Pictured above: (l-r) Fidelis Hynam (Business Development Manager Birmingham Children's Hospital), James Robinson (Investment Manager LDC) and Chlouise Pemberton

Birmingham Children's Hospital's quest to build the first hybrid cardiac theatre for children in the UK, has received more than £15,000 of additional funding support from the Midlands leading private equity provider LDC.

Strong supporters of Birmingham Children's Hospital since 2006, LDC's Birmingham-based team completed numerous physical, mental and largely exhausting challenges to contribute towards the hospital's specialist cardiac theatre build project, which is scheduled to launch in early 2012.

With children from all across Europe needing specialist treatment by Birmingham Children's Hospital's world class surgeons, the new larger state-of-the-art theatre will allow a greater number of patients to be treated at any one time, thereby successfully reducing waiting times for what can often be life-saving surgery. 

Having donated a combined total of more than £88,000 to Birmingham Children's Hospital over the last five years, the LDC team is now committed to an ambitious fundraising schedule for the remainder of 2011, which will see them running, walking and cycling their way towards their target total of more than £100,000.

Leading LDC's charitable campaign is James Robinson, who has also pledged to run the Birmingham half-marathon in October as well as the New York marathon in November in support of the hospital. James, who will soon start training for his marathon attempts, hopes to secure more than £5000 in his individual fundraising alone.

The LDC team will also take part in the infamous BRMB Walkathon in May, and will host golf days and quiz evenings which they hope will attract generous sponsorship support from portfolio companies, fellow professionals and friends.

Speaking of the team's fundraising objectives James Robinson, LDC said:

"Over the last few years, Birmingham Children's Hospital has become a firm fixture in LDC's charitable concern. The hospital provides astonishing paediatric care to some of the sickest children in the UK, and as a team we are currently committed to raising as much money as possible to help fund the hybrid cardiac theatre build project."

Fidelis Hynam, Corporate Fundraising Manager, Birmingham Children's Hospital added: 

"Having donated more than £88,000 to the hospital since 2006, I would like to sincerely thank LDC for being one of our most loyal supporters.

"The team was instrumental in supporting our Burn Centre Campaign back in 2007, when they raised more than £53,000 to help build a national centre of excellence for children suffering from horrific burns. Since then, their commitment to the hospital has been consistently reliable and we cannot thank them enough."