Babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Grimsby hospital will benefit from a £25,000 donation thanks to a team of fundraisers.
Mike Croft, Managing Director of Grimsby Cars, and others have raised more than £70,000 for the Unit over the past eight years. This includes a record-breaking £25,000 from a family fun day held last year.
Organisers teamed up with Winner Winner Chicken Dinner to give away a Mini Cooper and the event also featured a charity football match, an auction and much more.
This year’s donation will go towards items and equipment on NICU, to help improve the experience our babies receive.
Mr Croft said: “I want to say massive thank you to everyone involved, especially Winner Winner Chicken Dinner. The amount of money raised from last year’s event far exceeded our expectations. It’s got bigger and bigger each year.
“The idea for raising money for NICU came from a couple of players on our Sunday league football team, who have children that have had to use the ward over the years. We wanted to give something back to say thank you for everything the wonderful staff do for the babies and their families.”
Previous items that have been purchased via the money raised include a machine to monitor what is going on in a baby’s brain, respiratory support machines and cuddling gowns for parents to be able to hold their babies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sarah Chapman, NICU manager, said: “It’s amazing how much money they have raised for us over the years. We will be using it to purchase vital equipment to benefit babies on the Unit. A big thank you to everyone involved.”
