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Derby Hospitals Charity Newsletter Spring/ Summer 2018 CELEBRATING

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Spring/Summer 2018 1 01332 785731 [email protected] derbyhospitalscharity.org.uk Hospitals Charity @HospitalCharity Welcome to the latest UPCOMING EVENTS edition of Here’s what is coming up in 2018. Why not sign up It is hard to believe that it is You may have heard about the now to join in the fun? Why not organise your own event – actually 20 years since the proposed merger between Derby just let us know your plans so we can help you separate charities for the and Burton Hospitals and when Please don’t forget to with your fundraising. Contact Vicky Carey – Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and this takes place the two charities [email protected] or call 01332 788861 Derby City General Hospital will also merge. We’ll bring you keep up to date with us combined to form the charity as more news about the charity’s derbyhospitalscharity.org.uk it is today. We have had name expansion later in the year. and on Facebook, Twitter and changes along the way, from Instagram and, very importantly, We’ve been meeting so many make sure you let us know how Southern Derbyshire Acute wonderful fundraisers and Hospitals Charitable Trust to you want us to keep in touch supporters that we have had to with you in future. Derby Hospitals Charity, but we add extra pages to fit you all in! If have always been here to support you have done some fundraising the hospitals by funding items to for us recently, see if you can spot help Make Patients’ Lives Better. yourself in pages 5 -12. Julie Chapman - Editor Colour Run Sunday 9th September 2018 at Markeaton Park Following the amazing success of last year’s event, the colour run is back for 2018! Register early to save your place to get covered from head to toe in a rainbow of colours… Registration is £20 and you will receive a free white t-shirt and paint packet. Registration for under 16’s is £10. Please note: This event is not really suitable for under 5’s

Jingle Jog Charity Hub Opens! Sunday 2nd December 2018 We are thrilled to now have a The hub, which is easy to find Everyone’s favourite festive fundraiser! This fun charity hub in the main entrance opposite Marks and Spencers, run is for everyone, adults, children and dogs alike. of the Royal Derby Hospital was officially opened by Trust You don’t have to run, you can walk, jog or run – to make it easier for staff and Chief Executive Gavin Boyle The hub will be staffed it’s up to you! As this event is always very popular, supporters to access information on 22nd March 2018 and is a Monday to Friday please make sure you sign up early. about Derby Hospitals Charity and fantastic new interactive focal between 9am and 4pm REGISTER NOW: the service we provide. point for Derby Hospitals Charity so if you are visiting the www.derbyhospitalscharity.org.uk/events for fundraising, donations and hospital please pop along general enquiries. to say hello to the charity team.

2 Spring/Summer 2018 033 Leaving A FREE WILLS Fundraisers Gift FORTNIGHT 4th–15th JUNE In Your Will Our fantastic fundraisers have been very busy • Leaving a gift in your will is a fantastic way to • Appointments will support Derby Hospitals Charity. be available on a first once again... • We are once again working with Derby Solicitors come first served basis. Alexander & Co to offer our supporters who are • 30% off usual cost for the aged 55 and over the opportunity to have their Will writing service on other dates for Derby simple Wills written or updated free of charge Hospitals Charity supporters. for a fortnight. A gift in your Will costs you nothing now, but your • An up to date Will written by a solicitor can legacy will make a huge difference to patients for ensure your wishes are respected and avoid many years to come. difficult decisions and legal complications for Please contact Alexander & Co Solicitors on your loved ones. Sally Dean’s daughter, Elsie, aged 01332 600005 or email 11 had her head shaved straight • Free Wills Fortnight allows you to provide for [email protected] quote DERBY after her year 6 school leavers prom family and friends and also leave a gift to your HOSPITALS CHARITY raising a fantastic £1,035 for the Intensive Care Unit. chosen charity. The Apprentice and Graduate Andrea Elder, President of The Inner association at Rolls-Royce in Derby Wheel of Heanor presented a cheque for raised an amazing £4,589.17 for Ward £6,000 to Dr Prabir Chakraborti for the 303 with various fundraising events Clinical Oncology Department. including completing the Three Peaks Challenge in less than 24 hours.

Thank you to Webs Training Limited who raised an amazing Could You Volunteer £420 for the For Derby Hospitals Charity? Breast Unit.

As the charity expands, we need Can you spare a few hours to help out with this year’s events? An amazing £5,000 was Gemma Baines took part in donated to the DART more volunteers to help with the gruelling X Runner event • Colour Run • Jingle Jog Appeal from the Derby our fundraising and community to raise a fantastic £1,269 Sikh Community. events and manning the charity for Ward 301. Mrs Jocelyn Snape and hub in future. As a volunteer you family kindly donated £550 can gain new skills, build new 9 2 from the collection at her husband’s funeral to Kings friendships and broaden your SEPT DEC Lodge Ward 3 LRCH to buy a experiences. Speech Language app to help Luke Heathcote and patients communicate. Chelsea Litchfield donated £600 for the Please email Marie on Care of Bereaved Parents [email protected] fund in memory of Sherryann Worth held their baby Sophia Hazel a charity medium event for more information. Heathcote. at Derby Charnwood Spiritualist Church which raised £280 for the Oncology Department.

044 Spring/Summer 2018 055 Fundraisers

Caz Harris organised a Masquerade Ball on 23rd September at Ashbourne Golf Club which raised £1,170 for the Children’s Hospital.

Thank you to Party Medical for raising Staff in the finance department at Royal Derby Bobby Cliff took part in Tough £136.50 for the Let’s Go Outside project. raised £1,500 for the Kings Lodge Rehabilitation Mudder last year and raised a Staff on the Intensive Care Unit are Nicky Tatlow raised £2,800 for the Unit with a festive Christmas door competition. fantastic £2,083 for Dolphin fundraising to refurbish a courtyard where Combined Day Unit by holding a Scott Jarvis donated another £500 that he won for Ward in the Children’s Hospital. patients who are unable to leave their disco night and raffle at Littleover his photo of a Kingfisher that was selected for a Social Club last October. Nicky raised beds will be able to spend time outside Rebecca Simcock and Karen Hill held a Gig national calendar to boost the fundraising total. the money to say thank you for the and get some fresh air. & Grub evening and raised an amazing treatment and care she received. £2,620 for the Renal Unit Home Dialysis team in gratitude for the treatment their friend Jackie Smith received. Kinder House, Chellaston Academy have kindly chosen Arty Splats in to fundraise for the Children’s Mickleover raised Hospital throughout the year. £215 for the Tim Howard – Head of house Children’s Hospital Kinder and pupils Ariana and with their Christmas Will came along to present party they had back £210, the first of the donations in December. Rita Walia and Sahaly Thank you so much to the from a 24 hour sports event. Women’s Group raised staff at the Jurys Inn Hotel in over £1,000 for Derby Derby for raising £646.74 for Hospitals Charity’s the Children’s Department general fund – thank you by doing various fundraising ladies! activities. Laura and Mark Elliott who Mr Tony Chambers and Strategic came into the Children’s Communications Services Hospital today to present Limited support the Children’s Staff at Leisure a Cuddle Cot they Furnishings in Long Emergency Department on an Well done to Rebecca purchased – thank you so Eaton took on Mount ongoing basis. Mr Chambers Cumming who cycled from much. Snowdon to raise an is funding the blood gas London to Paris last year and amazing £3,000 for analyser for another year raised an incredible £775 for the Care of Bereaved and also donated a the Labour Ward. Parents fund towards camera and Ipad. cuddle cots.

9 year old Scarlett Gillian Hughes raised Zack Stevenson took Kirkpatrick who raised £1,391.68 from a part in a 3k run and £516 the Combined Zumbathon held last year at Pentrich Patchers made raised money to buy Day Unit by organising Shobnall Leisure Complex 50 bags for patients who some amazing craft a raffle to say thank with the money raised being attend for breast surgery materials for the you for the treatment split between the DART which they donated to the Children’s Hospital. they gave her Appeal and the Breast Care Elective Procedure Unit. Well done Zack! grandad. Unit at Burton Hospital.

066 Spring/Summer 2018 077 Kiren Rathaur took part in a bungee jump and raised an amazing £570 for the Kings Lodge Rehabilitation Ward. Well Done Kiren!

David Jones and Barbara Upton The young players and managers at Rebecca Higginbottom raised a fantastic £12,560 for Thank you so much to Liz Smith and family for Belper Sports Football Club released baked and iced 350 different the Children’s Hospital during donating £500 to the Heart Failure Unit. The a Christmas charity single on You cupcakes to sell to family and their year as Captains of money was collected in memory of their father tube which raised £1,062.51 for friends and raised £325 for Mickleover Golf Club William Denzil Phillips who was one of the very the Breast Unit. ward 301 to say a big thank first patients to be treated in the unit. Ashgates Corporate Services chose Derby you to the staff. Hospitals Charity as their charity of the year and in lieu of sending Christmas cards, they Mr G A Dutton donated £250 to the Neonatal Intensive Lizzy Allsop raised an donated £700 given Care Unit. incredible £1,680 with instead of gifts for a raffle at the Curiosity his 80th Birthday. Interiors shop in The donation for Alfreton, split between the Renal Unit was the Combined Day Unit in memory of his son Alan who sadly The amazing Marehay and the DART Appeal. passed away nearly Miners Welfare group raised Susan Griffith, Jenna two years ago. £284.87 for the children’s Redferd and John hospital and also brought and Wayne Skinner’s lots of lovely selection boxes fantastically festive for the wards. Thank you for Christmas lights display raised £650 for your continued support. Thank you so much Ward 304. Well done to Lucie Glenny to Purplebricks in for raising £561 for the Derby and Ashbourne Shelton Striders Acute Stroke Unit by for coming in and running club raised having a coffee morning donating £250 for the Thanks to the ladies an amazing amount and raffle at her house. Children’s Department. of Littleover WI of £7,250 for the Lucie raised the money for group who raised a Head & Neck Unit the unit in memory of her brilliant £800 for the during 2017. mum who sadly passed Combined Day Unit. away last year.

Thanks once again to Derby Pam Molloy, Hospitals Choir – every year family and friends they fundraise with their Jan Attwood raised Vic Hall raised £320 for donated £545 for fantastic Christmas concert £2,870 for Bowel the Children’s Diabetes the Intensive Care and this year they raised Cancer/Stoma Care fund. Vic decided he Unit in memory of £6,500 for the Dementia with her various wanted to do 30,000 Steve Molloy who fund which Louise Hill Chair ongoing fundraising steps in 30 days, but sadly passed away of Derby Hospitals Choir events. Thanks so actually managed to do on the Unit. presented to Sue Roberts much to Jan and an amazing 90,000 steps and which will be used to her family for their without a walking stick. purchase dementia screens continued support. for four wards.

088 Spring/Summer 2018 099 Elliott Blackstone from York raised £61 for Children’s Hospital by running in the Derby 10k family 3K run. Fundraiser Spotlight

Wayne Madsen from Derbyshire County Cricket Club kindly chose Paula Brudenell Debbie, Ellie, Steve and Nigel Hood the Children’s Hospital as one of Paula Brudenell raised in total over £4,000 for donated £500 to the Renal Unit in the charities he supports during Donations of £1,400 were received in memory of their father Tony Hood. his testimonial year and visited the both the Lung Cancer Team and the Nightingale memory of Bob Pitt including £1,140 for Children’s Hospital to present £2,400. Macmillan Day Unit on behalf of her dad, John the Oncology Research fund (for prostate research) which was presented to Chris Brudenell. John was diagnosed with Lung Worth, Lead Nurse for Clinical Trials by Cancer in January 2016 and was cared for by the Bob’s lovely granddaughters Grace, Claudia, Oncology Team. He liked to visit the unit on a Alice and Hollie. Monday too where he was very much loved. He was so grateful to everyone for looking after him that Paula said she would run The Greater Manchester Marathon on his behalf to raise money for them. John very sadly lost his fight for life on the 24th Thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts March 2017 just one week before Paula was of the Royal Derby Fab 4 team who walked Mrs Gillian Charity sells her knitted items due to do the marathon. In spite of losing her the Great Wall of China last year, the Stroke and has recently raised £431 for the Care beloved dad, she knew that he would want her Rehab Unit has received some new motorised Of Bereaved Parents fund. Thank you for to complete the marathon. Paula completed the wheelchairs and they also presented £3,000 your continued support. to the Amputee Rehab Centre. marathon on Sunday 2nd April 2017 in 3 hours Spencer Lodge donated a fantastic, and 53 minutes and we are sure her dad was with Thank you so much to Jenny and Roy, £1,500 to the Butterfly Fund to her every step of the way. Rebecca Phillips and Sylvia Mosley for support patients with dementia. their handmade Syringe Driver bags for Ward 305. Take Heart Colour Run & Jingle Take Heart is a self-help support group for heart patients, their families and carers who live in and Ella Hayes, Steph Hayes, around Derby. The group regularly support the Jog Fundraisers Sophie Taylor and Ben Taylor completed our Colour Run last charity and have made thousands of pounds of Izabel and Mason year and raised £509 for Ward donations over the years. Fowkes raised an 303 to say thank you for the amazing £125 care their nana received. Their most recent purchases include, new for the Neonatal recliners, pressure relief cushions and an Intensive Care Unit Hazell Wooton and observation machine for Ward 408. by running in our Louise Golden and Laura Jack Dakin took part Colour Run. We would like to thank Michael Flude and Mosley raised £887 for the in our Jingle Jog and Care of Bereaved Parents and raised £180 for the the group for their continued support. Butterfly Dementia funds by Intensive Care Unit. taking part in our Colour Run.

10 Spring/Summer 2018 11 NMU Lambie’s BBAAAAA-log Fundraisers

Emily and Morris held a coffee Thank you to morning in members of the memory of their Chaddesden Social uncle Dave which Club who have raised £283.20. raised over £2,200.

Hi! My name is Lambie Susan Duffin and the and I am the mascot for Holly Marshall raised family of Venita Mills £250 for the Nightingale raised an amazing Derby Hospitals Charity! Macmillan Unit and £250 £15,373 with their for Ward 303 by holding a charity ball. Since the last Exchange I have been on lots of coffee morning. adventures. I have been to visit a few schools and play groups and it was amazing to meet all the brilliant children who all gave me a big welcome. I would especially like to say a big “Hello” to Derby Grammar Thank you to the School, Arty Splats and all the children that welcomed me Sue and Brian Pollicott hosted Rotary Club of at St Edmonds Pre-school for cheque presentations. You did Alfreton for raising a BBQ in memory of their sister £1,089.50 by Jean Portman as a thank you some amazing fundraising! holding a Golf Day to the staff for the outstanding at Ormonde Fields care given to Jean and her Along with some friendly fundraisers I helped with a Golf Club. family, raising £1,020 for the bucket collection at the Derby County V Leeds match at Unit and a further £180 for Macmillan Cancer Support. , thank you to all the supporters at the match who donated. Alex Garner has been fundraising Thank you to for the Nightingale Macmillan Unit A few weeks later I was invited to pop back to Pride Jeanette Ivans and by taking part in Stoptober, running Park to have a photo with the other charity partners work colleagues at from Church Gresley to the unit and of the Derby Half Marathon. It was lovely to meet having his head shaved in the day unit the Hollybrook Inn other mascots but I was very cold and got covered in who raised £651.56. supported by his family and friends. snow! As a lamb I definitely prefer spring to winter!

I also went along to the Derby 10k to cheer on our runners. They all took on the challenge and did a brilliant job so well done to everyone who ran for us. Bradgate and Ticknall Residents Association I will be running in the Derby Half Marathon to raise raised a fantastic money for our Dart Appeal so please sponsor me if you Alex Baxter ran the £1,000 with a London Marathon can! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dhclambie sponsored head shave and Lauren Baxter and other fundraising. ran the Derby 10k Love Lambie raising £1,235.

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