We had a really wonderful time at our summer market today promoting the charity & bringing something a little different to our staff, patients and visitors.
We were humbled by the amount of patients and families who came to visit us and join in the fun.
Despite some cancellations due to the high winds, we still managed to raise over £200 towards our general appeal.
“Its lovely to just be around such a positive environment”
We would like to say a huge thank you to those who donated towards our raffle:
Huge congratulations to
Team ROH who took on the mighty Birmingham Velo yesterday and smashed
it! We’d like to commend every member of the team for the effort they put
in to completing this seriously scary 100 mile ride. There were some
spills, scrapes, a damaged wrist and no doubt some aching muscles, but
like champions they carried on and got the job done.
The team took on this monumental challenge to raise funds for the Throne Project which aims to improve patient experience for dementia patients at ROH. They have raised a whopping £3,855 already, but there’s still time to give! Click here to donate.
Each bathroom refurbishment in the Throne Project costs just £600. The team’s effort mean we can support an additional 6 bathrooms ensuring they are an optimum area for our patients with dementia, something that is invaluable and we will be forever grateful.
Well done to Kevin Taylor, Martin Crisp, Ross Allen, Craig Bayliss, Mr Prem, Michal James, Ryan Challinor, Benjamin Bould and Time Pile. You’re all heroes and this is a fantastic accomplishment.
A big part of the charity’s role is to ensure our patients’
hospital experience is the best it can be.
Earlier this year we met with the Ex Cathedra Singing
Medicine team in order to build a fun positive experience of being in hospital
through music and song.
The amazing team that makes up Ex Cathedra were really supportive in building a programme which is bespoke to our children & young people’s service. We are a specialist hospital and sometimes our patients can struggle to get involved in activities due to their orthopaedic conditions. Ex Cathedra work really hard to ensure every patient, child and family member has the opportunity to get involved and join in the fun.
In an environment where children can feel they have lost
control over their lives, singing games offer children ways of making
decisions. The Singing Medicine programme also supports areas of
children’s learning and can be adapted to meet children’s individual needs as
required. The deep breathing required by singing enables participants to
reconnect with core muscles, and helps increase lung capacity, which of course
helps the patients feel more calm and at home. Singing activities often
include some movement to increase physical mobility, and vocal tutors are
actively working with physiotherapists in order to increase the development of
particular muscles in conjunction with their daily excersizes, which is a great
added extra for our patients.
“Investing in the experience of our patients is something we do with pride. When we heard about the success of the programme at other local hospitals, we were really keen to replicate that enhanced experience for children & young people at the ROH” Rebecca Lloyd – Head of Strategy
Working in child or family groups singing sessions relieve boredom, offers a distraction from the ward around them, and reduce social isolation, something so important in a care setting. Ex Cathedra will be joining our children & young peoples service twice a week for the next 6 weeks which is something truly special for the patients at ROH.
This weekend fundraiser Chris Ellwood took on the UK’s most
popular marathon in style and smashed it.
Chris has been part of the Desford Striders running club for
3 years after joining their couch to 5K programme, & this year wanted
a challenge to beat all challenges. Chris applied for our charity space back in
January, so has only had 3 months to train which is a triumph in itself.
Chris completed the whole course, that’s all 26.2 miles, in just over 4 hours, averaging in just over 6 miles an hour.
“It was a pleasure to be the first person to run the London Marathon for the ROH. It was an amazing experience which made all the early cold morning training runs feel worthwhile”
We’re really grateful that Chris chose to run for us this year, and proud that he completed it in such an amazing time. All the money raised will go towards our general fund, which will help improve patients experience in many different ways.
To find out more about the impact of donations, visit our Impact tab.
This week we had the pleasure of
giving out Easter eggs to patients at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital! Everyone
was incredibly grateful and there were lots of smiles on the Wards.
Some of the amazing local businesses who support our charity donated Easter eggs and helped to spread a bit of festive cheer. In fact over 80 eggs were donated this year.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to them; our charity does amazing things for local patients and we are able to do this because of generous donations like this.
Thank you to Morrisons Bromsgrove, Asda Barnes Hill, Farmfoods Rubery, Sainsburys Northfield and Mondeleze. You’re all superstars!
Easter can be a challenging time for
some of our patients. They may be away from loved ones receiving treatment, or
be receiving bad news about a health condition.
Our role is to support these patients
to feel cared for the best possible way.
With your support we can access the latest equipment and technology, conduct more research to improve care, and enhance experience for all our patients and their families.
