The NELFT NHS Charity is dedicated to enhancing the care and wellbeing of both service users and staff. Thanks to the support of the community, the charity is able to fund a variety of projects that are transforming care across the Trust. 

With the festive period approaching, the charity is spreading joy by ensuring that every inpatient across London, Essex, and Kent will receive a gift on Christmas Day. These presents will bring comfort to those in our care during the holiday season. 

Recently, funding for outings was provided to support young people at Brookside and Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital during the school holidays. At the Mayflower Community Hospital, planter boxes, compost, and plants were supplied to the Prosthetics team to create therapeutic gardening spaces, brightening the environment for both patients and staff.  

The charity has also raised money for soothing boxes for clinical rooms, containing sensory items that help young people feel more settled during therapeutic sessions, ensuring they can remain engaged and supported. 

In addition, children’s games have been supplied to Paediatric Physiotherapy teams, making therapy sessions more engaging while encouraging movement.

Tabitha Folly, Clinical Lead for Paediatric Physiotherapy said:

‘’The games have provided a creative and fun way to get children to work on their physiotherapy goals and they don't even realise they are exercising! Children are keen to come back to physiotherapy and ask to play the game again.’’ 

The NELFT NHS Charity funds projects that improve service user environments, support therapeutic activities, and enhance staff wellbeing. If you would like to get involved with the charity, learn more about how you can help, or find out how we have affected change within NELFT please do contact the charity here — NELFT NHS Charity

The continued support of fundraisers, donors, and advocates helps to make a lasting impact on the lives of service users and staff.