NUH News SPRING 2016 Online
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Charity<strong>News</strong><br />
Facts<br />
68%<br />
more Facebook likes<br />
in 2015/16<br />
Hello<br />
Robin<br />
Meet Robin – Nottingham Children’s Hospital‘s brand new logo! The logo, which is designed to help raise<br />
the profile of the Children’s Hospital and help with fundraising, was designed by local graphic design<br />
artist Geoff Hill, whose wife Abby is a nurse in our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.<br />
It was funded by Nottingham Hospitals<br />
Charity and launched with a fun-packed<br />
day in and around QMC, with cakes,<br />
mugs, bags and pens with the Robin<br />
logo on all selling like hotcakes.<br />
We will be continuing to sell branded<br />
merchandise from the charity’s office in<br />
the Children’s Outpatients Department,<br />
at QMC, and Robin will be making<br />
an appearance at fundraising events<br />
throughout the summer. Keep your eyes<br />
peeled.<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Fancy doing something fun for Charity?<br />
A calm place for<br />
Head & Neck<br />
cancer patients<br />
<strong>NUH</strong> Charity has raised £12,000 for<br />
a project to provide a beautiful and<br />
serene courtyard garden at the Ear,<br />
Nose and Throat (ENT) unit, for the<br />
benefit of inpatients, outpatients<br />
and staff.<br />
The ENT Department at QMC sees<br />
more than 3,500 patients every year. A<br />
small but significant number of these<br />
patients will receive the devastating<br />
diagnosis that they have a cancer of the<br />
mouth, nose or throat. Some patients<br />
may find out that their cancer has<br />
returned, some others that they are in<br />
remission, and some may be given the<br />
welcome news that their cancer has<br />
been successfully treated. Treatment<br />
for head and neck cancer can take a<br />
long time and can involve repeated<br />
stays in hospital.<br />
With your help we will be able to<br />
transform an unused outdoor space<br />
into a fully accessible garden, including<br />
water features and sensory areas<br />
to aid relaxation and stimulation,<br />
where patients and families can find a<br />
peaceful, reflective space.<br />
Thank you for donors and supporters<br />
for making this possible.<br />
<strong>NUH</strong> Charity have got lots of fun events taking place this Spring and Summer.<br />
Whether you fancy testing your nerves and throwing yourself from a plane<br />
or you would be more interested in rowing along the Trent in a dragon boat,<br />
there's an activity to suit you.<br />
Dragon boat challenge<br />
Saturday 23 April, Trent Bridge, Nottingham<br />
A day of fun, excitement and furious<br />
paddling, with teams of up to 17 people<br />
racing against each other in 30 foot<br />
dragon boats. Crews will race a minimum<br />
of three times. There will be prizes for<br />
the top three crews, as well as the best<br />
dressed and the crew that raises the most<br />
for Nottingham Hospitals Charity. Come<br />
along for a day of fun for all the family,<br />
including face painting and quizzes.<br />
Asda Foundation Nottingham 10k<br />
Sunday 15 May, City Centre, Nottingham<br />
Take part in Nottingham’s newest mass<br />
participation running event, the latest<br />
addition to Run For All’s ever-popular Asda<br />
Foundation 10K Series. With a stunning<br />
start and finish in Old Market Square, the<br />
course takes in the Park Estate, Castle,<br />
Victoria Embankment, Meadow Lane, the<br />
canal and the Lace Market.<br />
Full information about all our appeals is available on our website.<br />
Stay up-to-date with the charity and latest news on Facebook and<br />
Twitter (@<strong>NUH</strong>Charity).
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