NHS staff and patients explain how Leeds Hospitals Charity makes a difference and why you should donate

Leeds Hospitals Charity provides more than £6m a year in additional funding to make life better for both patients and hard-working staff at the city's hospitals.
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Thanks to the generous support of people across Leeds, it is able to help fund pioneering research, provide specialist staff, improve the hospital environment and purchase cutting edge equipment, as well as investing in staff wellbeing and educational opportunities.

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Here Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust staff and patients explain in their own words why the extra support given by the charity matters so much.

Dad Chris Burns, 30, and mum Emma Bailey, 33, with baby Archie, who was cared for on the neonatal unit at Leeds Children's Hospital. Picture: Lee McLean/SWNSDad Chris Burns, 30, and mum Emma Bailey, 33, with baby Archie, who was cared for on the neonatal unit at Leeds Children's Hospital. Picture: Lee McLean/SWNS
Dad Chris Burns, 30, and mum Emma Bailey, 33, with baby Archie, who was cared for on the neonatal unit at Leeds Children's Hospital. Picture: Lee McLean/SWNS
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“The charity’s support makes a fantastic difference to the care we’re able to offer, it really allows us to buy cutting edge equipment that we couldn’t otherwise afford and it often allows us to get new equipment sooner than we’d normally be able to get it.”

Lawrence Miall, Consultant Neonatologist on the Neonatal Unit

“Donations make a huge difference. It doesn’t matter how big or small it is, every little bit that you give to the kids (in hospital) makes a huge difference, it really does.”

Darren, parent of child at Leeds Children’s Hospital

The Yorkshire Evening Post has joined up with Leeds Hospitals Charity for the Help Your Hospitals campaign, encouraging readers to become regular donors.The Yorkshire Evening Post has joined up with Leeds Hospitals Charity for the Help Your Hospitals campaign, encouraging readers to become regular donors.
The Yorkshire Evening Post has joined up with Leeds Hospitals Charity for the Help Your Hospitals campaign, encouraging readers to become regular donors.

“We are so lucky to have charitable support from Leeds Hospitals Charity, their support helps us provide patients with anything from high-tech equipment to the little extras that help make staff, patients and relatives have the best possible experience.”

Sarah Waite, Staff Nurse at Leeds Cancer Centre

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“The donations to the children’s hospital make a massive difference. From the day-to-day activities, by providing the resources for the playrooms, those things that really bring the sparkle to the children’s hospital.”

Lisa Beaumont, Therapeutic and Specialist Play Manager at Leeds Children’s Hospital

“I have a number of disabilities and my partner had become my full-time carer during the pandemic. We were so grateful to receive £200 in shopping vouchers so we could buy the essentials we needed.”

Anonymous patient

“We’re absolutely over the moon that Leeds Hospital Charity’s appeal has raised enough to buy a new incubator for the ward! We see the nurses, doctors and surgeons as Archie’s first family, Emma and I will forever be in their debt. Only really now that Archie has grown to a ‘normal birth weight’, we realise just how vulnerable he was when he was born at 2lb 12oz, 10 weeks prematurely back in August. We are so lucky to have the unbelievably skilful and knowledgeable NHS staff looking after our little boy.”

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Emma & Chris, parents of Archie who spent time on the Neonatal Unit

“Donations make a huge amount of difference, donations have been used to fund equipment but there also used to fund things the NHS don’t provide, so things that are nice to have rather than essentials.”

Sarah Whittle, Radiographer at Leeds Cancer Centre

“Leeds Hospitals Charity supports Leeds Children’s Hospital to make that experience as good as can be. Raising funds to help them to continue to do this is one little way to help them do that.”

Adam, fundraiser and staff member at Leeds Children’s Hospital

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The Yorkshire Evening Post has teamed up with Leeds Hospitals Charity for the Help Your Hospitals campaign. It asks our readers to help the charity to raise an additional £3m during 2021 by becoming a friend and making a regular donation.

Text FRIEND to 70660 to donate £5 a month or visit leedshospitalscharity.org.uk to set up a regular donation for any sum or make a one-off gift to the charity.

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