The Royal Hospital for Sick Children received £50,000 donation from the Echo Trust towards an ultra sound system that they required. The equipment will replace the current machines which were purchased in 2006/07. Since this time there have been great advances in medical technology, especially image quality. One machine would be situated in the Radiology […]
The final group from our skydive team took to the sky in Exeter, Devon on Sunday 2 June 2013. The first two groups had already jumped in May but bad weather delayed the jumps for the final 6 people. However, the final group got their jumps done on 2 June in bright sunshine. A massive […]
The Echo Trust skydive is almost here and will take place on Sunday 28 August 2013. The total raised so far is £5500! Echo has 15 willing jumpers signed up to take part. The forecast for Sunday in Devon at the moment is sunny so we are looking forward to a brilliant day! Our jumpers […]
The Echo Trust will hold a skydive event in Exeter on 28 April 2013. Staff from The Luminar Group Limited will take to the sky to raise much needed donations for the Echo Trust! In 2004 the Echo Trust entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the most amount of tandem parachute jumps in […]
Following two successful years for non stop grant making, the Echo Trust has commenced its fundraising activities again. 2013 and 2014 will see the Echo Trust hold fundraising campaigns at Luminar venues to encourage staff and customers to donate their spare change to help sick children in the UK. Unfortunately at present the Echo Trust […]
The second donation to Milton Keynes Hospital of £9712.00 was awarded to the hospital’s Critical Care department. The department cared for Sara Dignam a Luminar Group employee when she was diagnosed with meningitis as a young adult. Sara woke up feeling ‘a bit fluey’ in January 1990. Her life was saved when her GP realised […]
Staff at the Milton Keynes based head office of The Luminar Group Limited applied to the Echo Trust to provide Milton Keynes Hospital with two grants for various medical equipment which is required to provide better treatment to sick children and young adults. The first grant, pictured, for £53,800 enabled the purchase of neonatal unit […]
In October 2012 Oceana Nottingham donated an amazing £65,545 to Nottingham Children’s Hospital. The hosptial were able to purchase an Ultrasound Machine and 5 EFLO Rapid Nebulizers for Paediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients. This donation was possible due to the hard work and fundraising efforts of the staff and management of Oceana Nottingham and also other […]
Charities across the UK benefited from the Echo Trust’s ‘Big Giveaway’ event during March 2011. In November 2010 all Luminar clubs were invited to nominate a children’s charity seeking medical equipment or similar, for a grant from the biggest allocation of grants Echo has ever issued in one event. During March and April 2011 the […]
