Supporting treatment, care and research Charitable Funds Annual Report 2012/13 Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charity. Registered charity 1049274. Celebrating our achievements Chairman’s welcome our Charity to their hearts. From star-studded dinners and Our aims The principal purpose of ladies’ lunches to company cake bakes and sponsored the NHS is to deliver services It’s a great pleasure to welcome you to our annual review, The role of the Central Manchester University Hospitals runs, every penny raised is helping to make a real to patients, and so use of and to share some of the highlights and achievements of NHS Foundation Trust Charity is summed up in its difference to the treatment and care we can provide. the charitable funds is focused on the past year, in which our Charity raised £3.77m. This is governing document: funds are used “for any charitable enhancing the experience of patients, their an outstanding achievement, given the tough economic The money raised is used to purchase specialist purpose or purposes relating to hospital services families and friends and the wider community. climate, and a testament to the generosity of individuals, equipment which helps with diagnosis and monitoring. (including research) or to any part of the National Health The Trust’s aim is to provide all patients, visitors and staff families, companies and other organisations. It is also spent on additions to the hospital environment, Service associated with any hospital.” with a quality service that meets the highest professional making a difficult time a little more comfortable for More than a million people, plus their families, carers and The public benefits from the work of the Charity, which standards, while also respecting and responding to patients and their families. We are pleased to be able to friends, come to our family of eight hospitals each year. has aims directly related to public benefit. This is achieved their individual needs. We want to be innovative in the contribute to the running cost of the 60-room Ronald And many of them have benefited from the £4.8m spent through the Charity’s support of, and links to, the NHS treatment we provide and the environment we create. McDonald House Manchester which opened in May in our hospitals over the past 12 months. The Charity’s work hospitals on our central Manchester and Trafford sites. 2012. It provides free accommodation to the families of The Charity supports the Trust’s aims, while also has played a key role in supporting the excellent treatment, children being treated at our children’s hospital. The section of the public which benefits from our work is complying with donors’ wishes and charity law. care and research that our Trust takes a great pride in. mainly the patients, service users, staff and visitors in our This is achieved both directly through patient-focused Research is another priority, and, as part of this year’s None of this would have been possible without our hospitals but further public benefit can be demonstrated expenditure, such as improving patient waiting areas or investment in research, the Charity has provided hugely enthusiastic and hard-working Charity fundraising from the results of research undertaken and supported purchasing equipment, and indirectly by funding research. £600,000 during the past year to support the discovery team. My sincere thanks go to them, and to the Charity’s by the Charity. Education for staff and patients is regularly and development of new treatments for a wide range of The main priorities for the Charity are: Fundraising Board and its chairman Maurice Watkins CBE. funded through the Charity and is another example of diseases and conditions. resources spent for the ultimate benefit of a significant • Supporting research projects to improve our I’ve been very privileged to meet many individual donors Our Trust is dedicated to providing the best possible section of the general public. understanding of illness and fundraisers over the past 12 months. These have healthcare to people from our local community and included patients and family members who have raised The Charity makes grants which benefit the hospitals, • Helping to create an environment that’s more friendly beyond. On behalf of the Charity’s Trustees, I would like money to say thank you for the excellent care they services, patients, visitors and staff of the Trust. The to express our gratitude to all the extremely generous • Providing state-of-the-art equipment for diagnosis received, and also people who wanted to contribute hospitals are Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester individuals, groups, companies and charitable trusts who and treatment in memory of their loved ones. There are some Royal Eye Hospital, Royal Manchester Children’s continue to support our hospitals. Thanks to you, By working in close partnership with the Trust, the Charity tremendously inspiring stories, of which we can only share Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Trafford Hospitals and we really are making a difference. ensures funding is allocated to areas where it can make a few in this review, and we are grateful to every donor for the University Dental Hospital of Manchester. The Charity a real difference to the care and treatment of patients whatever they have been able to give. Trustee has invested money with the aim of enhancing the across our family of eight hospitals. environment by supporting art projects throughout Companies and their employees, celebrity patrons and the hospitals. supporters and the sporting community have also taken Peter W Mount CBE | Chairman 2 3 Celebrating our achievements Grant Making Policy A fantastic year of fundraising May 2012 went towards raising over £3,000 in support of the children’s hospital’s Giggle Doctors project. The Trust Board approves the scheme of delegation We are very grateful to all of our supporters - every individual, May was a very busy month with many sporting events against which the managers and officers of the Trust community group, company and organisation that continues to taking place in support of all our hospitals, including the June also saw a flurry of activity from our corporate may approve grants. All grants in excess of £100,000 show their support allows the Charity to make a real difference. annual Great Manchester Run that saw 347 runners supporters including Manchester furniture company, are approved directly by the Charitable Fund Committee. taking part for us, raising over £80,000. Stocktons, refurbishing a parent room in the children’s The last 12 months have been jampacked, and it is Governance issues are covered in more detail on pages A&E and the Rainbow Room in Saint Mary’s Hospital. testament to the fantastic generosity and enthusiasm of Clare Maher from Salford and her team ‘The Maz 21 to 23. so many people that we are able to continue to support Strollers’, took on the 44th annual Keswick to Barrow 40 East Lancashire Freemasons donated £5,000 after Core activities treatment, care and research at our family of eight hospitals mile sponsored walk and raised £1,300 for Manchester holding a Jubilee Banquet to help fund a Play Specialist across central Manchester and Trafford. It also enables us Royal Infirmary’s CALLM Fund (Caring for Adults with and play equipment for the Children’s Clinical Research The Charity’s expenditure in 2012/13 was allocated in the to raise awareness of the amazing work of our clinical teams Leukaemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma). Over 1,300 Facility, which will help to distract children from their following ways: and of course the inspirational people they treat every day. children in nurseries, play groups and crèches across the treatment and offer more fun during their stay on the unit. • Research – 28% towards research programmes and North West took part in our under 5s sponsored walk, Here are some highlights of fundraising activity that has Staff and clients from the Co-operative Bank and Beavers research salary costs. Teddy Toddle, and this year patients from the children’s taken place throughout the year. & Struthers were given the opportunity to watch the first hospital were also invited to take part in a special Teddy • Patient related expenditure – 16% helped to deliver England match of Euro 2012, which took place during April 2012 Toddle which took place at the hospital. Our Teddy Toddle improvements to the patient experience. working hours, if they made a donation to ward 84 at raised a total of £16,500 which will be used to support Our year was kick-started when our charity mascot, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Staff choosing to • Staff related expenditure – 14% was contributed, with Specialised Play Therapy. Humphrey Bear, was one of the first people to run watch the game collectively raised £700. A number of a significant proportion spent on training and education. 100m at the Olympic Stadium. Following a national Fundraising Football, which was co-organised by the events also took place in local communities throughout • Contributions to hospital capital expenditure – 34% vote Humphrey was the only charity mascot from the Charity team and long term supporters Sheldon Bean June, including a charity fishing match held by Lee Barlow spent on the purchase of medical equipment; 3% North West to compete and crossed the finish line in a and Nigel Woolfstein, in association with Manchester City from Wigan in aid of the Heart Care Unit in the children’s spent on other capital equipment with a further 2% on commendable fourth place! Football Club, raised an amazing £85,000 with a daytime hospital and Wendy Lomax’s family fun day in Preston IT and computer equipment. The capital expenditure tournament and evening dinner at the Etihad Stadium.