NatWest are the charity partner of the year!

This year, NatWest in Birmingham have chosen the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity as their charity partner of the year.

The company decided on QEHB Charity as their charity partner of the year as Jackie Wilkes’, Portfolio Manager at NatWest in Birmingham, daughter was involved in an awful car accident and was treated here at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Jackie’s daughter, Rebecca, was injured nearly four years ago when her car overturned and smashed through a fence which almost decapitated her.

Rebecca’s life was saved by the staff on the trauma units at QEHB and she has so far been taking part in fundraising events to raise money for the hospital and Brachial Plexus as the injury caused paralysis in her left arm.

After spending over two weeks in intensive care and choosing to go through a 14 hour nerve transplant operation to try and get parts of her arm moving again, Rebecca, her mother Jackie and NatWest are determined to raise money for the hospital that saved her life.

During 2019, the team at NatWest are pledging to raise money for the trauma wards at QEHB and help try to fund something the team really need on the ward that will help provide the best possible care for the patients who are treated there every day.

Rebecca will also be taking part in the SimplyHealth Great Birmingham 10K for the Charity with one of her friends.
The team will be taking part in various events throughout the year including fun runs, Smarties September, bake sales and maybe even climbing Mount Snowdon!

As well as this, the group have ‘make a difference’ days at work so will be spending their charity days volunteering with us at the Green Spaces and learning more about why we have them and what benefits they are to patients, staff and families that visit the hospital.

To find out more about events that you can take part in, please visit hospitalcharity.org/events.

Pictures: the team at NatWest who kickstarted the fundraising for QEHB Charity.