Utilita’s Head Office in Eastleigh gifts a children’s electric ride-on car to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
The team at Utilita’s Head Office in Eastleigh, Hampshire, has gifted an electric ride-on car to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, to give children receiving critical care a chance to get in the fast lane.
Little ones being treated in the children’s ward at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital will be able to ride in the cars in dedicated breakout areas and use them to get to and from their treatment sessions.
The donation follows the gifting of two children’s toy cars to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth late last year, alongside the local Utilita Energy Hub in Gosport raising £2,701 during the first lockdown for the hospital charity. The cars were so well received by the children that the team at Utilita wanted to extend the donation to other areas of the UK where the smart energy supplier had a presence, including Hampshire.
Bill Bullen, Environmentalist and CEO of Utilita, commented: “It has been an extremely challenging 12 months for the NHS and we wanted to bring a smile on the faces of children being treated. The donation is merely a small gift from the business in supporting the amazing nurses and doctors for everything they have done. We will continue to help and support any local charities that need it.”
Leigh Rowsell, Director of Pearl Fit, who contributed to the supply of the cars, commented: “We at Pearl Fit Out are very pleased to have contributed alongside Utilita, to the supply of these cars for the various hospitals. We wanted to give something back to the NHS and this initiative by Utilita is certainly one that we were only too happy to get behind and support.
“It is a particularly difficult time for everyone, especially in hospitals at the moment, and the opportunity to give something to lift the spirits of children in hospitals across the country, is one that we at Pearl Fit Out are delighted to have be involved in.”
Since the start of the pandemic, the Utilita Head Office in Eastleigh has taken part in a series of charity initiatives and fundraising efforts, such as raising £2,496 as part of the Utilita Head-to-Head Challenge and £2,852 for The Prince’s Trust’s ‘Future Steps’ Challenge, to name just a couple. Gifting Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital with electric ride-on cars for the children to enjoy is the latest in its charity efforts, with plans to work more closely together moving forwards.
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