Donations to Our Charity

Our wonderful friends from Opus Music Therapy entertained patients, visitors and staff today in the main entrance of King's Mill to showcase their service.

Clinic 11 are delighted to receive a Toniebox purchased with charitable funds. This is an innovative audio speaker which is great for playing audiobooks & music with interchangeable characters. Staff Nurse Shannon says this will provide a distraction for children waiting in clinic.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity are delighted to have supported the early pregnancy unit and ward 14  to improve their counselling room. A gynaecology legacy has provided new decor, flooring and furnishings.

Jane Elton has kindly donated £1,316 to the Oncology Nurse Specialists in loving memory and in appreciation of the care received by her late husband Paul.

Mansfield Gas Sports & Social Club have recently disbanded and kindly donated remaining funds to the dementia care appeal and ward 31. It was lovely to meet members who visited to present their donation of £5,700.

Patients at King’s Mill Hospital are more comfortable thanks to funding from Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity. The charity has provided 17 chairs thanks to £61,500 of donations from the Oncology Fund and a specific legacy for oncology services.

Linney of Mansfield have kindly donated 40 fabulous "Boppi the Dancing Llama" toys to children’s services. These fun toys dance to three different songs and will be sure to entertain the young people in our hospital.

The RITA touchscreens have positively impacted Newark Hospital inpatients with individually tailored therapy activities and entertainment. Grateful thanks to the Magnus Foundation for their generous donation which funded these devices.

The Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity has purchased an Arctic Sun temperature management system for patients on the Critical Care Unit at a cost of £15,750. This has been funded from a general legacy.

£61,500 of oncology & legacy funding from the SFH Charity has purchased 17 specialist chairs for the Welcome Treatment Centre which treats haematology, oncology & immuno-therapy patients.

Muddles, Puddles & Sunshine activity books have been funded by the King's Mill volunteers. These books provide practical, sensitive support for bereaved children.

The Ward 51 day room has undergone a transformation with funding from the KMH volunteers Dragons' Den project. A lovely, welcoming space for patients & relatives.

Our wonderful volunteers have done a great job today running a tombola for International Nurse Day raising a fab £183 for the End of Life Appeal. Volunteers Ann and Margaret are pictured.

Bob Ballard and colleagues from the Mansfield Folk Centre have donated £1175.00 to the Haematology Fund from a folk evening and a sponsored run.

Pupils from Leamington Primary have raised a fantastic £191 for Ward 25 at King's Mill Hospital through activities linked to their medicine history project.

Peter and colleagues at Trivium Packaging held an Easter Raffle that raised £200 for the SFH Charity.

An electric height adjustable phlebotomy chair has been purchased for the King's Mill Dialysis Unit with funds donated to the Charity.

Profits from the Daffodil Cafe and fundraising projects have been utilised to purchase a dining table and chairs, a recliner chair and a television with unit for Ward 23 dual purpose relative and dining room.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity purchased wooden holding hearts on behalf of the Chaplaincy Team.  These will provide comfort for patients especially those on End of Life care.

King's Mill Hospital Volunteers donated two manual recliners to Ward 12 at a cost of £1582.

Thank you to all the organisations, businesses and individuals who donated Easter Eggs for patients who were in hospital over the Easter Weekend.

A selection of donations are shown below:

Mansfield Roadrunners

      Woods of Westgate       

Ambitions Personnel

     NHS Supply Chain          Beauty Queens             

     Ollerton Costa             Pure Gym, Mansfield

                  Fire Door Specialists

Southwell Road Costa      Nottingham Building 

                                       Society

 JD Gyms

The King's Mill Hospital volunteers  have funded feeding education equipment for the maternity ward & birthing unit. The dolls & breast kits will provide staff with easy access to demonstration materials and provide gold standard of feeding support.

Adam Seredynski and friends from Amber Valley Rugby Club took part in the Three Peaks Challenge in November 2022 carrying a telegraph pole. A fantastic £4,201 was raised in appreciation of the fantastic care Adam's daughter Molly received in NICU.

The Early Pregnancy Unit have extended grateful thanks to the KMH Volunteers who have funded a supply of Pregnancy After Loss support journals. These books provide crucial advice and tips for parents.

Ward 44 have taken delivery of crockery and insulated flasks purchased by the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity to support relatives and carers of patients requiring enhanced care.

Chief Pharmacist Mo Rahman opened the newly refurbished staff  wellbeing room at King's Mill Hospital.  Sarah and Cheryl coordinated the work using funding from the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity.

Urology Outreach Nurses Chris & Lynne were delighted to receive a £500 donation to the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity from Mr Humby & his daughter Angie. This was made in loving memory of Doreen Humby & in recognition of the great care she received.

The Sherwood Forest Hospitals Charity bought a selection of activity items for patients on Ward 42.  These were bought using a kind donation from Mansfield Honda.  

Joan and her daughter’s known as ‘Kelly’s Wings’ have raised £924.21 for NICU through various fundraising activities over the year.

Ipads and lockable carts have been purchased for the Emergency Department to provide a more patient focused standard of care and communication.  Translation apps and non verbal communication programmes will be downloaded to support patients to explain their basic needs.

Ready beds and recliner chairs have been purchased by the charity’s End of Life appeal fund for use by relatives and carers of patients receiving End of Life care on Ward 36.  Volunteer fundraisers who donated to the appeal were pleased to hear the difference this funding has made.

£2,100 has kindly been donated to Ward 25 by Sonia & Neil Eminson who undertook various fundraising activities throughout the year. Counsellor Mike Pringle presented the cheque on their behalf. Sonia works for Centre Parcs who generously supported with a donation of £500.

Ready beds & recliner chairs have been purchased from the End of Life fund for use by relatives and carers of patients receiving End Of Life care on Ward 36. Volunteer fundraisers were pleased to see how their donations to the appeal have made a difference.

King's Mill Hospital volunteers have kindly provided funding for diabetes food packs which help young adults to manage their dietary needs. Specialist Nurse Vicki said the bags have been well received and she is grateful to the volunteers for supporting this initiative.

Alex and Emily from The Snipe Public House in Sutton in Ashfield have kindly delivered a selection of toys to Ward 25. The toys were donated to them by customers over the Christmas period.

Juliet Shaw attended King's Mill Hospital with her daughter to donate £200 for the exemplary care given to late husband Ralph on Ward 41. The family also donated refreshments for ward staff to express their thanks for the support given to them at this difficult time.

Huge thanks to our Asda Community Champion colleagues for their kind toy donation to the Bramley Children's Unit at Newark Hospital. These will be very popular with little visitors whilst they wait in the clinic.

The Outpatients at Newark Hospital were delighted to accept a luxury chocolate bouquet donated by Mr & Mrs Kitchen for the great care they have received.

Two day beds have been bought for Ward 22 by the hospital volunteers.  These will enable relatives to be able to stay overnight with patients receiving enhanced care.

Jane Mawby and her son Harvey shaved their heads to raise funds for the Women's Treatment Centre and the Breast Unit.  Over £1250 was raised which will be split between the two departments.

An ice machine has been donated by the King's Mill Hospital volunteers following a successful 'Dragon's Den' bid.  This is for patients attending the ENT Day Case Unit.

Harron Homes supported the donation of 12 baby dolls for therapeutic use within dementia services. 

Staff were delighted to receive four baby bouncers for use on ward 25, utilising generous donations to charitable funds.

Woodland Ward were extremely grateful to receive activity equipment for dementia patients including dolls, a parachute, colour light up balls and exercise pedals.

The SFH falls team were delighted to receive a range of slippers kindly funded by the KMH volunteers to support falls week

Ward 53 were delighted to receive a range of activity equipment including Scrapbooks, Fidget Toys, CD's and Doll's, utilising kind donations to charitable funds. These activities will support stroke patients during their recovery.

Clinic 8 were extremely grateful to receive their Auto Lensmeter equipment from the Dragon’s Den project. The equipment will ensure accurate Visual Field testing for all patients.

SFH Charity have recently purchased two therapy chairs for patient use in clinic 10. Staff expressed their gratitude and stated the chairs will make a huge difference within therapy services.

Generous donations in recognition of great care have been used by SFH Charity to fund enhancements to relatives rooms and facilities in NICU.

Toys have been donated to Ward 25 from funds raised by SENDS Utd - a group who support children with additional needs.

A new Ultrasound machine has been purchased through donations to the SFH Charity for the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.  This will enable patients to receive quicker tests and diagnosis.