Welcome to our autumn update! Read ahead for our latest news and activities, plus a look ahead to fundraising events in the final quarter of the 2023. To start, we have some very exciting news… Last week we shared that a kind donor has offered to match fund donations made to our “Space to Grow” appeal,...
WISHH, the official charity supporting Hull Hospitals, has received a significant boost from a kind donor who has offered to match fund donations made to our “Space to Grow Appeal”, up to the sum of £25,000. This generous pledge is to inspire and encourage members of the community, local businesses and Charitable Trusts to get...
Earlier this month, Integra Buildings, joined by partners, supporters and friends, completed their first annual Charity Golf Day in support of WISHH. The day, held at Burstwick Country Golf, raised an incredible £4,020 towards our Space to Grow appeal with Hull Royal Infirmary’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Space to Grow is a £100,000 appeal to...
RITA, a new computer-based activity system is helping to improve safety and provide more tailored care to scores of patients across our hospitals. WISHH worked alongside the Hull Old Grammarians Masonic Lodge and the Pears Foundation (#IWill Fund) to invest in RITA – also known as Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activity – and introduce the £14,000 system to wards across...
Members of staff from across Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust will be joining friends of WISHH to take on two fantastic fundraising events in less than three weeks’ time. The Yorkshire Three Peaks and the Great North Run events will see participants challenging themselves in order to raise funds for our ‘Space to Grow’ appeal...
Caring staff from across Hull Hospitals have come together to raise over £4,500 towards the WISHH Charity’s Space to Grow Appeal, to support Hull’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary.A team of thirteen cyclists from all corners of the hospital, including members of staff from Estates, Theatres, Oncology, IT Systems, Anaesthetics, Transport, and...
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust doctors, nurses, and other NHS staff donned their trainers to support the WISHH Charity when they took part in the Hull Run for All last month raising an incredible £6,562.41!The fantastic team of forty runners featured hospital staff working in departments such as Accident and Emergency, Neonatal Intensive Care...
Welcome to our summer update! We look forward to sharing our latest news and activities, plus the different ways you can support your hospitals this summer. But, first, we have something exciting to share In June we launched our fantastic ‘Space to Grow’ appeal, with the aim of raising £100,000 to enhance the facilities of Hull’s...
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust doctors, nurses, and other NHS staff are donning their trainers to support the WISHH Charity this coming Sunday, as they take part in the Hull 10k and Half Marathon on the 11th June.The incredible team of forty runners features hospital staff working in departments such as Accident and Emergency,...
Each year, Hull Hospitals’ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) cares for over 500 premature babies, some stay for hours or days, whilst others stay for weeks and months. Hull is one of four Level 3 NICU’s within the Yorkshire and Humber region, caring for babies from 22 weeks gestation offering specialist intensive care for babies...