Help WISHH raise smiles for sick children this Easter
Become involved in the WISHH Easter Appeal...
Become involved in the WISHH Easter Appeal...
We’d like to start by wishing you a very Happy New Year as we celebrate the 75th year of the NHS! For some, a New Year means starting afresh, reaching goals or taking on a challenge, and if that sounds like you, or you just fancy trying something different, we have a fantastic list of...
Earlier this year, Sarah East began her fundraising challenge with the aim of running five 10k races between May and October. Sarah was diagnosed with Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer at the age of 29, but is now celebrating her fifth year cancer free. To give thanks and commemorate this milestone, Sarah wanted to raise funds for...
Help WISHH spread the festive cheer with Christmas WISHHes Helping spread the festive cheer to hospital patients and staff across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital couldn’t be easier this year! WISHH, the official charity of Hull Hospitals, are offering members of our community and local businesses the opportunity to support our Christmas WISHHes in...
A charity appeal to add the magic of Christmas for the area’s sickest children and older patients spending time in hospital is back!WISHH would like to invite members of our community and local businesses to get involved once more, helping us to spread the festive cheer to patients across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill...
On 17th September 20 staff members from across Hull University Teaching Hospitals joined us in the Yorkshire Dales for the infamous Yorkshire Three Peaks. To ensure the best experience for our walkers, we teamed up with Kuta Outdoors who guided and assisted everyone along the way, providing an exceptional service. Our fantastic team were raising...
Hull Hospital’s staff from a wide range of departments across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital including systems development, cardiothoracic theatres, upper gastroenterology, cardiology research, complex rehabilitation, colorectal and biomedical science have spent months in training ahead of the Virtual London Marathon taking place this Sunday, 2nd October as part of #TeamWISHH.Staff have been...
Prior to the pandemic, Laura Baxter and Julia Madden organised a ‘Laugh at the Law’ fundraising event, bringing together solicitors, as they became stand-up comedians, to raise funds for charitable group known as ‘The Big C’. ‘The Big C’ was inspired by Laura who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2015. Laura and has made a...
Specialist nurses have pledged to run a 5k route in the shape of a heart this month to mark Organ Donation Week. Organ Donation Specialist Nurses Fay Turner and Helen Russell will run the 5k route with Lorraine McLeavy, who chairs the Organ Donation Committee at Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH). The trio will run the route...
The family of Lisa May Howarth from Bridlington, challenged themselves to cover 284 miles each on foot, bike or swimming over April 2022 to represent the days Lisa spent fighting cancer.Lisa Howarth, received a cancer diagnosis on 26th April 2021. Lisa sadly passed away on 3rd February 2022. In Lisa’s memory, her two sons, Robert,...