Success Story: Radiology
The Radiology department at the West Berkshire Hospital have worked with the League of Friends for many years. In this success story we spoke to Helen Atkins, the Radiology Co-ordinator for the hospital about how contributions from the League and how donations from patrons have made a difference to her department. Over the past decade […]
The League of Friends AGM 2024
Annual General Meeting 2024 On Wednesday 25th September the League of Friends held their annual general meeting in the West Berkshire Community Hospital next to the tea bar. We would like to thank everyone for making the effort on a rainy and windy evening to attend the meeting. We truly appreciate the fantastic turnout given the […]
Success Story: Day Surgery
As part of the new series of success stories I met Dot Paterson who works in the Day Surgery unit at the West Berks Community Hospital. Dot explained how she has been working with the League of Friends for around 20 years with the League providing over £1 million of equipment for the unit. 20 […]
A Little Bit of History
We have access to old records that shows every item the League of Friends has spent money on. The first purchase we made for the hospital after the was for 15 pairs of slippers for patients costing £8 10 shillings.
Hospital Wheelchairs
Useful, handy to have, invaluable, difficult to steer, flat tyre, broken leg support and can’t find one! These were the type of comments that we were hearing around the hospital, so step in the League. We were asked to purchase some wheelchairs, (as shown) 20 in total, so they were instantly seen on entering the […]
Our Book Table
The book table started several years ago from very modest beginnings with a few paperbacks and an honesty collection box! Today, in 2023, this small undertaking is now a major contributor to our success in the fund-raising activities of the League. Since re-opening in June 2022, after Covid shut down, the table has made a […]
Gavin’s Story
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email It was a real honour to be invited back to the rehab unit at West Berkshire Community Hospital, where I spent 6 weeks following my stroke in October 2020, to see the equipment they were able to purchase as a result of the fundraising triathlon I did last year for the […]