News
A little goes a long way:
Our Chairman’s budget funds small items of equipment quickly to make a significant impact on the wellbeing of patients.
Robbie’s cycle challenge
Robbie Cryer, Trustee of The Friends of York Hospitals met the challenge of cycling around all the York & Scarborough NHS premises on 25 February to raise funds to enhance patient care at York Hospital.
Access to Eye Care Services:
We funded £40K for Visual Field Equipment for the Eye Service at York Community Stadium. This includes a visual field analyser, focimeters and tonometers.
And lots more projects:
Over the years, we have funded lots of projects, large and small with your help. Here are some examples.
Support for staff and patients during the Pandemic:
We provided £20k for care boxes for staff and toiletry bags for patients. The boxes had goodies such as coffee, tea bags, squashes, pasta/noodles, porridge, cereal bars and toiletries. All wards and departments received these care boxes.
Scalp Cooling System
With your help we’ve given £17k to pay for a Scalp Cooling System for York Hospital. Approximately 50 patients each month opt for scalp cooling treatment. As more people are diagnosed with cancer, demand for this treatment will increase. Scalp cooling is intended to help prevent hair loss in people undergoing Systemic Anti–cancer Treatment
Shock Wave Therapy:
Your contributions have funded a Podiatry Shockwave Therapy Unit costing £13K. This will treat patients who have plantar fasciitis, a painful debilitating heel condition, or Achilles tendon pathology.
The physiotherapy service at York Hospital will also use it to widen the benefit for hospital and community patients.
LNER Community Stadium
Every journey begins with just one step and these are the first three. FOYH has funded artwork for the NHS in the Community Stadium. They bring the outside inside with relaxing folds of Vale and Wold. There’s “Moor” to come.
6th Form Project
The Friends of York Hospitals and York & Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Trust are proud to engage with young people to provide an opportunity to gain an understanding of the role of medical staff within the NHS.
Setting a Personal or Group Challenge
Rachel Martin, and Hussein Syed, set themselves individual challenges to raise funds for FOYH, setting up fundraising webpages to receive online donations.
Their efforts raised £1116.
Christmas Raffles
The Christmas Raffles for the past three years have raised a massive £2468. Many prizes were kindly donated by local businesses and supporters. The Hotel Du Vin is loyal supporter donating a number of prizes each year.
Flower Power
We have benefited by £800 from a village conservation initiative run by Mel & Stephanie Neale. They involved the villagers of Kelfield buying and scattering wild- flower seeds.
Spicing up lockdown
We benefited from an innovative way to raise funds during lockdown. Tom & Max Bell offered a curry delivery service to residents in the village of Kelfield, raising funds for a number of charities including us.
#brew4friends fundraising initiative
York cafés Rae and Webb and Partisan supported our #brew4friends fundraising initiative which involved giving small weekly donations to FOYH.