20 Years 20 Th e Ch ild re n ’s H o s p i t a l T r u s t • d G o o i v h i n d l i g h B C a k c CONTENTS Chairman’s Report 2 Financial Review 16 CEO’s Report 4 Children’s Hospital Trust 17 Treasurer’s Report 2014 Trust Successes 6 Statement of Responsibility and Approval 18 2015 Fundraising Initiatives 8 Statement of Financial Position 19 Statement of Comprehensive Income 20 Guardians Programme 10 Statement of Changes in Trust Funds 21 Statement of Cash Flows 22 Circle of Life Legacy Programme 11 Detailed Statement of Comprehensive Income 24 Grateful Hearts 12 Children’s Hospital Foundation 26 Limile’s Story 13 Chairman’s Report Statement of Financial Position 27 The Children’s Hospital Trust SA 14 Statement of Comprehensive Income 28 in the UK Statement of Changes in Trust Funds 29 Statement of Cash Flows 30 Update from the UK Chairman 15 Detailed Statement of Comprehensive Income 31 Donor Report 32 Trust Supporters 36 Boards / Trustees / Committees 38 Trust our Team 39 1 2014 was another year of Late in the year we were also sad to receive the resignation CHAIRMAN’S business as usual for the of Chris Niland as trustee of the Children’s Hospital Trust. Children’s Hospital Trust as As a founding trustee and past chairman of the Trust, Chris’s its numerous projects and contribution to the Hospital can only be described as immense. REPORT programmes once again In truth his resignation is part of a plan of succession that he proceeded according to plan, initiated some time ago, and pursuant thereto we are grateful within budget and on time. that Chris will remain on as volunteer chair of the Trust’s Capital Works Committee and that he will continue to serve as a trustee Recent years have seen of the Children’s Hospital Foundation. an increased emphasis on large multi-year initiatives, We also bid fond farewell and thank you to trustee Michael the successful completion of Lawrence, whose thoughtful and incisive contributions will which requires much planning, be missed. In his stead we are pleased to welcome Prof. discipline and diligence. Mignon McCulloch, whose expertise, enthusiasm and intimate Key thereto is the Trust’s comprehensive governance structures knowledge of the Hospital will serve the Trust well. instituted many years ago by the founding trustees, including the numerous oversight committees populated by staff, trustees and In closing, I would like to extend a grateful thank you to the always one or more independent outsiders. three pillars of our special public-private partnership. First, to the volunteers, staff and trustees of the Children’s Hospital Trust, This is the foundation upon which the Trust will in 2015 take whose tireless efforts for the greater good are a privilege to be on one of its largest, most complex and most ambitious projects associated with; second, to the Western Cape Government: to date, a new Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Health and its staff, who collectively are a model for effective Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. This will be government in our country; and third, to the nurses, doctors, another multi-phase, multi-year project of major significance to specialists and other staff at the Red Cross War Memorial the Hospital, South Africa and Africa at large, as it will make Children’s Hospital, whose strength and dedication in the face the continent’s largest dedicated PICU even bigger and more of heartbreaking illness and injury is an inspiration to all. capable. To all of you, thank you for your commitment to a goal for which Such projects are made possible by the Trust’s continued the posts are ever-shifting; together we will continue to ensure the good relationship with Western Cape Government: Health, delivery of world-class healthcare to all of South Africa’s littlest and we are proud that WCG:H has once again committed patients. significant funds to the Trust in support of the PICU. Besides kick-starting fundraising for the project, this is also a substantial vote of confidence in the Trust’s ability to successfully work with Government in delivering world-class paediatric healthcare to all children in the Western Cape. The strength of this public-private partnership is in no small part Spencer McNally due to two strong personalities whom we sadly bid some degree Chairman of farewell to recently. Minister Theuns Botha was an inspiration during his time as Health Minister, for which we thank him and wish him well in his new post as Provincial Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport. In turn we welcome Minister Nomafrench Mbombo as his replacement and look forward to working closely with her. 2 3 The Children’s Hospital Trust’s reducing the long waiting lists for speech and audiology at 20th birthday year was one the Hospital. The second programme, the Practical Approach CEO’S of great progress both in to Care Kit for Children, involves developing a critical training improving facilities and services guideline for medical staff at community clinics around the at the Red Cross War Memorial Province, thereby helping them to better diagnose and treat child REPORT Children’s Hospital, as well as in illnesses. building the capacity of external child healthcare services that Looking forward, the Trust is embarking on an exciting new 2014 support the Hospital’s work. Our project this coming year – the establishment of a children’s radio success meant that ultimately station at the Hospital. This will be the first project of its kind in the seriously ill and injured the world where children will participate in programming as a children we serve received rehabilitation tool. The Trust will be funding this project for the better medical treatment and next two years. thus had a better chance of recovering and continuing with their childhood. Later on in 2015 we will also start construction on one of the largest Hospital projects the Trust has ever taken on in its history. Projects completed during the year include the completion of This is the upgrading and expansion of the Hospital’s Paediatric a new Childsafe Research and Educational Centre, thus Intensive Care Unit – the largest paediatric intensive care unit in boosting the capacity of the Child Accident Prevention Africa. This three year building project will significantly increase Foundation of Southern Africa to improve child safety and the capacity of the Hospital’s existing ICU which currently suffers reduce child accidents in our country. We also passed the from a critical shortage of beds. It will also offer improved facilities halfway mark of our two year building project, the upgrading for these vulnerable patients, the parents by their bedsides and and expansion of the Hospital’s Radiology complex, with the the hardworking ICU staff in this highly pressurised unit. new building due to open in August 2015. In addition, we started construction on upgrading and expanding the Hospital’s I want to express my extreme gratitude to all our many, many Parents’ Accommodation which effectively offers double the supporters who have through their generous donations and amount of beds for out of town parents of long-stay patients. committed support funded these life-changing projects and (The new facility opened in April 2015). programmes. Every one of our donors has played a vital role in collectively enabling our work in the Hospital and in our Beyond the Hospital’s doors the Trust funded the second year outreach work. Thank you for sharing our belief that all children of two child healthcare programmes – the Sarah Fox Paediatric deserve the best healthcare possible in our country. Palliative Care programme at the Sarah Fox Convalescent Children’s Hospital and the St Joseph’s Paediatric Rehabilitation We continue to strive to advance child healthcare to ensure programme at St Joseph’s Home for Chronically Ill Children. that children throughout our country and continent are given Both of these programmes have had a substantial impact the opportunity to receive world class medical treatment. on decreasing the load on the Hospital and ensuring that We look forward to working with you, our partners, in fulfilling children at every level of the healthcare system get the best this mission. treatment possible. The Trust also began funding two new programmes this past year. The first is the Child Speech and Hearing project which the Trust is part funding in partnership with the Western Cape Government: Health. This two year pilot programme will dramatically improve the current services in our province for Louise Driver children who suffer from hearing and speech conditions, while CEO 4 5 Your generosity has enabled us to achieve so much. 2014 Funding the Breatheasy Tracheostomy and Ventilation Home Care Programme, a unique nurse-led initiative at the Hospital that is globally recognised as an exceptional model of care for chronically-ill children. The programme trains TRUST and supports parents to manage the care of their children with tracheostomies, so that they return home to their families and avoid the long hospital stays SUCCESSES characteristically facing tracheostomy patients around the world. The second year of the inpatient Paediatric Palliative Care Unit at the Sarah Fox Children’s Convalescent Hospital was funded, providing a multidisciplinary family- centred paediatric palliative care service for children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses. The service provides support for up to 65 children and their families annually. The first year of the community-based Paediatric Rehabilitation Programme at St Joseph’s Home for Chronically Ill Children was funded. The service provides intensive therapies for children, training for parents to support their children at home, and a post-discharge home-visiting programme to help children function as best they can in their own home environments.