A dedicated team of 26 hospital staff and supporters recently raised £6,000 by taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge and the Great North Run. The funds will benefit patients across Hull Hospitals.The team, which included staff from various departments such as Neonatal Intensive Care, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Children's Accident and Emergency, Intensive Care,...
WISHH, the official charity of Hull Hospitals, is giving supporters, donors and sponsors an invaluable behind-the-scenes look at where their hard-earned fundraising monies are being spent and inspire further giving.This week, WISHH is launching a new promotional film which gives an insight to how the charity has been helping to enhance Hull Royal Infirmary and...
To donate visit: https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/wishh-baby-loss According to nationally published data, there are as many as 441* miscarriages, stillbirths and neonatal deaths each day in the UK. Each loss is devastating, which is why the work of Hull Hospital’s Early Pregnancy Unit and Maternity Bereavement Team, who offer support to families experiencing miscarriage, medical complications, still birth and neonatal...
Due to the incredible generosity of members of our community, local businesses, charitable trusts and hospital staff, the WISHH Charity’s Space to Grow Appeal reached its £100,000 target to support the Hull Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Hull NICU). The appeal complements the Hospital Trust’s expansion of the unit, based within Hull Women and Children’s Hospital, by...
On Saturday 14th September, eleven hospital staff and friends will be taking part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks fundraiser for WISHH. The 12-hour challenge sees entrants walking 24 miles through the stunning Yorkshire Dales, setting off from Horton-in-Ribblesdale in the early morning chill.The team will start the hiking up Pen-Y-Ghent, past Ribblehead Viaduct to ascend...
On Sunday 8th September, fourteen individuals forming #TeamWISHH will be heading to Newcastle upon Tyne for the fantastic Great North Run, known as the “World’s biggest and best half marathon”. With 60,000 runners taking part, the race will see participants running the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle and finishing in South Shields.The fourteen-strong team includes Hull...
Welcome to our May update! We are excited to share our latest good news stories, as well as the ways you, your family, friends and colleagues can become involved to help us make a difference to patients cared for across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital! Due to the generosity of our fundraisers supporting our ‘Space to Grow...
Patients and Porters are celebrating after Hull Hospitals took delivery of 15 specialist wheelchairs.The new chairs, collectively costing more than £15,000, have been made a reality through generous supporters of the WISHH Charity.In a change to the usual NHS blue, the chair seats are a distinct shade of lime green, a nod to the charity’s...
Welcome to our March update! It’s been a busy year so far and we have plenty of good news stories to share, as well as showing how you can help us do more in the first part of 2024! Would you like to help us bring smiles to children’s faces this Easter? Our Easter Appeal provides...
Hull Hospital’s WISHH Charity, are helping raise smiles across children’s wards this Easter by providing arts, crafts, games and other themed items to help keep children and young people occupied over the Easter holiday period. Here’s how you can get involved.Traditionally the children’s wards at Hull Royal Infirmary receive kind offers of chocolate treats for...