William McANINCH Star Tribute Fund

Through the Grand Appeal a unique Star Fund has be set up in Williams memory with the purpose of his life continuing to benefit and help others. He is a Star of the Bristol Children’s Hospital and his life will be celebrated and remembered, with his name recorded in the Grand Appeal’s Star Book of Remembrance.

Once Williams fund reached £1000, it ensured he would have a permanent memorial within the Bristol Children's Hospital as well as help the 1.7 million children that rely upon it.

The Tribute Fund will be everlasting, to commemorate special occasions such as birthdays or Christmas or by holding Fundraising events in his honour.

There is a Sky Mural in the Children’s Hospital to display a lasting tribute to the Stars of the hospital. A Star will be made in memory of William with his name engraved on it, which will be displayed on the mural.

The Grand Appeal

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal was founded in 1995, to raise £11 million towards the planned £22 million cost of the new Royal Hospital for Children in Bristol. In the end, in addition to the £11 million, they also raised an extra £1 million towards a wonderful programme of art in the new hospital.

Bristol-based Aardman allow the Appeal to use the characters and created the unique banknote logo back in 1996. All this success, means that Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal is now established as the charity of choice for many in Bristol and the South West.

The Grand Appeal is now firmly established as a revenue appeal raising funds for additional comforts, services and equipment for patients and their families.

 

The new Royal Hospital for Children opened its doors on Sunday 22 April 2001. It is one of the leading paediatric centres in Great Britain with specialities including bone marrow transplant, cancer and leukaemia; cardiac surgery and general medicine.

The Hospital treats over 70,000 patients every year from Bristol, the South West of England and South Wales. In some specialities children visit from all over the UK and overseas.

The new Hospital has all the facilities you would expect from a major hospital including:

169 beds, over 50% of these in single rooms with en-suite facilities.
All inpatient beds have a parents bed alongside
18 bed intensive care unit
Four operating theatres