12 noon to 6pm, Saturday 21st April, Parker’s Piece, Cambridge
Activities will include the first ever paintball tournament on Parker’s Piece, slides, rides, market stalls, live entertainment, food and drink plus a prize-packed raffle with a chance to win a week’s summer holiday accommodation in France and much more.
And it’s all for a very worthwhile cause. Profits from the event will benefit the Big Push for the Rosie Campaign that is aiming to raise £150,000 this year from the community to support the modernisation and expansion of the Rosie Hospital.
Construction to double the size of the Rosie – already recognised as one of the finest maternity hospitals in the country – is due for completion this summer. It will provide much-needed extra space and new facilities for the growing local population. The extra funds raised by the community will help to provide additional equipment and furnishings for the new hospital.
To support the fundraising, six students studying for a BA in Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Management at Anglia Ruskin University are organising the event as a key part of their final year programme.
Student Jonathan Marriott said: “The Rosie Campaign is the ideal cause to benefit from a community charity event that will be a lot of fun for local children and their families and friends. Local retailers, the City Council and the community have been so generous with their support. All the profits we raise will make a difference to help give babies born at the Rosie the best possible start in life. We hope as many people as possible will come along to enjoy a very special day out.”
The programme includes something for everyone. The paintball tournament is open to teams of five players aged 12 and above, with online pre-booking recommended. Other attractions will include music, games, an inflatable obstacle course, a large bouncy slide and face-painting, plus arts and crafts activities. Among the food stalls will be a hog roast and popular restaurant Nando’s will be serving its famous flame-grilled chicken.
The Rosie Campaign mascot – a six-foot larger than life white rabbit – will mingle with the crowd throughout the day, plus visitors will have a chance to buy Rosie Campaign wristbands and cuddly Rosie Rabbits.
Raffle prizes include a week’s accommodation for a family in a French cottage; a six-month gym membership from LA Fitness; plus meals, vouchers, jewellery, golf and plenty of other goodies. Raffle tickets will be on sale on the day and are also available online to buy now at: www.rosieinthepark.com
To find out more about Rosie in the Park, contact Jonathan Marriott, Anglia Ruskin University, tel: 07500 971275 or email enquiries@rosieinthepark.com
Website: www.rosieinthepark.com and keep in touch via Facebook and Twitter.
For more on the Rosie Campaign please go to: www.rosiecampaign.org.uk
The Rosie Campaign: The Rosie Hospital is recognised as one of the finest maternity hospitals in the country. Supported by charitable funding, the original Rosie Hospital opened in 1983, since when much has changed. It was designed for approximately 4,000 births a year. In 2010-11 almost 5,800 babies were born at the Rosie and by 2020 that number is expected to increase to 7,500. The new three-storey extension and modernisation programme will almost double the size of the existing maternity unit and mean the Rosie can continue to offer pregnant women, their partners and new babies the very best standard of care. Facilities will include:
· A brand new midwife-led birth centre with ten new en-suite rooms for women with a low risk pregnancy
· An expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with 58 cots for babies who are born early or in need of specialist attention
· A new residential centre with eight en-suite bedrooms, a rest area and kitchen. This will be available for parents that have babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
· A new Fetal Medicine and Day Assessment Unit for monitoring pregnant women and fetal development
· A dedicated counselling suite offering professional support when outcomes are not as planned.
For patients and staff these new world-class resources will make an enormous day-to-day difference. With extra space available, staff will be able to help more women give birth in the comfort of their local hospital. The transformed Rosie will be a regional centre of clinical excellence for training maternity, neonatal and gynaecological staff. Longer term it will also set new standards of care by advancing antenatal and neonatal development through research programmes.
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For more information contact:
Jonathan Marriott, Anglia Ruskin University, 07500 971275, enquiries@rosieinthepark.com
Rosie in the Park website: www.rosieinthepark.com
Rosie Campaign website: www.rosiecampaign.org.uk
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