Together, We CARE. Thanks to you, we are playing a key role in enhancing the wellbeing of, and support for, NHS staff, patients and volunteers, particularly those who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our goal at Hampshire Hospitals Charity is to raise at least £1million a year to ensure that we can provide increased care and support for our local HHFT NHS heroes and the patients they care for, above and beyond what the NHS can afford to deliver. This includes providing better outdoor and rest spaces, equipment, and enhancing the environment and experience for everyone in our hospitals.
We know our staff are the experts on what they, their patients and loved ones need and deserve, so we let them have a big say on how their own ward and department funds are spent, subject to the approval of Hampshire Hospitals Charity fund managers, trustees, and in keeping with Charity Commission guidelines.
If you want to know more about the charity, the funds that exist, or how to donate, please contact Hampshire Hospitals Charity directly on 01962 828353 or e-mail hh.charity@hhft.nhs.uk.
And if you wish to donate and support your local HHFT NHS hospital heroes, you can make a BACS payment or download a donation form and return it with your cheque, made payable to “Hampshire Hospitals Charity (4999)”. These donations will go into a general fund (4999) that can be accessed by all staff across our HHFT hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover.
If you wish to donate to a specific ward or department, please email hh.charity@hhft.nhs.uk and we will be able to help you.
We are currently updating our HHC website so you can see exactly how your money has been, and is being, spent in the last few years. Thank you for your kind and generous support past, present and future.
Your wonderful donations really do make a difference to the support and care that HHC provides and the people who we help. Together, We CARE!
HH Charity (Registered Charity 1060133)
Hampshire Hospitals 10th Birthday!
January 2022 marks 10 amazing years of Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) – and as part of the HHFT 10th celebrations, Hampshire Hospitals Charity (HHC) are inviting you to give a special birthday present to your local NHS by supporting the ‘£10 for HHFT10’ fundraising campaign.
Launched by HHC, this campaign gives everyone the chance to make a small donation that will collectively make a big difference by enabling HHC to fund items and support for staff and patients above and beyond what the NHS provides.
To donate to the ‘£10 for HHFT10’ campaign, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/northhampshireh – and if you are eligible to, please remember to tick the gift aid box as this will add 25 per cent to every donation you make.
Get involved!
Just Giving
You can donate to Hampshire Hospitals Charity through our JustGiving page here. If you are eligible to, please remember to tick the gift aid box as this will add 25 per cent to every donation you make. Every little helps so whether it's £10 or £100, you donation and continued support is appreciated by all!
Members
More information coming soon!
Legacies
More information coming soon!
Regular Giving
More information coming soon!
Volunteer with us
More information coming soon!
Become an ambassador!
More information coming soon!
Shop our HHC branded items
More information coming soon!
Total income for the year was £547,000!
Clinical Equipment (£163,000)
The Charity purchased many pieces of clinical equipment which enabled the hospitals’ teams to provide leading edge technology for their patients’ treatment. The most significant of those purchases included:
-
Renewal of the system licence for the use of Amplitude Pro Enterprise system technology to allow orthopaedic clinicians and healthcare professionals to collect clinical outcomes and use them to measure a reduction in patient symptoms and an improvement in quality of life (£35,000).
-
Digital reminiscence therapy software enhances engagement with dementia patients through the use of the software (£22,000).
-
Four patient trolleys for Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) to enable the ability to see more patients (£13,000).
-
Patient monitor for Charlie's Day Unit to enable the staff to have access to high-quality, updated technology enabling them to monitor acutely sick children and assist in expediting their treatment (£6,000).
Enhancing Patients’ Environment (£409,000)
Several patient areas were refurbished, including:
-
Converting the Burrell House into Winchester Hospice (£363,000).
-
Refurbishing Northbrook Phlebotomy Room (£15,000).
-
Refurbishment of the multi-faith prayer rooms (£14,000).
Enhancing Patients’ Welfare (£205,000)
Patients are at the heart of everything Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust does, and ensuring they have a positive hospital experience and recieve outstanding care is vital. Part of Hampshire Hospitals Charity funds were spent on enhancing patients' welfare, including,
-
The adaptation of a room on ward F1 to create both a communal area to develop a therapeutic environment fit for the future and a private area for relatives and carers (£36,000).
-
The installation of air conditioning in the cardiac physiology department (£26,000).
-
Installing additional showers on Clarke Ward and Shawford Ward at Winchester hospital (£23,000).
-
A one-year pilot of a part time Myeloma physiotherapist to provide specialist physiotherapy input to Haematology outpatients and inpatients was purchased (£19,000).
-
Development of a Green Gym for chronic musculoskeletal patients utilising the East Courtyard at Basingstoke hospital (£14,500)
-
Purchase 22 parent bed mattresses for parents who wish to stay with their children who are in-patients on G2 at Basingstoke hospital (£7,000).
Supporting our staff to be even better (£118,000)
Many grateful patients offer donations for the direct benefit of the ward team who have looked after them. The funds raised in 2019/2020 were used to:
-
Enable staff to attend educational programmes to expand their skills and knowledge to do their jobs better (£93,000).
-
Improving office environments and a staff rooms (£10,000).
-
Invested into staff wellbeing workshops and other morale building items (£9,000).
To read the full report, click here.
Using Gift Aid means that for every £1 you give we get an extra 25p from HM Revenue and Customs, thus helping your donation to go further at no extra cost to you. To enable us to take advantage of Gift Aid, please download and complete the form, returning it to us with your donation.
Please remember that to qualify for Gift Aid, you must have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that you donate to will reclaim on your gifts for that tax year. Please note that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify.
