# Doctors raise awareness & funds for hospital with charity cook off

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/25/doctors-raise-awareness-funds-hospital-charity-cook-off/
- Published: 2016-05-25T09:03:18+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Three teams of consultants from different departments of Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital
for Sick Children (RHSC) have raised more than £8,700 for hospital charity Sick 
Kids Friends Foundation (SKFF) by swapping their stethoscopes for chef’s whites.**

 

The teams, from Haematology, Spinal Surgery/Respiratory, and Plastic Surgery, took
part in an awareness raising Ready, Steady, Cook style event that saw each one cook
one course of a three-course meal at the Edinburgh School of Food and Wine, guided
by chef Tony Singh (pictured). The venue, ingredients, chefs and drinks for the 
evening were all donated free of charge, and at the end of the meal, the guests 
were invited to donate what they thought each course was worth.

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The event aimed to raise awareness of the hospital’s upcoming move to a new site
to a handpicked audience of influencers and supporters. Before each course, a short
film of that team’s specialism was shown, explaining what they did and the impact
it had on the children they treated. The meal ended with a thank you film that explained
the move, and asked the audience for their help in spreading the word.

 

All funds raised will go towards supporting the RHSC’s move to a new, purpose built
home at Little France in 2017, for which SKFF has committed to contribute £2.9million
in enhancements, patient/family services and therapies.

 

Pippa Johnston, director of fundraising and marketing at SKFF, said:

 

> “We need to tell people in Edinburgh and the surrounding area that the hospital
> is moving to a new site so rather than just raise money, we wanted to use this
> as a talking event to raise awareness – we achieved both.”

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