The NLBA's 2010 charity is The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Association
The Association was formed on the 25th of June 1993 following the amalgamation of The 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers and the 17th/21st Lancers and has Her Majesty as its Colonel-in-Chief, a position she held since 1947 with the 16th/5th Lancers
The NLBA's charity for 2009 was COSMIC
Total raised in 2009 by the NLBA was £3000. Thank you for everyones support.
COSMIC (Children of St
Mary’s Intensive Care) was founded in 1994 to raise money for the Paediatric
Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London,
which treats around 400 desperately sick children every year.
COSMIC also fund internationally significant research into the causes, effects
and treatment of life-threatening childhood diseases.
Here are just a few things COSMIC have been able to achieve:
COSMIC has purchased over £1,000,000 of life saving equipment.
Spent over £500,000 on ground breaking research into paediatric health.
COSMIC has been helping parents for a number of years not least by funding
accommodation in local hotels- helping families to stay close at hand during
a particularly traumatic time.
In 2008 the NLBA rasied £3000 for the Help for Heroes charity. A cheque was presented on July 21st at the War and Peace Show.
This was our chance to show we care, appreciate and support all our Servicemen and women and show we can help.
A big thank you to those who donated.
2007 & Marie Curie Cancer Research Centre.
In the Year 2007 the NLBA raised a total of £10,000 over the whole year for the Marie Curie Cancer Research Centre. A big thank you to everyone that gave money to the NLBA to help us raise this sum.
The cheque was presented on May the 10th at Mount Vernon Hospital in only way the NLBA know to behave loud brash and with lots of vehicles. Photos. Full Story.