GP Surveyors are proud to have helped The Children’s Hospital Snowflake Appeal

GP Surveyors are proud to have helped The Children's Hospital Charity Snowflake Appeal celebrate its 20th year, by sponsoring one of their snowflakes! A big thanks to Nicki Swift for all your help securing our snowflake.

The snowflakes have now been switched on and are bringing festive cheer throughout South Yorkshire by illuminating multiple buildings across the region.?

GP Surveyors chose to support the charity again this year because of the amazing work that all the staff undertake. Unfortunately, several of the team have had cause to need this fantastic care this year, with one of the team being a regular visitor for the past few years.

Little Sidney, the son of Rebecca Reynard (Business Development Manager) and Grandson of Jacqui and Chris Johnson (Directors), was born with stage five chronic kidney disease and has required multiple visits to the hospital. He has always received first-rate care and the whole family has been provided with fantastic support.

Rebecca Reynard –?GP Surveyors “The Children’s Hospital have given me and my family so much, we just wanted to give something back and contribute towards helping others and what better way than to bring a bit of Christmas cheer with a twinkly snowflake!”

The big Snowflake switch-on took place on Monday 2nd of December with dozens of beautiful snowflakes lighting up the Sheffield Children’s Hospital. It was a fantastic festive occasion with the pavements outside the hospital, packed with well-wishers.

What began as four snowflake decorations on the Sheffield Children’s Hospital building in 2004 has grown massively over the last two decades. This year nearly five hundred Snowflakes are spread across the region.

The twinkling snowflakes are illuminating many buildings, including the Ryegate Children’s Centre, the Becton Centre for Children and Young People, Sheffield City Hall, St John’s Church, Owlerton Stadium, the Homes-by-Holmes building in Chesterfield, The Centre in Brinsworth and Woodhouse Community Hub and Library. This year due to popular demand the organisers have added new locations at Vicar Lane in Chesterfield, The Moor, and the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.

John Armstrong | Sheffield Children’s Hospital – Chief Executive “It is such a big part of our year here at Sheffield Children’s and it raises a huge amount… This year raising over ￡430,000 to help support Sheffield Children’s. It was a fantastic turnout, we had one of our biggest-ever crowds here watching the switch-on, and it is just fantastic, that the whole of Sheffield wants to get involved.”

This year’s snowflake appeal has been an immense success, seeing a whopping ￡434,000 raised to date, which will be going towards the building of the new National Centre for Child Health Technology. In total, the snowflake appeal has raised well over ￡2.9m for Sheffield Children’s Hospital since it first began in 2004.

Ruth Brown | Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trust – Chief Executive “Snowflakes switch on day, is a momentous day in our calendar every year. They are a beacon of hope. To everybody who supports us, individuals, businesses, schools, families, and everybody who has sponsored a snowflake, it means everything… they are sponsored by special people. To the children, the families, the people of Sheffield and far beyond, I know it means a lot to everybody.”

To support The Children’s Hospital Charity this Christmas visit their website https://www.tchc.org.uk/. There are numerous ways you can get involved and a fantastic online shop for Crimbo pressies https://tchc-shop.myshopify.com/!