Advancing Paediatric Emergency Medicine
“Making sure our children get the best possible care”
Advancing Paediatric Emergency Medicine
“Making sure our children get the best possible care”
The Murray Parish Trust
Our Vision
To advance paediatric emergency medicine, ensuring children affected by major trauma have the chance to receive the best emergency care.
Our Mission
The Murray Parish Trust supports children’s emergency services across the South of England by raising money and awareness to support projects at key trauma centres, to enable pioneering research and provide life-saving equipment.

The ‘iMRI Suite Appeal’ is The Murray Parish Trust’s latest challenge to raise £2.1 million to fund a revolutionary intra-operative MRI (iMRI) Suite at Southampton Children’s Hospital.
NHS Appeal raises over £11,000
Vital funds raised help boost morale, support mental health and well-being for our NHS Frontline Heroes
BECG announce Charity Partnership
Winchester based communications consultancy choose our charity as part of their ongoing commitment to CSR
iMRI Suite Appeal
Our latest challenge to raise £2.1million for an intra-operative MRI (iMRI) Suite at Southampton Children’s Hospital
The Gobi 500 Challenge
Alex Lewis will attempt to travel 500 kilometres across the Gobi Desert in July 2021
#2MillionSteps appeal
We did it!
In November 2018, The Murray Parish Trust in partnership with Southampton Hospital Charity announced that we had raised the £2million needed to build a dedicated and world-class Children’s Emergency and Trauma Department at University Hospital Southampton, providing care for children across the South.

Join Sarah and Jim as they take you on a tour of the amazing new Children’s Emergency & Trauma Department at University Hospital Southampton.
News & Events
Here is the latest News from The Murray Parish Trust and our Events Calendar.
Sign-up for the ABP Southampton Marathon 2021
We are delighted to be able to offer a limited amount of charity places for this year’s ABP Southampton Marathon. Pick your distance from the Full, Half or 10k races for the now rescheduled running event which will take place throught the City of Southampton on Sunday 5th September 2021.
Tesco Bags for Help awards £1,000 grant to TMPT
The Murray Parish Trust is delighted to announce that we have ‘bagged’ £1,000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme, all raised from the sale of carrier bags in stores.
The Gobi 500 Handcycle Project – Wild Wheelchairs
The Gobi 500 challenge will see the unstoppable Alex Lewis, quadruple amputee, cycle 500 kilometres across the Gobi desert and Mongolian plains in a specially designed handcycle over ten days in July 2021.
iMRI Suite Appeal – updated fundraising target.
We are delighted to update you with some good news after a challenging 2020. Our £5.5m campaign to create the intra-operative MRI suite at Southampton Children’s Hospital was in its early stages when the pandemic hit. As a long-term major capital project, fundraising...
Zoom into Christmas – What a fantastic night!
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Zoom into Christmas event. Who knew you could have so much fun at a virtual Christmas Party! Hosted by Sarah Parish, Jim Murray and Alex Lewis and compèred by George Whitefield, the evening kicked off with some hilarious...
BECG announce The Murray Parish Trust as their chosen charity
The Murray Parish Trust are thrilled to have been selected by Winchester based communications consultancy BECG as their chosen charity. BECG are an award-winning sector specialist communications consultancy for the built environment, with a belief that corporate...
Upcoming Events
SHOPPING ONLINE? HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP RAISE FUNDS

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2020 Directory of Social Change Awards
In January 2020, we were delighted to be awarded runner up in the Everybody Benefits Long Term category at the Directory of Social Change (DSC) Awards 2020. The DSC founded in 1974, is a national charity which supports an independent voluntary sector through campaigning, training, funding information and publications, helping thousands of organisations achieve their aims.
Do something amazing today!
Making a donation will help The Murray Parish Trust raise funds to advance the treatment and care of children from across our region and beyond.