Sizzle Media web design Manchester, lend their support to Manchester charity Five Stars Appeal, in their bid to raise £1000,000 to buy a new MRI scanner to be housed at The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Every year nearly 200,000 children suffering from cancer and other serious illnesses in the North West and beyond receive treatment at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. For over thirty years Five Stars Appeal charity has been raising funds and providing the hospital with essential equipment and refurbishments. To ensure that the children receive the best possible care it is vital that the hospital has access to the latest technology. The new MRI Scanner will cut the time of a standard scan from 45 minutes to 15 minutes and will aid doctors in diagnosing cancer and cancer related illnesses more quickly, enabling them to provide early treatment that will ultimately save children’s lives.

Aftab Ali, Sizzle Media's Creative Director said “We created a highly visual email newsletter campaign to help Five stars appeal raise the profile for their Celebration Ball on the 17th October. The event will be attended by celebrities all lending their support to help raise the remaining £250,000 required to purchase the much needed MRI Scanner. We feel it’s our duty to help worthy causes like Five Stars Appeal, and have in the past conducted an intensive 6 month email marketing campaign for Many Hands Campaign to help raise awareness for The New Children’s Hospital appeal after hearing an passionate appeal by Dragons Den star Theo Paphitis.”

Nicola Smith from Five Stars Appeal said “Sizzle Media have been very generous in their support creating an amazing email campaign aimed at business owners across the North West. Hopefully This will help us book enough tables at our star studded Celebration Ball to raise the remaining £250k to hit our £1M target”

http://www.fivestarsappeal.co.uk

As many businesses will be aware, the Government has cut all web design business grants across the country, and business grants have been withdrawn mid-project which has left many businesses struggling to pay to complete projects. There were many grants available 12 months ago such as the NESTA business grant, which was made available to help businesses innovate and develop solutions that would help businesses move forward, but unfortunately these were limited.  Sizzle Media were highly successful in delivering NESTA funded projects in the North West, and many businesses benefited from this limited web design grant.

Due to our success in delivering business grant funded projects, we are extremely pleased to say that Sizzle Media have been selected to promote and deliver a new business grant. This web design grant is similar to the NESTA grant in that it is to help businesses innovate and will be part of a selection criteria.

The basis of this web design grant is the understanding that it is small businesses that will be the strongest driver in helping the UK recover ecomonically, and that the internet will play a major part in aiding commerce to resume. Sizzle Media have been selected to deliver this grant because this is an area that we have specilaised in and core strengths reside.

As the web design grant has not officially been made available yet, we can’t provide full details. However we can say that it is available for 12 months starting from 4^th October 2010, is available nationwide and is limited to the design and development of business websites. If your business is considering commissioning a website, please email funding@sizzlemedia.co.uk with your business details, the nature of your requirements and one of our business advisors will be glad to assist.