities and research.

The charity has recently appointed Peter Dalton as Director of Fundraising.  Peter was previously Director of Fundraising for Austin Health in Australia where he created the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre Appeal; an international fundraising campaign for the AUD$120 million Olivia Newton-John Cancer Centre.

We look forward to working with Chief Executive Keith Day, Peter, and the fundraising team.

 

Herriot Country in October

Such a lovely trip is what faces the lucky Harlequin team who installs and trains the fundraisers at our latest client, Herriot Hospice Homecare, which is situated in the picturesque market town of Northallerton in the midst of James Herriot’s North Yorkshire countryside.

Based at the Friarage Hospital, Herriot Hospice Homecare supports patients with life-limiting illness and their carers in their own homes.

It is an exciting period of change for the warm and friendly Herriot team, led by director Liz Pollard, as they are about to move premises and expand their fundraising plans and we are delighted to have been chosen to play an integral part.

 

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals choose Harlequin

We are pleased to announce that Harlequin Fundraising and Harlequin Charitable Accounting have been chosen by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Harlequin Fundraising is to be used by the Rosemere Cancer Foundation which raises money for research, patient welfare projects, additional equipment and training - not just in the Cancer Centre in Preston, but in the local Cancer Units throughout Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Our Charitable Accounting software will provide the trust with a seamless integration from entering donations all the way through to producing the accounts.

We look forward to working with both Chief Officer Sue Thompson and her team at Rosemere and Karen Genge and her team in Financial Services.

 

At The House of St Barnabas

The House of St Barnabas, a charity that has been helping homeless people change their lives for over 160 years, has joined the Harlequin club.

The house started out as a residential hostel but in recent years the trustess have amended the charity's objectives to craete a centre offering life skills, training, personal development and career paths for London's homeless people and those in crisis.

In addition to its mainstream fundraising, the charity hires out suites in the grand 18th century Grade 1 listed building, which is centrally situated in London's Soho, for private events, from corporate hospitality to intimate dinners.

It is a really exciting and busy phase in the house's history and everything is advancing at a pace.  The team there decided they needed an advanced integrated system to tie together all the various aspects of venue hire, income generation and their volunteer programme.  We are very pleased to have been selected.

 

On Your Marks at St Kentigern's

It is appropriate in Olympic month that a charity we see as very much “under starter’s orders” are about to set off on a quest to achieve new targets and set new records.

St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaph, North Wales have recently appointed Sarah Jones as their new Income Generation manager. Sarah joins fundraiser Jackie Jeffery to form a new fundraising combination full of potential. You only have to be around this fledgling team for five minutes to realize that the hospice’s fundraising is about to be transformed.

Sarah and Jackie both attended our presentation at Le Manoir in June where we showcased our new upgrade which includes several features synonymous with hospice fundraising. Soon after came their decision to recommend Harlequin Fundraising software to the hospice’s board of trustees.

We are delighted to announce the decision was ratified last week via a handshake between Acting Chair of the Board David Owen and Harlequin M.D. Tom Ellis.

This is an exciting evolution for St Kentigern’s fundraising and we are very much looking forward to helping Sarah and Jacquie as they set about achieving their goals.

 

Harlequin Announces Sponsorship of Institute of Fundraising's North West Conference

We are pleased to announce our sponsorship of the Institute of Fundraising’s North West conference. The 2 day event takes place on 4th and 5th of November at the Netherwood hotel, Grange over Sands, Cumbria.

This year’s conference offers delegates plenary sessions, 18 workshops, an a la carte dinner, and ample opportunity for networking.

We look forward to greeting many of our clients and meeting a lot of new faces.

 

Institute of Fundraising's National Convention

The Harlequin red and yellow diamond logo was to the fore as we enjoyed a marvellous 3 days at the Institute of Fundraising’s National Convention at the Hilton Metropole, London.

Exhibiting at the Expo, we showcased our new upgrade to both existing clients and fundraisers new to us and we were both delighted with and excited by the response it received.

The National Convention is a tremendous event for fundraisers of all levels offering as it does the knowledge base of a variety of national and internationally renowned speakers and being a sounding board of all things new in professional fundraising.

As usual the event was meticulously organised by Jane Lenny and her IOF team to whom we would like to send our thanks.

 

Ronald McDonald House Charities choose Harlequin

Ronald McDonald House Charities have chosen Harlequin Fundraising.

RMHC was established in the UK in 1989 as an independent, registered charity supporting families with children in hospital. The charity provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for the families of children requiring in-patient care in hospitals and hospices across the UK.

There are currently 12 Ronald McDonald Houses and 29 sets of Ronald McDonald Family Rooms across the UK. To date RMHC UK has helped to establish over 40 accommodation projects around the UK providing over 300 bedrooms every night for families to stay in.

The system is to be accessed by the fundraisers at the charity's headquarters in North Finchley and by house managers around the country who (using a specially written booking module) will be organising room occupancy.

We are looking forward to working with Jo Hodges, Head of Fundraising (Capital), and her team at an exciting time in the charity's development.

 

Not 1, not 2 but 3 new hospital charities choose Harlequin

Three more hospital charities have joined out already large group of healthcare clients.

In the north east both Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust, which administers the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Appeal, and Newcastle Healthcare have chosen both our Fundraising and Charitable Accounting systems.

Similarly Kingston Hospital, in south London, who are already using our Charitable Accounting system, have now selected Harlequin Fundraising to create a completely integrated charity solution ready for their forthcoming appeal.

 

The Forces Pension Society Marches In Step With Harlequin

The Forces Pension Society are the latest organization to enlist with Harlequin Fundraising.  Formed in 1946, the society’s main “raison d’etre” is to protect the Service pension interests of all members of the Armed Forces and their dependants.

The body, which enjoys a large and thriving membership, plays a leading campaigning role in ensuring fair pension rights for the future and is a source of both reference and assistance for members with forces pension problems.

Not for the first time our fundraising software with its strong CRM based ethos has been selected for a membership-based organization and we are looking forward to playing our part in the society’s modernization plans.

 

The Tourism and Conservation Partnership move forward with Harlequin

The Tourism and Conservation Partnership is a not for profit organization, based in Ambleside, Cumbria, that works with tourism and related businesses, encouraging both fundraising for landscape conservation, and the development of environmentally sustainable practices within the industry.

They deal with businesses and conservation organizations, motivating the former to support conservation and environmental initiatives and encouraging the latter to consider the possibilities of private sector support.

We are delighted to have been chosen by the Partnership team (Claire, Tori and Sarah) for their fundraising software and now all we have to decide is which Harlequins have to survive the “awful ordeal” of three days in the glorious Lake District right by Lake Windemere in the Spring.

 

Laura Crane Trust hits the new year running

Cancer is the most common form of non accidental death in teenagers and young adults.  The Laura Crane Trust funds research specifically into cancers affecting people in this age group.  Additionally the trust funds measures to improve the lives of the young patients while they are undergoing treatment and in the aftermath of their illness.

We are very pleased to announce that Harlequin Fundraising has been chosen by the Laura Crane Trust and we look forward to working with Jacquie, Malcolm and their team from January.

 

Hospices of Hope choose Harlequin

Hospices of Hope is a UK registered charity which seeks to improve the quality of life for terminally ill patients and their families in South Eastern Europe through both the provision of and increased access to hospice/ palliative care and training.

In addition to the 10,000 patients who have been looked after by their partner hospice services, their Centre for Excellence has to date also trained over 4,000 doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals from Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, Greece and Albania in palliative care.

We are delighted that they have chosen Harlequin which is to be accessed by their administrative teams in England, Scotland, Romania, Serbia and in the U.S.A.

 

Harlequin Slots Into Place At Jigsaw

The Jigsaw Support Scheme is the latest charity to choose Harlequin.

Based in Mansfield, Jigsaw offers low-level support to vulnerable adults over the age of 18 who want to remain independent in their own home.  The support they offer encompasses a wide range of issues with the ultimate aim being to help and encourage people to lead an improved quality of life.

We are delighted that Jigsaw have selected us and look forward to working with the team in their fundraising endeavours.

 

HMS Whimbrel Project Launches With Harlequin

HMS Whimbrel Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (1942-1949) is launching a £2 million fundraising initiative to save one of the last remaining escort vessels of the Second World War to be berthed in Canning Dock right in the heart of the City of Liverpool. The HMS Whimbrel will provide an extraordinary edition to existing maritime activities in the city such as the Maritime Museum and Western Approaches.

The HMS Whimbrel project aims to return the Black Swan class sloop to her former operating base in the City of Liverpool. There she will become a visitor attraction, educational centre, and the only Battle of the Atlantic Memorial in the UK.

Transferred to the Egyptian Navy in 1949 and now awaiting disposal in Alexandria dockyard, HMS Whimbrel is virtually unchanged from her Battle of the Atlantic days and forms a unique part of both our social and maritime history

We are delighted to announce that the HMS Whimbrel project have chosen Harlequin to provide their fundraising database and really look forward to working with chief fundraiser Claire Bevan as she sets out on her journey to secure the funds and bring an iconic symbol of British seafaring endeavour home where she belongs!

 

Imagine Appeal's White Ball A Triumph

From the white mannequins lining the drive as you approached the grandeur of Knowsley House to the internationally acclaimed entertainment provided by Jools Holland, the recently held Imagine Appeal’s inaugural White Ball was a huge triumph raising in excess of £800,000.

Guests were greeted and led into a champagne reception held in the glamorous environment of a snow-white marquee in the centre of which was a white piano evoking memories of the iconic video that accompanied the John Lennon classic “Imagine”.

The guests, numbering 700, then took their seats in the accompanying marquee, imaginatively laid out in black and scarlet, and enjoyed a superb silver service dinner, each course intertwined with speeches and songs from well-known celebrities from Liverpool or in some way connected to Alder Hey.

The honorary patron of the Imagine Appeal, Yoko Ono, made an impassioned speech prior to Hollywood actor David Morrisey introducing a video presentation of the work that the hospital carries out. A unique auction followed in which guests were asked to bid for much needed pieces of equipment for different hospital departments.

The event was then left in the capable hands of Jools Holland who with his 14 piece orchestra entertained the charity’s supporters until carriages at 1 am.

The Imagine Appeal team use Harlequin Fundraising software. We congratulate them on the terrific success of the White Ball, a tribute to their hard work and meticulous planning.

www.imagineappeal.com

 

The Children's Heart Surgery Fund Joins the Fold

We are delighted to announce that the Children's Heart Surgery Fund (CHSF) is the latest charity to choose Harlequin for their fundraising database.

Based at the Yorkshire Heart Centre within Leeds General Infirmary, the charity, which celebrates its 20th birthday next year, funds valuable equipment, resources and research for the treatment of children with heart defects and provides a happy and relaxed atmosphere within the hospital for both children and their families.

Head of fundraising Sharon Cheng and her team are already up and running with the system and we look forward to helping them as they develop their future plans and raise the charity's profile to a wider audience.

 

All Systems Go at Life Education Dorset

Harlequin has been chosen as the new fundraising database for Life Education Dorset, an independent and self-supporting branch of a national charity working in partnership with schools and the community to help children between the ages of 3 and 11 make informed healthy choices.

They are the only organisation that supports schools in meeting the national curriculum and government guidelines for health and drug education to children of primary school age.

Using high tech mobile classrooms, fun-filled programmes and specially trained Educators, they work with over 200 schools and 42,000 children across Dorset every year.

Working as they do in a beautiful part of the country near Chesil Beach there was no shortage of Harlequin team members all vying to work with executive director, Penny Leyland and her fundraising team as they build a new database infrastructure to raise the charity’s profile and manage an on-going schedule of events.

 

Harlequin Welcomes Nightingale House Hospice

Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham has chosen Harlequin for their fundraising software.

As with every hospice, Nightingale House relies heavily on voluntary contributions and employs a raft of innovative ideas to attract and maintain public support.  Amongst the many events they are holding this year are a Ladies Midnight Walk, It's A Knockout and an Autumn Ball. Additionally the month of June has been designated Yellow Month and is a focal point of community fundraising activities.

We welcome them to the fold and look forward to working with them.

 

Exciting Times At Hammersmith Hospital

To celebrate the centenary of the hospital, the trustees of the hospital's charitable fund have, in collaboration with Imperial College (one of the top 3 biomedical research institutes in the world), launched the Hammersmith Centenary Cancer Project.

Their goal is to build a new £35 million Centre for Women's Cancers - the only one of its kind anywhere in the UK - which will give the hospital the facilities they need in order to accelerate their research.

New fundraising director, Veronica Warner, and her team have wasted no time in getting the project kick-started and Harlequin is proud to announce its selection as the fundraising database of choice.