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Senior Sister Michele Young pictured with Miss Muriel Honour
Put your best foot forward this Autumn and join us on Sunday 5 th
a Walk in the Park.
October for It’s Not Just
This five mile sponsored walk between the
Trust’s hospitals in Headington will take in the John Radcliffe, Churchill, and Nuffield hospitals, before returning to the JR for refreshments.
Michele Young, Senior Sister at the Horton
General’s Critical Care Unit, pictured left explains: ‘I know very well how important charitable support is to our hospitals, so it is wonderful that patients, staff, friends and family will be taking part in this sponsored walk to raise funds for the areas of the hospital which have a special significance to them. We’re very grateful to everyone taking part.’
Michele is pictured with one of her patients,
Miss Muriel Honour. Miss Honour, who is
84, used to work as a milkmaid. She has recently spent time in both the Horton and
John Radcliffe hospitals and said: ‘I have been treated very well by the hospitals and all the nurses have been very kind and looked after me.
It’s just lovely that people do events like this walk to help make the hospitals more comfortable for patients and pay for special equipment. I think they have a lot of courage and a lot of heart.’
You can choose which hospital area your sponsorship supports – so whichever ward or hospital department is special to you, your family and friends, this event is your chance to make a difference.
It costs just £5 to enter and children under
16 walk for free. There will be a warm up at
10am with the walk leaving from Tingewick
Hall on the John Radcliffe site at 10.30am.
Find out more about the walk and enter online at: www.hospitalcharity.co.uk/walk .
Or use the form on page 7, call 01865
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Please include the ward or hospital area you would like to support.
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It was part of his legacy that established the first hospital in Oxford, the Radcliffe Infirmary, as well as many of the landmarks we still see in the city. Today the John Radcliffe Hospital still bears his name in recognition of his foresight and generosity.
It seems fitting that this year our charity, which supports the John
Radcliffe as well as the Horton General, Churchill and Nuffield hospitals, received the most substantial amount of support through legacies in its history.
Whilst the John Radcliffe legacy of £4,000 was enormous in its time, last year over £2 million was donated through gifts in Wills to causes across the Trust. We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of those who support our hospitals in this way.
You can read more about John Radcliffe and how legacies large and small continue to make such a difference to our hospitals on page 8 .
If you would like to know more about how you might be able to support one of our hospital areas through your Will do call Janet on
01865 743443 or email charity@ouh.nhs.uk
Our fundraising events are also extremely important to this charity, and two recent Children’s Hospital events have proven particularly successful. You can read about the fabulous Le Manoir dinner hosted by Raymond Blanc on page 4 . The dinner exceeded all expectations raising over £180,000 which is funding the latest technology for operating on children with brain tumours.
There was also a record turnout for this year’s Oxford Mail OX5RUN .
Almost 1,500 people signed up for the 2014 Children’s Hospital fun run and it has raised over £113,000! Thank you to everyone who took part, sponsored participants and supported the event making this by far our most successful run ever and smashing our £100,000 target.
Thank you to everyone who supports this hospital charity – helping to make a difference every day.
THANK YOU for all that you do
Martin Keown and the FIFA World Cup mascot brought some footy fun to the
Children’s Hospital this summer. They were joined by sponsors, Continental
Tyres. Dozens of young patients met
Martin and the mascot and were given mini mascots and world cup caps.
Nadine and Nikki, staf f from
Scott’s House Nursery at Eynsham
Hall, walked from Witney to the
Children’s Hospital in Oxford. It was pouring with rain and they were walking three-legged in fancy dress, raising money for the Neonatal Unit in memory of William Radley. The
Radley family and friends have now raised over £60,000 for the Unit.
We are delighted that the Children’s
Hospital was chosen as a charity partner for the Marlborough School’s charity enterprise programme.
Penny Hambridge was presented with cheques totalling nearly £1,700 following fundraising activities this year.
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to all our supporters whose energy, enthusiasm and imagination continues to inspire. Please tell us about your fundraising and we will try to include your picture. Email sarah.vaccari@ouh.nhs.uk or call 01865 743428
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Oxfordshire Masons have made a £1,000 donation to our I.M.P.S. Fund, which teaches Oxfordshire’s 10 and 11 year olds first aid, including how to use an
AED defibrillator.
The cheque was accepted by our latest school to learn these skills, the
Windmill Primary from
Headington.
Reception pupils from Turnfurlong
Infant School raised £282 for the
Heartfelt Appeal by dressing up for the day. They were inspired by
Richard Carr, who was treated at the Heart Centre and has gone on to raise many thousands for our appeal.
Don’t they look sweet!
14-year-old Ryan Wheatley has raised over £300 for the Adult Intensive Care
Unit. The Unit looked after his brother some years ago when he was involved in a serious accident. Ryan, a pupil at Chilworth
House School, raised the money by getting sponsorship when he and a group from the school climbed Mount Snowdon earlier this year. Ryan is pictured with his teacher,
Kate Emeny.
We had a lovely visit from one of our young cancer patients, Finlay
White, who featured on our OX5
RUN posters. Finlay wanted his school pals to see where he has been looked after for the past 10 months.
The children, together with teachers and parents from Ducklington Primary, have raised an amazing £4,800 for
Kamran’s Ward.
Alan Davey and friends at Oxford
Golf Club have raised £2,773 for the
Children’s Hospital School, during his year as captain of the club. Alan is pictured presenting the cheque to David Matthews, the Head of
Oxfordshire Hospital School. Some of the money has been used to purchase a portable interactive touch screen computer that had been on the school’s ‘wish list’ for some time.
Nicky Monk took part in an open water swim, raising over £2,100 for the Jane Ashley Unit.
Nicky was delighted to smash her
£1,000 target.
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Raymond Blanc opened the doors of Belmond Le Manoir
aux Quat’Saisons earlier this year for a special fundraising evening in support of the Children’s Hospital.
They amassed an enticing selection of exclusive auction lots, to tempt the attendees. Thanks to their hard work and the generosity and enthusiasm of all the guests, an incredible £180,000 was raised.
The Michelin starred chef hosted an exclusive dinner for fifty guests, raising funds for children’s neurosurgery.
Raymond Blanc said: ‘This is a wonderful charity very close to my heart – performing life-saving miracles for our young ones.’
Felicity Waley-Cohen, Cherry Jones and Helen Mortimer, all long-term supporters of the hospital, organised the event, together with the team at Le Manoir.
Consultant neurosurgeon, Jay Jayamohan, who spoke on the night, said: ‘The generosity has been overwhelming and the neuro team can’t say thank you enough. We are now able to purchase the very latest medical equipment which will help so many children facing brain surgery. In fact we will be the only paediatric neurosurgery unit in the UK with such advanced equipment.’
Those of you familiar with Kamran’s Ward , where our children and babies with cancer are cared for, will all know Kate Barber. Kate worked at the hospital for 25 years, and is known for her amazing hugs.
She recently retired and when we posted a message about her on our
Facebook page we were overwhelmed by the number of people who shared their stories about this special lady.
Kate we salute you and thank you for your very special way with children who have cancer and their families.
Do take a look at the messages on our Facebook page to see how she has inspired so many – search Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Charitable Funds.
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Play2Give returned for the eighth time this summer with another top notch tournament held at Oxford City Football Club.
Eighteen kids teams took part, with Hinksey Park Youth winning the under 9s trophy and Oxford City Blues claiming the under 10s. As well as the football there were lots of stalls and a fabulous raffle that together with team sponsorship helped to raise over £6,000.
Oxford United goalkeeper, Max Crocombe, and forward
Callum O’Dowda, also attended the event, which was supported by Elmer Cotton, the Oxford Mail, Jack FM and
SH Communications, and was sponsored by Breckon &
Breckon and Newbury Building Society.
Like all these events an army of volunteers made it possible.
Thank you to all of them, particularly Andrew Baker, Dale
Harris, Teresa Strike and Elaine Coombe. Dale Harris, whose daughter Mya has spina bifida and is treated at the
Children’s Hospital, said: ‘It takes a lot of hard work from a whole team of us to make this event happen, but it really has paid off with another superb day. The youngsters were amazing and we saw some tremendous football.’
‘We are really delighted to have been able to raise so much for the hospital, a cause we all care deeply about.’
The sun was out for our Children’s Hospital Golf
Day, which took place at Studley Wood Golf Club this summer. Seventeen teams took part, together raising a fantastic £11,600! Grundon were the overall winners, and all the golfers enjoyed a fabulous day rounded off with a lovely meal, auction, raffle and prize giving.
Dan Hancocks and Anthony Surley, who both have children treated at the hospital, once again helped organise the event.
Fundraiser, Penny Hambridge, said: ‘This is the third year running that Dan and Anthony have supported this fantastic golf day – and they’ve now helped raise over
£30,000 for the Children’s Hospital! They work so hard to make the event such a great success and we are incredibly grateful to them and to Studley Wood for hosting it.’
11-year-old Ifra from High Wycombe was so impressed by the care her baby sister received at the
Children’s Hospital that she wanted to do something special to say thank you.
Ifra’s sister, Hifza, was born with complex medical conditions and spent the first 13 months of her life being cared for in hospital. When Ifra visited she was particularly impressed by how caring and warm the play specialists were, as they encouraged Hifza’s sensory development. Ifra explains: ‘If it wasn’t for them she wouldn’t be home with us now. I have always wanted to thank the play specialists but have been too shy, so I thought a sponsored silence would be the perfect way to give something back to them.’
Ifra’s sponsored silence lasted 12 hours a day for five days and she raised over £300!
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Our Christmas tree tags and Christmas cards are a lovely way for you to support hospital causes
The biennial Dorchester Christmas Concert is a fabulous evening of song and readings at Dorchester
Abbey, just south of Oxford. Since the first event in 2006 the concerts have raised over £200,000 for the Children’s
Hospital, helping to provide some extra special medical equipment.
This year you will be able to enjoy the glorious voices of
Winchester Cathedral Choir along with readings that in the past have been performed by Sir Terry Wogan, Hannah
Gordon, Wendy Craig and Jason Donovan. The evening includes canapés and wine and is the perfect start to the
Christmas season.
Tickets for the Thursday 4 th December concert, which starts at 7.30pm, are priced at £25, £50 and £70 p.p. and are expected to sell out very quickly. Please call 01865
743444 or email charity@ouh.nhs.uk
to find out more or to order your tickets.
If you are in hospital or visiting someone over the Festive period please do admire our Christmas trees in the
West Wing at the JR and in the Cancer and Haematology
Centre. Also take a moment to read the heart-warming messages on the tags that decorate them. The special tags contain messages of hope, thanks and tributes to loved ones and are sent in to us along with donations that last year topped £26,000. Please contact the Fundraising Office on 01865 743444 if you would like a tag to complete.
Your hospital charity also produces a range of Christmas cards for all tastes. When you choose your cards you can also select which area of the hospitals you would like to support with the proceeds from your purchase. The cards sell out quickly so please pick up a leaflet from around our hospitals or visit www.hospitalcharity.co.uk
to see the range and order your selection. You can also order them by emailing: charity@ouh.nhs.uk
or calling 01865 743444 .
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hospitalcharity.co.uk/walk or complete this entry form and post it to:
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A virtual gym, with an interactive Cardio Wall, virtual screens and games consoles is being used to help young patients.
The high-tech gym is for children and teenagers who have been referred to the rehabilitation service by a consultant. It helps them manage complex conditions such as chronic pain, juvenile arthritis, neurological conditions, or recover after orthopaedic and spinal surgery.
The gym, based in the children’s outpatient department at the Nuffield Orthopaedic
Centre, was funded by the 2012 Dorchester Abbey concert. It is fully equipped with a treadmill, rowing machine, cross trainer and exercise bikes which are all connected to computers.
Each computer is connected to a screen which shows an avatar of the patient exercising, rowing or running, whilst the speed of the avatar is controlled by the movement of the patient.
Penny Hambridge said: ‘We know this gym will make a huge difference for many hundreds of children and are extremely grateful to all of the Dorchester committee for their hard work that has made this possible.’
Do join us for this year’s Dorchester Concert on Thursday 4 th December (details left) .
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John Radcliffe was a driven and revolutionary clinician, who became the doctor of choice for royalty in the Stuart period. During his lifetime, he constantly questioned the traditional way of looking after the sick, rejecting many of the popular methods of the time, such as bleeding with leaches and confining people to their bed.
In death he was no less revolutionary.
He wrote his Will in September 1714, just two months before he died from a stroke, aged 61. As well as providing for his family he stipulated that much of his vast wealth be used in Oxford to create a library, a new quadrangle, fellowships and scholarships at the university and the remainder in trust for
‘charitable purposes’ as his trustees saw fit.
50 years after his death £4,000 from this trust was used to help establish the first hospital in Oxford, the Radcliffe Infirmary. The hospital opened in 1770 and the physicians and surgeons gave their services free, with private practice and charitable donations supporting the costs. Those who made donations were then able to recommend patients to receive treatment.
from the tiniest of newborns to our older patients across four hospitals in Oxfordshire. The Trust’s largest hospital still bears the name of John Radcliffe.
The Horton General in Banbury is also named after a major benefactor, Mary Ann Horton, whose father invented a machine to make yarn for stockings. The
Horton was opened in 1872, after Miss Horton purchased an eight acre site for £3,000 and promised a further £7,000 for the building work. When she died aged 80 in 1869 work began on the hospital, which originally had just two wards.
This tradition of investing in the future of the local and wider community remains just as important today.
Legacies continue to be the cornerstone of this hospital charity. It seems fitting that in this year, the tercentenary of John Radcliffe’s death, our charity – which supports all four hospitals in the Trust – has received over £2 million through legacy gifts. This is the highest amount donated since the charity was created.
Today, legacies continue to inspire and create hope for future generations, funding pioneering research into many medical conditions, allowing us to purchase the very latest medical equipment and creating more comfortable and welcoming hospital environments.
If you are thinking of leaving a donation in your Will to one of our hospital causes, you can specify exactly where you would like your legacy to benefit. With our charity, you have the benefit of knowing that your donation will be spent in the area you have stipulated and could benefit your friends, family and local community.
As none of us know the exact direction medical developments will lead us to in the future, please ask your solicitor to liaise with us about the precise wording in your Will. This will ensure it is flexible enough to cope with medical innovations and future developments and that we fully understand your wishes. Some decide to leave a legacy as a ‘thank you’ for the care they, or a loved one, have received at one of our hospitals, or through the desire to fund medical advances and improvements in care that may benefit their own families and other patients in the future.
about supporting the hospital through your Will, please contact: Janet
Sprake on 01865 743443 or email: charity@ouh.nhs.uk
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Ward Sister Liz Barber has found this donation invaluable as it allowed her to purchase superior patient motoring equipment and make improvements to the Day Surgery area.
Liz explains: ‘After surgery we want to keep a very close eye on our patients’ blood pressure, oxygen and pulse rates. When I joined the team we had standard equipment to do this, but thanks to this legacy I was able to purchase new monitors, which have more sophisticated technology. On top of this a little of the legacy was used to make the area where our patients have to wait for surgery, sometimes for many hours at a time, more homely.’
‘To think that someone remembered us in their Will means a tremendous amount to me and all the team here. We are a passionate bunch and really care about what we do, so when we know that a patient and their family have shown their gratitude in such an incredible way it really means the world to us.’
the enormous impact of John Radcliffe a new piece of music has been composed entitled
‘Breathe’. It will be performed on 1 st November and will also be available to listen to across the hospitals.
Find out more at www.ouh.nhs.uk/artlink/breath
Three Computer Integrated Operating Theatres – high-tech equipment used during surgery for gynaecological and gastrointestinal cancers – were purchased in 2010.
The £1 million cost of these was entirely funded charitably, with legacy gifts particularly important.
Nick Maynard (pictured) ,
Consultant Surgeon in upper gastrointestinal surgery said: ‘We are fantastically grateful.’
Work continues on the new Cardiology Outpatient facilities which will open later this year, we look forward to being able to bring you pictures of the new area in the next edition of TORCH. Fundraising for further improvements for our heart patients will continue and we are incredibly grateful to all those who have supported the campaign in so many exciting ways.
This includes Abingdon postman, Justin Lovstrom, who has raised over £1,770 for the Heartfelt Appeal by taking part in the Thames Path Challenge – a gruelling, 100 mile run along the Thames. Justin raised the money in memory of a lovely lady who was one of his customers.
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Julie and Drew Brown with their twins Beaux and Scarlett
Many patients and supporters were taking part to thank medical staff for the support and care they and family members have received.
These included the parents of Beaux and Scarlett
Brown. The twins weighed only 2lb each when they were born at 26 weeks and their parents wanted to thank staff at the John Radcliffe and Horton who looked after them for many weeks.
Dad, Drew Brown said: ‘We’ll never forget the team and what they did. I can’t praise them enough. I just want to give back and repay them in some small way. They saved our girls.’
Adriana Young, 89, and Jenny Atkinson, 80, both abseiled for the Heartfelt Appeal, in memory of friends and family. The two ladies descended the
100 foot drop confidently and hardly had a hair out of place when they reached the bottom.
Also abseiling were teams of staff from across the
Trust, including many in fancy dress.
The incoming Chief Nurse at the Trust, Catherine
Stoddard, said: ‘I really loved taking part in the abseil earlier this year, it was such an inspiring day. It was great to meet many colleagues and hospital supporters who were also taking part, and see the courage as people tackled their fears. We are incredibly grateful to all those took part and supported the hospital charity in such a special way.’
Large crowds cheered throughout both events, as the abseilers descended the 100 foot wall at the JR’s
Women’s Centre.
We’d like to thank all those who took part and helped raise so much for so many hospital causes. Our next abseil is on Sunday 21 st September and do look out for more abseils in 2015.
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Grace Robinson has climbed Kilimanjaro, raising over £1,200 for the Neuro Intensive Care Ward.
by the care her brother,
Joe Robinson, received after being involved in an horrific car accident aged just 17. Joe was given just a
3% chance of recovery but defied the odds and five years on is now embarking on a master’s degree.
Tragically Grace Hadman, who was a friend of both the Robinsons, died in the accident.
Joe, his family and friends, have actively fundraised for the department that cared for him whilst he was in a coma, raising over £35,000 and Grace is now adding to this amazing total.
‘It is fair to say, Joe has beaten all the odds and continues to thrive, I couldn’t be more proud, as I am sure most of his friends would agree. More importantly, none of this would have been possible without the John Radcliffe
Hospital. Their Neuro Intensive Care Unit looked after my brother around the clock.
The surgeons had to perform life-saving surgery on more than one occasion, and the nurses were relentless and faultless in their care, attention and compassion for Joseph and for us as his family. I and my family will be forever grateful for their efforts. Which is why I embarked on a challenge to climb Kilimanjaro in July.
It was a tougher challenge than I ever imagined because
I started suffering from altitude sickness on day two, with four more days of suffering before the ascent.
As the days went on and we got higher the waves of feeling ok became shorter and the nausea got worse along with sickness, breathlessness and lack of appetite. I just had to keep focusing on putting one foot in front of the other.
During the nights temperatures plummeted to minus
15 degree Celsius, so not only was I unbearably poorly but also freezing.
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As I got higher and higher the altitude sickness worsened and I was overwhelmed with exhaustion.
It is hard to pinpoint where I got my motivation from. It’s funny how you can just get through things. There were times when Joe was in hospital and things were looking very bleak to say the least, and I doubted whether any of us would get through it, yet here we all are. There were points before summit day where I doubted myself and couldn’t bare the sickness I was feeling but I made it to the summit.
Joseph is an inspiration, he has touched so many lives with his story and I wanted to help raise money and give back a small percentage of what the JR not only gave me, my family and Joseph, but other families and patients who enter the
Neuro ICU. I really hope I have done that, even just a little.’
A very big thank you to all the volunteers at the
Broughton Grange Open Garden event for our cancer causes. Many of them were staff from the Horton
Critical Care Unit and our breast cancer services at the
JR and Churchill. The amazing BRA group volunteers
(Breast Reconstruction Awareness) also did a fabulous job, all helping us raise close to £5,000!
The Breast Imaging team offered important advice on breast care alongside their delicious marmalades, cupcakes, scones and treats.
Thanks also to the Broughton Grange team who were on hand to help throughout and with horticultural and historical information as well as hosting a plant sale.
Broughton Grange have invited our charity back next year – so keep an eye out for the date!
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The heartbreak of losing a baby late in pregnancy is a grief that can be extremely difficult to cope with. Parents who have been through this trauma have been working with John Radcliffe and
Horton bereavement midwives by raising funds to help others in their situation create lasting memories of the baby they have lost.
‘Mark and I very sadly lost our beautiful little girl, Sophie Ellen
Kentish, in 2010. She was stillborn at 39 weeks. It is one of the most difficult, heart wrenching things I have ever had to go through.
Because stillbirth is not widely spoken about – the subject seems almost taboo – I wanted to do something to help others in our painful situation. So I took part in the London Marathon in 2013.
I was really pleased that I could be involved in how the money I raised was spent and thought a great deal about how it could really make a difference.
All the money I raised from the marathon has kick-started a new scheme to fund beautiful ‘hand and foot’ castings, that are offered to other parents who lose a baby.
Although I had fantastic support from the Horton Maternity Unit
I would have cherished casts like these of Sophie, I forget how small she was and how she felt in my arms. But this is her legacy.
The castings will never be enough but I do hope that these little tactile keepsakes will be cherished by the families and help them have lasting memories of the all too brief time they have with their child.
I am so grateful to all those who have helped to make this happen – those who sponsored me and the midwives, particularly Vicky Warr and Kim Paul, who listened to my ideas and have turned them into a reality.’
Joanne and Nick Ray’s baby son,
Alex, was stillborn in October
2013. The couple also wanted to do something positive as a tribute to their son and to help others in the same situation.
They heard that the bereavement midwife team wanted to fund training to improve the existing photography service offered to those who have lost a baby. Joanne and Nick, who are both keen photographers, felt very strongly that this would be a very positive thing to help fund.
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You may recognise Matron Sarah Wheeler as she has become rather a poster girl for the charity
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‘I am passionate about improving the care and the environment for people with dementia and there are so many things that we can do to make a difference.
I wanted to raise money specifically to support small projects such as the one Jan Radford from the chaplaincy has brought in at Level 4 of the JR. She is putting together reminiscence boxes with items, sounds and smells from periods in the 1930’s and
40’s that are familiar to patients with cognitive and memory problems.
We had such fun cycling, more than I had imagined, and met some amazing people. And I am thrilled that we raised enough to really make a difference. I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who sponsored us.’
with fundraising to help those with dementia who are in hospital do call us on 01865 743444 or email charity@ouh.nhs.uk
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Sunday 21 st September 2014. THE Abseil – 3
In support of: OUH General Funds, Silver Star, Chipping Norton
Midwives, Fund for Children and the Oxford Children’s Hospital .
Sunday 5 th October. It’s Not Just a Walk in the Park
Five mile sponsored walk in Headington, Oxford, in support of hospital causes. You can walk for whichever ward or area you wish.
To sign up or find out more visit www.hospitalcharity.co.uk/walk
DON’T FORGET to look out for this year’s
Christmas Card Catalogue .
When you select your cards you can also select which area of the hospitals you would like to support with the proceeds from your purchase. The cards sell out quickly so please pick up a leaflet from around our hospitals or visit www.hospitalcharity.co.uk
Sunday 12 th October. Run for us at the marathon. Visit www.
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Thursday 4 th December. Dorchester Abbey Concert for the Children’s Hospital . The perfect start to the
Christmas season. Enjoy the glorious sounds of Winchester
Cathedral Choir, with some extra special readings. Prices from
£25 to £70 to include drinks and canapés. To book your place please call 01865 743444 or email charity@ouh.nhs.uk
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