Pirelli supports Great Ormond Street Hospital

Pirelli has helped to contribute £14,450 towards the building of a new Surgery Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The money was raised after Pirelli offered two auction prizes for the F1™ Party and the company also raised extra money through donations for rides on a Formula One simulator at Silverstone’s British Grand Prix (6-8 July).

A VIP trip for two with paddock passes to the Italian Grand Prix in Monza (7-9 September) helped raise £10,000 and a further £4,000 was raised from the auction of a Brooks PZero bike. Over the British Grand Prix weekend, Pirelli were able to contribute further following donations at the company’s activation area from fans playing a Formula One simulator.

Pirelli UK’s Managing Director, Dominic Sandivasci, said: “Every donation helps, however big or small, so we’re very pleased to have raised this money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, which continues to help sick children the length and breadth of the country. I have no doubt that the money we have raised will be used in the best possible way and we’re delighted to play a small part in helping this extremely deserving cause.”

Tim Johnson, Executive Director at Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity said: “We are grateful to Pirelli for providing such wonderful auction prizes for this year’s F1™ Party and for their fantastic efforts at Silverstone. The money raised from both these events will help kick start our fundraising for a new Surgery Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital where some of the world’s most renowned paediatric surgeons will be operating on patients as young as a few hours through to 18 years old.”