Our corporate partners

Fourfront Group

Fourfront Group have been supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since 2008 and over the years, have built a strong relationship with the charity. Their fundraising activities have included skydives, dress down days, 80’s disco, bake sales, numerous cycling events, abseiling Broadgate Tower in London, volunteering at events and at our hospices, The Apprentice Challenge, Three Peaks Challenges, the London Marathon and various obstacle course challenges – to name just a few of the ways that staff at Fourfront Group have thrown themselves into fundraising!

Festive Fundraising

Fourfront have raised a fantastic £3,000 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice this Christmas by hosting their annual Reading Agents Charity Lunch followed by an auction.

Fourfront 40 Challenge

One of their biggest challenge events has been the Fourfront 40 Challenge, a 40 mile walk from their head office in London Bridge, along the banks of the River Thames, to their offices in Egham. From this event alone, the incredible team who took part raised over £23,000 in sponsorship.

Pro-bono work

In addition to the many fundraising activities Fourfront have completed, they have been able to use their skills and expertise to offer pro-bono work to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Following a visit to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, Fourfront offered to design, build and fit-out a new reception area at Christopher’s, our Guildford hospice and 2019 completely refurbished the dining area at Shooting Star House.

To date,  Fourfront Group have raised over £500,000 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

A message from Fourfront Group’s Chief Executive Gary Chandler

‘’Through the various hospice refurbishments that the Group has undertaken, many of us has seen first-hand the incredible work and support that Shooting Star Children’s Hospices provides to so many individuals. This has been the driver for us to continue to support and fundraise for this charity for the past 11 years.

Giving back to the community is ingrained in our office culture, we give each team member three days off a year to do charity work, many of which choose to dedicate these days to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. I am proud to work alongside each and every individual at Fourfront Group who has participated in a challenge over the years, whether it be a sky dive, a 40 mile walk or an office bake off competition, this has been a real team effort to reach the half million-mark. Here’s to raising a million.”

Fuller, Smith & Turner

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices are truly thankful to have been partnered with Fuller’s, since 2012. The support received from Fuller’s is extensive and includes fundraising at a local level from the many managed pubs. Staff have taken part in a plethora of activities from skydives to ice bath challenges and family fun days to Halloween quiz nights.

Fantastic fundraising heights!

Corporate supporters Fuller’s recently passed the £750,000 mark in their fundraising for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and celebrated with a pint of London Pride! Their fundraising has reached new highs thanks to the introduction of Pennies, the digital charity box, at their pubs and Inns, which has given customers the opportunity to round up their bill when paying by card. Read the story here.

Thank you events

Fuller’s have also supported Shooting Star Children’s Hospices by hosting our annual thank you events at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick. The support at these events includes brewery tours, beer tasting and lovely canapés.

Fuller’s Staff

The staff at Fuller’s always push themselves to achieve bigger challenges and raise more money for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. One challenge saw a team of 38 staff cycle 100 miles from the Fuller’s Brewery in Chiswick, to The Fox & Hounds, in the picturesque New Forest. The gruelling challenge started at 7am with the final cyclist reaching the finish line at 7.30pm.

A message from Fuller’s Chief Executive Simon Emeny

“The work that Shooting Star Children’s Hospices does is incredible. It is very humbling and a privilege to be able to work with them and help in any way we can. This Cycle Challenge was no mean feat, none of us are experienced cyclists, but we were all determined, excited and impelled to reach the finish line in good time to enjoy a well-deserved pint and raise a huge amount for this fantastic charity.”

Usborne Publishing

Usborne Publishing are the UK’s largest independent children’s publisher and are kindly supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

They have undertaken some creative (and tasty) fundraising for us so far, including a ‘that’s not my cake’ bake sale, and ‘that’s not my ramble‘ – a series of charity walks in London, Oxford, Wolverhampton and even Regensburg (Germany).

D&G Group

D&G Group CEO David Nash has been supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since 2007. The support from D&G is extensive with donations from a wide range of events including; an Ashes Cricket Dinner, a Test Match Ball, the Nuts Challenge, London Marathon and more.

Nashy’s Ashes Ball

Their most recent event saw 500 colleagues, friends, clients and suppliers attend Nashy’s Ashes Ball at Battersea Evolution. Hosted by David and Glen Nash, the event celebrated the 12th year of raising funds for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. On arrival guests were greeted with champagne, and they were soon warmed up by a raucous game of Heads and Tails re-named Balls Up especially for the night. The fundraiser had guests throwing soft balls at their fellow guests to music in an effort to win an exclusive prize.

Guests were treated to an entertaining Q&A with cricketing legends Andrew Strauss, Graham Gooch, John Emburey and the host himself David Nash.

The brilliant Jonny Gould then toiled his way through 17 lots in the Main Auction including the opportunity to be a movie star for a day with Gateway films, a chance to party at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a box at Ascot and a luxury Dubai holiday. To round the evening off it was onto the dance floor thanks to Scouting for Girls and a set from DJ Luck & MC Neat!

Since D&G Partners started to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, they have raised over £300,000.

“D&G Group are proud to have once again supported Shooting Star Children’s Hospices with our annual  Ball. The charity goes from strength to strength and touches all our hearts and this is something both myself and Glen love supporting.”  David Nash, CEO D&G Group

London Marathon

D&G CEO, David Nash, throws himself whole heartedly into fundraising and ran the 2017 Virgin London Marathon with two colleagues for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. David and his team’s incredible 26.2 mile run was rewarded with support from his friends, colleagues and peers helping him raise an unbelievable £18,000 – AMAZING!

Queensway Group

Queensway Group are a leading hospitality company, and have supported Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since their partnership began in 2017.

To date, they have raised over £94,000 and are not stopping there. They have taken part in a huge variety of events for us, including our Sunrise Walks, Skydives and bespoke events such as their ‘Hotel Walks’.

They have also hosted highly successful Charity Golf Days, and have created a fantastic video:

As well as events, they have supported us by displaying our collection tins in their establishments, donating items from their hotels (including some very fabulous jukeboxes for use in our hospices) and taking part in One Good Thing.

Scitech Engineering Ltd

Scitech Engineering Ltd have kindly chosen to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices by donating a proportion of their annual profit.

Scitech have been raising funds since 2009 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in a variety of different fun and exciting events. These have included raffles, apple juice making, participating in challenge events such as the Silverstone Half Marathon and a company picnic.

In 2019 a team from Scitech joined our inaugural Guildford Sunrise Walk and promise to be back again, with a bigger team in 2021.

On a recent visit to Scitech House we were delighted to receive another incredible donation of £7,200.

Scitech have now raised over £70,000 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices! 

Fidelity

Through a company wide vote, Fidelity International employees have chosen to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices as their children’s charity partner for the next two years. We were delighted to welcome Pia Brouer, who is Assistant Manager of the Retirement and Benefits Team at Fidelity, to Christopher’s so she could see first hand our wonderful facilities and learn more about our vital work.

Fidelity International employees have been known to run, walk through fire, shave their hair, enjoy cakes and a regular quiz night as well as many other things to fundraise for their chosen charities. Fidelity kick-started their fundraising with an Easter Egg sale and a National 3 Peaks Challenge is in their diary already! We are looking forward to developing a programme of fun and varied activities with over the next two years.

Reed Exhibitions

Reed Exhibitions are long term supporters of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and have been raising money and taking part in activities and challenges since 2008 following a member of staff and his family being referred to Christopher’s, our Guildford hospice, for support. Every year staff donate toiletries collected from their travels to use in our hospices at therapy and pamper days, as well as organising the annual Christmas Cracker Fundraiser, a major Christmas event which raises up to £7,000.

As well as office fundraising, staff are firm supporters of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, donating surplus items from their exhibitions that can be sold to raise vital funds to support babies, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.

Reed Wheelers

Reed Wheelers, a team of cyclists from Reed Exhibitions, embarked on the 315-mile Tour of Ireland to raise vital funds for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Lead by Darren Wright, sales manager at IBTM events, part of the RTE portfolio, the team spent three days navigating the West Coast of Ireland along the Wild Atlantic Way.

The Reed Wheelers team is comprised of 13 of the company’s current and previous employees. The team has cycled routes including the Scottish Highlands, Land’s End to Richmond, and London to Paris.

Before the team set-off on their epic challenge, Wright said “We’re looking forward to the challenge of cycling the longest coastal touring route in the world, and seeing some of the beautiful places in Ireland along the way, including Cork, Kerry, Shannon and then Galway”.

During the cycle challenge, the team spent between eight and nine hours cycling each day before resting in accommodation provided by Cork Convention Bureau, Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau and Galway Convention Bureau.

Cycling the route were Darren Wright (Captain), Shane Hannam, David Todd, Matt Need, Clinton Erasmus, Neesam Mohoboob, Alex Bowden, Catherine Trevor, Charlie Cracknell, Shane Lewis, Craig Moyes and Neil Simpson.

Since Reed Exhibitions started to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, they have raised over £41,000.

“Here at Reed Exhibitions we are firm champions for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and their fantastic support to families in need.  We heard first-hand from our colleague Craig how Shooting Star Children’s Hospices’s dedication and care got them through the darkest times, and they truly believe they couldn’t have coped without Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.”  Richard Mortimore, CEO Reed Exhibitions

Krome Technologies

Krome Technologies began their fundraising journey in September 2018. With offices in Chertsey, Surrey and Manchester, Krome deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions. Working with small, medium and enterprise companies, they assess business objectives and implement technology solutions.

Krome are committed to supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices with regular organised fundraising and challenge events as well as volunteering.

When Krome celebrated their 10th anniversary they went down to the pub, via Shooting Star Children’s Hospice in Hampton. A team of employees organised a 10.2 mile sponsored walk from the hospice back to their new HQ in Chertsey. They’ve also taken part in the Windsor 5k Color Obstacle Rush on behalf of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and raised a fantastic amount of money, whilst looking stunningly colourful at the same time!

Krome also took part in some festive fundraising again for us in 2019, by supplying a wonderful team of Christmas present wrappers at the Heart in Walton-on-Thames, who for a donation would beautifully wrap presents for passing shoppers on Christmas Eve.

Even during various lockdowns they continued their fundraising efforts by encouraging staff to take part in virtual challenges and activities.

Ensono

Ensono provides hybrid IT solutions that address their clients’ current needs while anticipating and engineering solutions for the ever-changing demands of tomorrow.

The staff at the Ensono Staines-upon-Thames office are encouraged to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices through fundraising, challenge events and volunteering.

Shooting Star Children’s Hospices are overwhelmed to have received support from Ensono, previously Attenda, since 2007. Staff have raised vital funds in a number of ways, including: A London to Paris Bike Ride, the 3 Peaks Challenge, Bake Sales, Christmas Gift Wrapping and the Inflatable 5k run. In 2018 a large team from Ensono headed to China to Trek the 6,000 km of the Great Wall of China. In 2020 the big Bike Ride is back and a team will be heading to Peru to take on the Inca Trail trek.

As well as the incredible fundraising the team at Ensono regularly volunteer their time and always send a fantastic team to set-up the church for our annual family carol concert.

To date, Ensono have raised over £75,000 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

A message from Ensono’s Chief Executive Jeff Von Deylen

“Volunteering puts you in a situation where you get a better sense of how things might be more difficult for others. I think it builds a sense of empathy, as well as an appreciation for what you have. Team collaboration is powerful and working together outside of the usual day-to-day can strengthen team bonds.” 

Osborne

Leading public construction and solutions company Osborne are one of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices charity partners and have raised to date, a fantastic £39,000.

In June 2019, Osborne held a charity golf day, in less than ideal conditions. Torrential rain, combined with a loss of water to large parts of West London, might have been enough to dampen spirits, but they defied the odds to raise a truly amazing £21,000 on the day, to add to their already impressive fundraising total.

Chris Hickman, a Senior Project Manager at Osborne said “There are moments in life where you can proudly say, ‘that was a great moment’. For me, it was announcing that in the last 18 months, we had raised £39,000 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. I am extremely proud of this fact and I can’t thank our people and supply chain enough for their continued support and generosity”. 

The money is being raised in order to build a new music cabin at Christopher’s Hospice. Currently the music room only has space for one child at a time to receive music therapy, limiting who can have time in there. Osborne have taken the project to their hearts – as well as raising the necessary capital, they are providing their construction expertise and experience to ensure the new building will be a very special addition to our hospice – we cannot wait to see it develop.

Osborne also generously supported our first ever Stadium Challenge event, by organising a gigantic banner that was displayed by Twickenham station promoting our event to thousands of commuters and local residents. And they have also given us 100 brand new Hi-Vis jackets to be used by the charity at our various events throughout the year.

Mimecast

Mimecast are a leading email and data security company, announced the launch of its Global Citizenship program, and we are thrilled to be one of their first beneficiaries.

Global Mimecast employees nominated organisations that the company could support with larger donations and deeper engagement. As a result, Mimecast London has helped to finance development of our Care Database which will help the care team at the hospices access secure data and will also assist future income generation for the organisation.

Mimecast have been very busy since beginning the partnership in October and have been taking part in a whole host of fundraising and voluntary activities.

Santa in the City Run

Mimecast employees donned their Santa suits in December for the ‘Santa in the City’ run, an annual iconic 5k dash across London adventuring past well known landmarks such as the Millennium Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral.

Festive feelings at Christopher’s!

Mimecast employees kindly donated their time at Christopher’s and created a festive atmosphere for our children, families and staff by decorating earlier in December.

Christmas present donations

As well as their kind volunteering, grant giving and fundraising efforts – Mimecast have also organised a delivery of presents for the children and their families from our Amazon Wishlist for Christmas 2018.

Paul Strank Roofing

Paul Strank Roofing has been a loyal supporter of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices for many years and over that time have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Since then Paul and Irene Strank are constantly raising awareness for the charity, utilising their drive and passion to help others to raise huge amounts for local charities and the community over the past 30 years.

Each year they raise a phenomenal amount of money from their wonderful Gala night which they put on each year, along with their Christmas fundraiser and all the incredible mountain of toys and vouchers for the children and young people. Overall they have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

With the establishment of the Paul Strank Charitable Trust it is hoped their fundraising can reach new heights; Paul said “Our focus has always been on the most disadvantaged in our community with a particular emphasis on helping children in need and their families so we’re thrilled to have launched the Charitable Trust – a grant-making charity which will continue this ethos in providing vital funding and support to those most in need of our compassion and help.”

Pelican Procurement Services

Pelican Procurement Services are a long-standing supporter of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices having been a corporate partner for over nine years – raising over £200,000 to date.

Support From Staff

Staff at Pelican have thrown themselves into fundraising over the years and have entered teams in the Nuts Challenge, It’s a Knockout, Valentines 10K run and our Hospice to Hospice Bike Ride. Their Dress-Down Fridays are also a great success and contribute hundreds of pounds each year to their fundraising total.

Challenge Event Support

Pelican also support our programme of Challenge Events by providing refreshments and energy snacks for our participants, which is a great treat for participants and an incredible cost saving for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. This support has expanded more recently to provide sweet treats for the annual Family Fun Day at Christopher’s, our Guildford hospice, for families supported by Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Commitment to help children, young people and their families

“Pelican first became aware of the amazing work carried out by Shooting Star Children’s Hospices due to Christopher’s hospice being local to our office.  We were, and remain keen, to support a charity which devotes its efforts to children, young people and their families.  When we initially learnt about Christopher’s we realized we had found a very special organization.  Over the years our employees have learnt more about Shooting Star Children’s Hospices and been keen to support the charity through participation at events and activities.” 

“The team at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is, as the name suggests, a brilliant one!   Without exception, everyone is a pleasure to work with. I have seen committed, dedicated and caring people who work tirelessly to raise the funds needed to provide the best levels of care and support to children, young people and their families when they need it most.”  Christine Stimpson, Director at Pelican Procurement Services

Safestore

Safestore have been kindly supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since November 2008 when we asked for some help to store equipment that we use for our events.

The storage which has been donated by Safestore over the years is worth an incredible £27,000 meaning this money saved can be used to provide vital care to supported families.

Simply Waste Solutions

Simply Waste Solutions have been supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices since 2016. Their first Summer charity ball raised £27,000 in 2016 and when they held the event again in 2018 they raised a further £13,300.

Staff have also taken on various fundraising activities and one brave employee even shaved her head at their Family Fun Day. The sponsored head shave raised £2,650 while the raffle, tombola, guess the square and lucky dip raised a further £1,125. Making the total a whopping £3,775 from one day.

Smith & Williamson

The Guildford office of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and tax group, has pledged its support for the next two years to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

On Wednesday 24th April, Smith and Williamson hosted a fabulous fundraising quiz night at Season’s Café, Guildford Cathedral. It was attended by 120 people in total.

“We were delighted with the huge response and support we received from local firms, 17 teams participated in the quiz. Our staff and volunteers helped to organise the event, which raised a total amount of £2,545, which we are thrilled about.” – Maggie Lowe, Head of the Guildford office at Smith and Williamson.

Their first fundraising activity for the charity, a quiz night held at their offices at the beginning of November was a great success, raising an amazing £821 for Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.  With most of the office in attendance, and fish and chips served as part of the entrance fee, a fun evening was had by all!

Smith & Williamson held some activities in December, including a Christmas bake sale when a Christmas cake was also raffled, and a Christmas Jumper day. The proceeds were donated to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

Snackzilla

Snackzilla, a brand new healthy cookie company have added a dash of fundraising to their recipe by supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.

“Shooting Star Children’s Hospices is an incredible charity, providing an invaluable service to support families going through the toughest of times. Having recently visited the Hampton hospice, I was inspired by the care, love, and dedication shown by the staff and volunteers. Snackzilla is delighted to be partnering with them, and we can’t wait to get going with fundraising” – Marieke, Founder of Snackzilla.

For every Snackzilla t-shirt sold, a donation will be made to Shooting Star Children’s Hospice. As the brand grows, Snackzilla will continue to support their local children’s hospice charity.

We are thrilled to join Snackzilla at the start of what we hope to be a very successful and exciting journey ahead.

Sutton Winson

Sutton Winson Insurance Brokers who are local to Shooting Star House, the Hampton hospice of Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, and have been an active Corporate Partner since 2018.

Since 2018 the team hasn’t been afraid to get stuck in to help in any way from fundraising, challenge events and volunteering in and around our Hampton Hospice.

The Pull Agency

Pull is a creative agency & consultancy, delivering transformation through brand strategy, design, technology and campaigning. They are based in Guildford, Surrey.

The Pull staff chose to support Shooting Star Children’s Hospices in a company wide vote at the beginning of 2019. They kicked things off with a bake sale and have many more charity fundraising activities in mind over the next year, including runs, walks, pub quizzes and of course more bake sales!

The Pull Agency have recently been to Christopher’s and made a huge difference to the garden.

“We are absolutely delighted to be supporting Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Having visited the hospice previously I found the staff and children to be inspirational, it was a humbling experience and one that has stayed with me. I know everyone at Pull is excited about the opportunity of raising money for such an amazing organisation, we can’t wait to get started.”
Dean Corney, Owner and COO, The Pull Agency