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Ted's Big Day Out! is the annual fundraising day for The Forever Friends Appeal. People from all over the Royal United Hospital’s catchment area take their teddies to work or school and engage in a variety of fundraising activities, to raise tens of thousands of pounds for the Appeal in just one day!
The festivities first began back in 1999, when supporters made donations to take their teddies out and about for the day. Local people from across the region quickly got on board with the event, so much so that in 2001, over 70,000 participants from across Bath, Bristol, Somerset and Wiltshire joined in the fun! They celebrated Ted’s special day by undertaking all sorts of fundraising antics and raised over £67,000! Over the years, celebrities including Ross Kemp, Jamie Cullum and Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen have all taken their bears out for the day in support of the Appeal.
On Ted’s Big Day Out! Wherever you are in the catchment area of the Royal United Hospital, (and much further a field) you will be surrounded by fundraisers! From businesses to schools, friends and family to community groups, there are ways for absolutely everyone to take part. Your support enables The Forever Friends Appeal to provide state-of-the-art medical equipment and facilities for key departments across the hospital, allowing us to help the 500,000 people who rely on the RUH for acute care.
As with last year, money raised from Ted’s Big Day Out! 2009 will go to the NICU ‘space to grow’ Campaign which aims to fundraise £4.7 million to build a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the RUH. The current facilities lack adequate space and are far too noisy and warm, making the care of our tiniest babies particularly challenging. With your help on Ted’s Big Day Out! 2009, we can raise the crucial funds needed for a new, bigger and environmentally friendly NICU that will provide these babies with the best possible start in life.
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