Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity is your NHS charity

We’re here to help you continue to go above and beyond for your patients, ensuring you can bring moments of joy, comfort and happiness to those who need it most.

Working with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, these are our promises to you:

• We’ll fund the little things that make a big difference
• We’ll work with you to create healing environments and spaces to provide dignity, privacy and empathy
• We’ll work alongside you to champion equitable access for everyone
• We’ll fund world-class technology, treatments, knowledge and medical research.

In short, we are committed to helping our hospitals go that extra mile for you and your patients. Join us and be part of a bold, energetic and positive force across our communities.

In this dedicated UHBW staff section you will find information on:

 Introducing the charity to the public

 Become a Charity Champion

 Fundraising for your hospitals

 Receiving donations on wards

 Applying for a grant

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Introducing the charity to the public

Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity is the NHS charity for Bristol city centre hospitals, South Bristol Community Hospital and Weston General Hospital. A donation or time spent volunteering or fundraising for us will help to improve the health and happiness of every patient in all 10 of our hospitals.

We know that patients and their friends and families are often looking for a way to say thank you for the outstanding care received from you while being treated in hospital.

Our latest Impact Report shines a light on just a fraction of what is possible with their support. 

Read our Impact Report

Please encourage people to get in touch with us directly via the website, email or phone, or by dropping into our fundraising hub in the Bristol Royal Infirmary welcome centre to chat with our volunteers:

• bwhospitalscharity.org.uk
• [email protected]
• 0117 927 7120
• Fundraising hub, BRI welcome centre, Level 2 

 

Donations from patients, friends and families

Many of your patients or their families and friends would like to donate to say thank you for their care. You may also choose to do some fundraising for your NHS charity to make a difference to yourself and colleagues.

If you receive donations for Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity directly, you can use the donation receipt book situated on your ward to provide a receipt to the donor. Alternatively, you can visit our fundraising hub in the BRI welcome centre to pay in donations to our volunteers who will then fill out a donation receipt for you. Please note all cheques must be made payable to Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity.

When donations are processed they will be allocated to the appropriate fund. The donor will receive a thank you from the charity and learn a little more about the impact their donation will have.

The Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity will also process the Gift Aid claims and work hard to secure ongoing support from the donor. This ensures every pound donated grows further, while also helping to cover the operational costs necessary for generating income for charitable purposes. 

If your donation receipt book is finished, please request a new one from our Income Administrator Libby on [email protected] and she will put it in the internal post for you.

 

Monthly giving

Using Pennies from Heaven, you can donate the extra pennies from your pay every month before tax is deducted.

So if your monthly pay comes to £1,744.38, you can donate the 38p to help patients at your hospitals.

Just think how much we could raise if every member of UHBW staff donated the pennies from their pay each month!

Sign up to Pennies from Heaven

The impact of donations

Thanks to supporter donations and fundraising efforts, Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity is able to provide more than £1m of funding to UHBW every year.