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. We are committed to helping our hospitals go that extra mile for you and your patients.

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

BWHC Logo sunburst icon We’ll fund the little things that make a big difference

 BWHC Logo sunburst iconWe’ll work with you to create healing environments and spaces to provide dignity, privacy and empathy

BWHC Logo sunburst icon We’ll work alongside you to champion equitable access for everyone

BWHC Logo sunburst icon We’ll fund world-class technology, treatments, knowledge and medical research.

 

Join us and be part of a bold, energetic and positive force across our communities.

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Introducing the charity to the public

Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity is the official NHS charity for the ten hospitals in the UHBW NHS Trust. A donation or time spent volunteering or fundraising for us will help to improve the health and happiness of every patient in all of our hospitals across Bristol city centre, South Bristol and Weston-super-Mare.

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:


Donations from patients, friends & 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 fundThe 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.

  


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 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.

FMU scanners at St Michaels Hospital Thekla Chairs at BHI Slit-lamp camera at BEH
New lockers for PICU Wellbeing programme for all staff Cleft diagnostic models
MRI scanner at SBHC iPad for The Bridge Cloth bags for patients at BHOC

 

MORE OF THE GREAT THINGS FUNDED IN YOUR HOSPITALS