HQ Theatres raise £93,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity
05 July 2011
Nick Thomas, Derek Nicholls and the HQ Theatre & Venue Directors present a cheque for £93,068.14 to Jilly Hale and Debbie Goddard from Great Ormond Street Hospital. The sum was raised by HQ Theatres and Qdos Pantomimes between October 2010 and March 2011.
Since the beginning of April to the end of June 2011, HQ Theatres have raised an additional £14,100.
When Rosemary Squire, Chair of the Theatres for Theatres Board approached me seeking help to raise money for the charity’s Theatres for Theatres Appeal I did not hesitate to offer our support. In recent years, through our Pantomime Division, we
have raised money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal, the EABF (the Royal Variety Show charity) and we have supported the Tickets for Troops initiative, so the Qdos family has a very proud record in assisting national charities.
What makes our involvement in the Theatres for Theatres Appeal so special is the difference we can make to some very sick children and their families. Through helping to fund world-class facilities, we are supporting the excellent work of the entire staff of
Great Ormond Street Hospital as they treat children with complex and often life-threatening conditions.
I am delighted that the Qdos Entertainment Group is involved in the Theatres for Theatres Appeal, pleased that audience exit collections, through our theatres, form the cornerstone of our fundraising campaign, and very proud of the many outstanding fundraising initiatives that our colleagues throughout the Qdos Entertainment Group are undertaking.
Thank you to all of my colleagues and a very special thanks to the fundraising co-ordinators at each of the theatres and venues.
Nick Thomas
Chairman,
Qdos Entertainment Group
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