The Friends of St Mary’s Hospital donated over £27,000 to the Island’s only hospital last, all thanks to the Island community’s generous donations, volunteering and fundraising efforts.
The money handed over to St Mary’s helps support services and purchase equipment above the standard level provided by the NHS.
Lesley Myland, Chairman of the Friends of St Mary’s Hospital says:
“On behalf of the Friends of St Mary’s I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported The Friends in some way. Whether you have visited our shop at St Mary’s or enjoyed refreshments at our cafes, to fundraising and donating, we are so incredibly grateful for the support.
“It is the support from our community that helps to provide the extra comforts that really make the difference to our patients and to our staff.”
The Friends were delighted to donate £2,000 to the Children’s Community Team in 2024. The generous donation enabled the team to purchase 10 vibrating watches and 7 bedwetting alarms with mats.
Victoria Bamford, Children’s Continence Associate Practitioner has said:
“We are extremely grateful to the Friends for their generous donation. This much needed equipment will be loaned out to children struggling with nocturnal enuresis/constipation in our monthly clinics.
“Our new assessments have highlighted children do not drink enough during the day. This impacts on their day and night-time enuresis. Having the watches to set reminders throughout the day will be an incentive to drink more and prevent enuresis, as well as having a positive outcome on any constipation, giving the children some empowerment.
“In the past we have asked parents to purchase these but in the current climate with the cost of living this is not always possible.”
To find out more about the Friends of St Mary’s and how you can get involved, click here.
The friends or St Mary’s do a wonderful job,
such a shame though that the Government do not
provide the equipment needed for people.
“They soon find money when they want too”
The UK Government wasted £37 Billion Pound on a test and trace
system, while Germany only spent £48 Million on their test and
trace system.
Germany have a larger population than the UK too, something
is wrong the way the money is spent by our Government!
Get rid of Costa and put Friends of St Mary’s back where it was