23rd September 2025

“The services funded by Deloitte Bristol’s fundraising have been an enormous support for our family at a very hard time in our lives.”

Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity and Deloitte’s Bristol office are unlocking education and building future skills for thousands of children in hospital. 

Children in Bristol Children’s Hospital used to receive one hour of face to face learning a day before our partnership with Deloitte Bristol started in 2022. Since then, the Deloitte Bristol team have raised more than £128,000 to deliver additional learning for patients at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, including taking part in the Big Abseils, the Great Bristol Run, the Jurassic Coast Challenge and much more.

This has delivered hours of additional teaching sessions for patients, ensuring they have access to drama, music, singing, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In addition to the teaching sessions, Deloitte’s staff members come in and volunteer with patients on a weekly basis.

To date, more than 1,000 young people have benefited from the sessions with Deloitte volunteers or sessions made possible with Deloitte funding.

Deloitte’s Bristol office have voted for their next three-year charity partnership and Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity was chosen with overwhelming support for a second three-year cycle. The extension of the existing partnership shows Deloitte’s commitment to children’s education in the community.

 “We are passionate about taking an active role in Bristol, helping build and sustain a place that is not simply liveable, but lovable as well. Our relationship with Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity delivers just that.” - Dave Tansley, Practice Senior Partner for Deloitte in the South West and Wales

One parent said: “We are so honoured to have the support from all of the teachers for our daughter. It has been an enormous support for us all at a very hard time in our lives and we’re not sure how we would have got through it without you all.”

 Another added: “It’s so lovely to see our daughter smiling and engaged. It’s so important to have fun engaging activities with the most inspiring teachers. We can’t thank you enough.”

This now six-year charity partnership is part of Deloitte’s social impact programme, which aims to help people, clients and society through a focus on digital inclusion, sustainability and skills for the future.

Adam Powell, Partner and Social Impact Lead for Deloitte Bristol, said: “Making an impact in our local communities is really important to us. Partnering with Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity not only gives us the opportunity to support local people with learning, skills, and employment opportunities, but it also roots us more firmly in the communities in which we work.

“We are proud of the impact this programme has for children in Bristol Children’s Hospital, their families, and the teams that support and care for them through terminal or long-term illness.”

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