Brighton E-learning Firms Step Up To The Plate for Children's Hospice Week

Date posted: 19 September 2008

September 21st, Hove Park, Hove

Four of the UK’s leading e-learning companies active in thriving New Media hub, the City of Brighton & Hove, will find themselves pitched against each other in tense competition this Sunday.

However it isn’t a tender for a new corporate learning programme they will be contesting, but a rounders match. Close business competitors during the week, the four companies, Futuremedia Learning, Kineo, Brightwave and Capita Learning & Development, will be putting their differences aside in aid of raising funds for Chestnut Tree House, a children's hospice in Sussex, as part of Children's Hospice Week which runs from the 21 - 28 September, 2008.

The fundraising event, suggested by Andrea Miles, Managing Director of Futuremedia Learning, will run from 12.30pm – 5pm on Sunday September 21st at Hove Park, Hove, with the first game starting at 1.00pm.

Andrea commented, "E-learning is a very competitive industry, and many of the companies we compete against are based in Brighton - but actually we all know each other and we get on really well away from the cut and thrust of business. I thought this was a great opportunity to do something fun together in a good cause. I was incredibly impressed when I saw the work Chestnut Tree House is doing with children. As a mother of three, I know the thought of one of your kids getting seriously ill is every parent’s nightmare, but it’s really reassuring to know that if something does happen, there are places like Chestnut Tree there to help."

Notes to Editors – About Brightwave

Brightwave is a specialist in integrating communications, learning and performance in the workplace. Our approach is highly collaborative, innovative and all our projects leverage technology to deliver efficient and effective training and ongoing support. Whether your needs are induction, compliance/regulatory, IT systems, management/sales skills or product/process knowledge, Brightwave has the skills and experience to help you. We have developed over 300 solutions that are used by more than 500,000 people in the UK and internationally. We work with a broad range of clients from a wide variety of industries. Our clients include BT, Bupa, Cable&Wireless, IKEA, T-Mobile, AIB, Swiss Re, The Royal Bank of Scotland, British Red Cross, First Choice and Sky, as well as public sector organisations such as the Healthcare Commission, City of Edinburgh Council, and West Sussex County Council.

About Chestnut Tree House

Chestnut Tree House is the only children's hospice in Sussex and cares for children and young adults from 0-19 years of age with progressive life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses from all over the county.

Completed in 2003, the hospice provides a 'home from home' environment with 10 children's bedrooms plus 8 family rooms, a wet and dry play area, computer and music rooms, a multi sensory room and hydrotherapy pool. The house is set in beautiful gardens within an area of outstanding natural beauty.

There are potentially 400 families with life-limited children in Sussex. Chestnut Tree House offers support for the whole family including psychological support, care in bereavement therapy, end of life and respite care and sibling support.

The hospice costs approximately £2 million per year to run. Families are not charged for their care and the hospice receives no government funding at all, so it relies completely on the generosity, help and support of the people of Sussex.

About Futuremedia

Award-winning Futuremedia Learning is the partner of choice for creating and delivering exceptional learning and communication experiences. We specialise in the design, development and implementation of e-learning and blended learning programmes and have been producing learning solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of our clients for over 25 years.

About Kineo

Kineo is a leading rapid e-learning and consultancy company. We bring fresh thinking to e-learning, because we believe it can be done faster, better and more effectively. We've partnered with Google, BP, Cable&Wireless, VirginMedia, HSBC, Reuters and M&S to take a fresh approach to e-learning. We build long term relationships by earning our clients' trust. We do this through our consistently high standards of service, our professional conduct, responsiveness and our complete commitment. With collective experience on over 300 e-learning solutions, we've got the most talented design and development team in the business. We have innovated to develop a rapid e-learning approach that enables us to deliver business benefits faster and more cost-effectively for our clients, whether short rapid e-learning projects or a large custom e-learning project. We're passionate about sharing our new ideas for e-learning. Our website features over 100 articles, 25 reports and white papers which are available free to visitors.

About Capita Learning & Development

Capita Learning & Development is a leading workforce training and development organisation, offering a broad range of training courses in the UK. Capita Learning & Development provides training for around 40,000 individuals across four sites around the UK. A strategic partner to its clients, Capita Learning & Development offers any level of service from a single training course up to a complete outsourced training solution. As part of its services, the company offers tailored in-house training courses, external training programmes and an extensive programme of topical conferences and learning resources.

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Jade Moore
Brightwave

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