CHARITY
Queensway
celebrates 10 years
with charitable
donations
A
leading Teesside-based orthodontic
practice is marking 10 years of
serving patients by donating to
ten charities that have played a part in its
development.
To mark its 10-year anniversary earlier
this year, Queensway Orthodontics – the
North’s leading specialist provider of
Invisalign and Invisalign Teen – is donating
to charities including Dementia Friends,
Kidscape, Butterwick Hospice, Billingham
Foodbank and Daisy Chain.
Queensway Orthodontics has a long
history of community engagement and has
worked closely with charities, including
Daisy Chain, to ensure that the team had
adequate training in caring for people who
live with autism.
As an organisation with a duty of care, the
team also worked with charity Kidscape to
ensure it had measures in place to encourage
good behaviour and prevent bullying in all
its forms.
In addition, every three months
Queensway Orthodontics visits Billingham
Foodbank to deliver toothbrushes and
toothpastes which are then used in packs to
Rockliffe Hall
raises £2,600
for High Tide
Foundation
Rockliffe Hall chief executive Eamonn Elliott
presents the cheque to Lauren Bywater from
The High Tide Foundation.
Pictured (left to right): Jo Mckenna, orthodontic service manager, Tracey Wright, events manager
at Daisy Chain, Neeraj Sharma, chief executive officer at Daisy Chain, and Leanne Sowerby,
treatment coordinator at Queensway Orthodontics.
provide three days’ worth of emergency food
and toiletries to people in crisis.
Dr Guy Deeming, specialist orthodontist
and partner at Queensway Orthodontics,
who founded the firm in 2009, said: “I am
incredibly proud of what the team have
achieved over the last decade.
“More than 12,000 patients have been
seen and thousands of smiles created for the
North-East. It wouldn’t have been possible
without the dedicated team and loyal support
of our local community and patients.
“It has been a huge privilege to serve
and look after patients in Billingham and
Teesside over the last decade. In today's
world, being part of a community seems
much less important than it used to be.”
R
ockliffe Hall presented a cheque for
£2,600 to The High Tide Foundation
following the five star resort’s year-
long partnership with the Tees charity.
The High Tide Foundation brings together
industry and education across Teesside to
increase awareness of career opportunities,
showcase the region’s industries and raise
aspirations for young
people in the Tees Valley.
Rockliffe Hall,
in Hurworth, near
Darlington, hosted a
number of events for the
foundation including a
special afternoon tea, the
High Tide ball and a golf
day. On check-out, guests
were also asked if they’d
like to make a voluntary
£1 donation to High Tide.
Tracey Wright, events manager at Daisy
Chain, added: “It’s brilliant when businesses
and organisations offer us their support
as well as taking advantage of our training
services to help them understand autism.
“Getting a real overview of what people
on the autism spectrum need to help them
can really help a business with their clients.
We rely on our local organisations and
community to support us so we can continue
offering services both to them and families
affected by autism.”
Queensway, which also has a site in
Jesmond, Newcastle, employs 24 members
of staff and currently has more than 1,500
people in treatment at its Billingham-based
practice.
Chief executive Eamonn Elliott said:
“It’s been our pleasure to partner with
High Tide Foundation as our nominated
charity.
“We’re thrilled to be able to hand over
this cheque for £2,600 to a fabulous
charity that is dedicated to helping young
people in the Tees Valley.”
Lauren Bywater, general manager
of The High Tide Foundation, added:
“We’re so grateful to Rockliffe Hall for its
support.
“One of the many things we enjoyed
about working with Rockliffe is the fact
that it shares our values, championing
Teesside.
“It was a superb venue for our events
and enabled us to raise vital funds for
the foundation, in addition to the guest
donations. We’ll definitely return in the
future.”
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