Remember Billie-Jo Foundation improves paediatric intensive care facilities for Northern Ireland
Billy-Jo Foundation supporter MLA Basil McCrea helps present new HD televisions to the Head Consultant, Paediatric Surgeon Mr Alistair Dick with charity founders Paula and Myrtle Woods
Charity organisation ‘Remember Billie-Jo Foundation’ today continued their on-going campaign to improve facilities for seriously ill children across Northern Ireland.
This morning they provided the Royal Hospital with new televisions for the babies, children and young people in their care, and promoted their collection of funds for a new Continuous Veno-Venous Haemofiltration (CVVH) bloody cleansing unit for improved dialysis treatment of severe conditions.
“From April of 2010 until now the Royal Hospital has provided intensive care for over 445 youngsters and that is likely to increase again this year,” stated local MLA Basil McCrea. Read more
UUP Education Spokesperson supports Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust’s lobby against funding cut at Stormont
UUP Education Spokesperson Basil McCrea joins the protest with colleague Mid-Ulster UUP Candidate Sandra Overend
Today children and young people with severe learning disabilities from Parkview School and other special schools across Northern Ireland, made their way to the Assembly as part of the Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust’s ‘Mile for Music Therapy’ event.
The group handed over a petition to MLAs for the Minister for Health and Social Services, Michael McGimpsey, to register their views for the protection of funding to Northern Ireland Music Therapy Trust. The Trust has helped support approximately 600 children over the past eight years, and are currently at risk of losing all their funding due to reallocation within the budget.
“The Music Therapy services provided by the Trust are vital to the children and young people at Parkview and other schools across Northern Ireland” stated Basil McCrea. Read more
