Orlo, the UK’s number one social media management platform, has nominated Birmingham Children’s Hospital as its chosen charity, as part of the company’s ‘Community First’ initiative and its wider commitment to the Birmingham community.
Headquartered in Birmingham, Orlo’s 35 employees will be raising funds towards a new intraoperative MRI (iMRI) machine at the Children’s Hospital, which will help transform brain surgery, by taking part in fundraising events over the next 12 months. The company will also be devoting 600 hours of volunteering time to help the wider community in Birmingham. Its ‘Community First’ initiative is an important part of the company’s plans to devote employees’ time and give back to the community.
“Putting the community first is a core value at Orlo, so we are delighted to be supporting such an incredible charity with Birmingham Children’s Hospital.” said Liza Davies, People Director at Orlo.
“We have some great initiatives planned to fundraise for the Children’s Hospital and we are looking forward to volunteering our time to help make a difference to the people of Birmingham in any way we can.”
“We are delighted that Orlo has chosen our Children’s Hospital as its ‘Charity of the Year’. Its fundraising efforts will help towards us securing this new and vital equipment, which will support our brain tumour and epilepsy patients, by providing surgeons with ‘live’ images of the position of a tumour during surgery, so they can accurately remove it.” said Katie Harris, Corporate Partnerships Officer at Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity.
Orlo’s social media management platform is used by over 300 organisations across the UK to engage with their communities via digital channels. It currently works with three-quarters of the UK’s police forces as well as many local government, healthcare, housing and education organisations to deflect demand, increase engagement and build trust in their communities.
