Partner charities

Fundraising

In addition to the Trust's own charitable funds there are a number of groups across the Trust, and independent of it, which raise funds to improve facilities for patient care at Amersham, Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals. The main independent organisations and charities are listed below:

Scannappeal

Scannappeal Administration Office, Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0JD
Registered Charity No. 296291
Tel: 01494 734161 Fax: 01494 727752
Email:info.scannappeal@buckshealthcare.nhs.uk

Visit the website www.scannappeal.org.uk
Make a secure online donation www.justgiving.com/scannappeal

Trust wide

Current appeals:

(a) (Amersham Hospital) HeartScan Appeal for an advanced cardiac imaging system to help diagnose and treat heart disease. Brain Injury Unit Appeal for specialist equipment to ensure the best possible recovery for patients with brain injuries. These can be as a result of accidents, stroke, cardiac arrest, meningitis or tumours.

(b) (Stoke Mandeville Hospital) Save Their Skin Appeal to equip a dedicated minor operations room for patients with trauma injuries and for specialist probes to precisely identify the location of skin cancer. Cancer Fighting Fund for equipment to improve the diagnosis of bowel cancer.

(c) (Wycombe Hospital) Cancer Fighting Fund for advanced equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of different cancers. Digital Breast Screening Appeal to provide equipment to enable a completely digital breast screening service which will radically improve diagnosis of early breast cancer.

Scannappeal also raises funds for smaller projects. Typically from £5,000-£25,000, recent projects have included providing specialist equipment for radiology, pathology, respiratory medicine, audiology, endoscopy and haematology. If you are interested in supporting a particular clinical area or hospital, please contact Scannappeal for information on current small projects.

In addition, the Scannappeal office hold a list of all fundraising groups working for the Trust’s hospitals.

Amersham Hospital

Amersham Hospital League of Friends
c/o Greencroft, 4 Copperkins Grove, Amersham, Bucks HP6 5QD
Registered Charity No. 259430
Tel: 01494 727770 Fax: 01494 727770
Contact Diana Robinson, Trustee.
Email: diana@dimosa.co.uk

To relieve patients and former patients of the hospital and other invalids in the community who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped, infirm or in need of financial assistance and generally to support the charitable work of the hospital.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Cancer Care and Haematology Fund
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 8AL
Registered Charity No. 1001358
Tel: 01296 315130 Fax: 01296 315128
Contact June Wilson OBE, Trustee. Tel: 01296 715271 / 07764 609087
Email: junewilsonobe@googlemail.com

Visit the website www.cchf.org.uk

Carry out activities that provide for the relief of sickness amongst persons suffering from cancer or haematological diseases, in particular by the provision of a unit designed to offer chemotherapy in pleasant surroundings.

Friends of Stoke Mandeville Hospital

c/o Scannappeal Administration Office, Amersham Hospital, Whielden Street, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0JD
Registered Charity No. 296291

Tel: 01494 734161    Fax: 01494 727752
Email: info.scannappeal@buckshosp.nhs.uk
Visit the website:   www.scannappeal.org.uk
Make a secure online donation www.justgiving.com/scannappeal

Current appeal (with Scannappeal): Save Their Skin Appeal to equip a dedicated minor operations room for patients with trauma injuries and for specialist probes to precisely identify the location of skin cancer. Cancer Fighting Fund for equipment to improve the diagnosis of bowel cancer.

Wycombe Hospital

League of Friends Wycombe Hospital
c/o Ladymede, Grimms Hill, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16 9BG
Registered Charity No. 266412
Tel: 01494 885085 Fax: 01494 865085
Contact Peter Norman, Trustee.

Florence Nightingale Hospice

Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Mandeville Road, Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire, HP21 8AL. Tel: 01296 332600

Florence Nightingale Hospice was built in the late 1980s, as a result of a successful local public appeal which raised over £500,000. The Hospice was handed over to the health authority in October 1989 for the benefit of the local population and is now managed by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. A £750,000 extension, funded by monies raised by the charity was added in 2001.

The aim of Florence Nightingale Hospice is to provide a first class palliative care service which is accessible to the people of Aylesbury and the surrounding villages. A variety of services are offered according to need to people throughout the Vale of Aylesbury, and as far afield as Buckingham, Leighton Buzzard, Tring, Amersham, Chesham, High Wycombe, Chinnor and Thame.

All services are provided free of charge.

If you would like to donate to the hospice, details are below:

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity – Registered Charity Number: 1119499

Unit 4 Aylesbury Business Centre, Chamberlain Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP19 8DY. Telephone: 01296 429975
Fax: 01296 744715, www.fnhospice.com

Senior management team:

•   Chief executive: Pat Dodge:
•   Volunteeer services manager: Sue Jenkins
•   Head of retail: Wendy Everett
•   Head of Fundraising: Lindsey Fealey

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has pledged to raise £450,000 this year (and every year) in order to ensure the continued provision of the much needed services at this hospice including:

•   Day hospice
•   Lymphoedema clinic
•   Children’s Hospice at Home
•   Inpatient nursing
•   Community nurse specialists
•   Bereavement listening
•   Volunteering

Please note that if you are making a donation or paying for tickets to an event by cheque, please make this payable to ‘Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity’ and send it to the address above.