Private equity firm Equistone had selected the TSA as their Charity of the Year for 2020 before the pandemic struck. The decision was quickly and unanimously agreed by Equistone’s Charity Committee after a colleague (CJ) had been informed that her child has the condition. The lockdown and restrictions on people meeting meant that some of their planned activities were unable to go ahead. Instead, Equistone’s support of the TSA became focused on online activities and indoor challenges – it is fair to say they seized the opportunity to maintain camaraderie across the firm.

‘We are a close-knit team, so we’ve all been keen to support CJ and her family,’ says Annette Ratcliffe from Equistone’s Charity Committee. ‘The personal element aside, we liked the fact that TSA is so small, so our donations can make a big difference.’

Equistone’s UK team had to be creative to replace the events that would have taken place. They decided to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest’s elevation (8,846 metres) on their stairs at home but with a twist: fancy dress. They also held online events such as quizzes.

Over the course of that extraordinary year, Equistone raised £45,000 – testimony to their determination, imagination and desire to support the TSA through a most challenging year.

The John Lewis, Logic Park team spent 2019  fundraising for the TSA, a cause close to the teams heart as team member Jamie has a daughter has the condition.

A 20 strong team of John Lewis partners took on the 12km total warrior obstacle run course, the event brought the whole team together even those who decided to stay clean but travelled to the event to support the team by cheering them on and bringing snacks and drinks for the exhausted team. Bringing employees together around a single cause has been incredibly valuable and promoted a lot of cross-team working.  Over the year the team raised an amazing £3650!

The TSA were one of the charities nominated by staff to benefit from the Lendlease Guvnors Club Ball did in 2019, raising an amazing £12,000.

Novartis supported us with an unrestricted educational grant used to fund a study day for health, social care and education professionals who support those living with TSC and their families.

Based on conversations with professionals who attended the event, the TSA also produced a range of factsheets aimed at GPs, social workers, residential care workers and teachers to help them tailor their practice when working with those affected by TSC and their siblings to learn about TSC and its symptoms. produced without this generous donation.

IT company Softcat selected the TSA to benefit from their ‘£1 per click’ campaign. They asked everyone to click on their website and for every click they made a £1 donation. The campaign raised over £10,000 while spreading a lot of good cheer and accessing new markets with the community sharing far and wide!

Kindly offered their confidential waste disposal service for FREE to the TSA Office.