Five wheelchairs, three transit models and two self-propelled, were recently funded through the generosity of our donors, at a total cost of £1,785. Already being put to good use in the summer sunshine, these facilitate patients attending therapy groups, activities, assessments, etc. The self-propelled models also promote patient independence. A big thanks to Occupational Therapist […]
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Our charity is in the process of changing its legal structure. Since its foundation in 1965 the Friends have been an Unincorporated charity, but are now in the process of updating to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Why are we doing this? Because a CIO (introduced in the 2006 Charities Act) is a modern charitable
This specialist clinical and therapeutic chair is one of two recently funded through the generosity of our donors, for a total cost of just over £5,000. With a host of features, they enable less mobile patients to sit instead of remaining in bed all day, promoting healing and mental health. A big thanks to Annie
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The Annual Report Meeting of the Friends of Keswick Hospital charity will be held on Tuesday, 28th January at Keswick Hospital, starting at 7.30pm. All are welcome to attend.
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This year, thanks to the many kind donations received, we were again able to fund a variety of items for Keswick Hospital. Some were inexpensive (but very useful) items such as hairdryers for patient use. Others were more sophisticated and expensive items such as walking, standing and bathing aids, therapeutic chairs and physiotherapy equipment. The
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Look out for our new Friends of Keswick Hospital charity collection boxes, to help us with our ongoing fundraising. Our volunteers will shortly be sending them out to start their mission in the local area, and we will also use them in person at future fundraising events. If you would like to host one of
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Welcome to our new website, launched to help us better fulfil our mission of supporting our wonderful local hospital in Keswick. Here you can find out how to make donations, either one-off or regular. You can be inspired by reading about what previous donations from our many supporters have been spent on, and the positive
At our recent AGM, after a remarkable 29 years of service which included 27 years as our Treasurer, Mike Bulman retired as a trustee. Our outgoing chair, Dorothy Savage, speaking on behalf of all the trustees and Keswick hospital staff, expressed our sincere thanks to Mike for everything he has done for the hospital and
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The Annual Report Meeting (ARM) and Annual Public Meeting (APM) for the Friends of Mary Hewetson Hospital, Keswick, was held at the hospital on the 8th November 2023. The annual report and audited annual accounts were presented to the trustees by our Treasurer, Eugene Lambert, who outlined the Friends’ financial position for the financial year
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