Category : Funding stories

Helping new parents stay close to their babies in intensive care: Adam and Helen’s story

4 February 2025
Thanks to charitable donations, Southmead Hospital Charity funded the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) parents’...
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Launching a pioneering apprenticeship scheme for nurses

31 October 2024
Thanks to the generosity of our donor community, Southmead Hospital Charity has been able to...
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A robotic digital microscope for brain surgery

17 October 2024
Donations have helped to fund a world-class, pioneering robotic digital microscope for those in need...
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Specialist support staff: Volunteer Services Manager

20 April 2021
Introducing Kat Tudor, the Charity-funded Volunteer Services Manager “Before the pandemic, we had over 500...
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Funding robotic surgery to fight prostate cancer

11 April 2021
Every day, more than 130 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer, making...
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Supporting our ICU with the most advanced technology available

11 April 2021
Our ICU is one of the busiest departments across the UK, treating over 2,600 critically...
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Specialist support staff: Fresh Arts

11 April 2021
Introducing Laura Tanner, the Charity-funded Music Manager When local musician and teacher Laura Tanner was...
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Upgrading rest areas for our staff

11 April 2021
Day after day, night after night, 12,000 dedicated staff across our hospitals work unbelievably hard...
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Our award-winning staff wellbeing programme

11 April 2021
It’s through your support of our 12,000 staff that your loved ones stand the best...
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Training a new generation of healthcare experts

9 April 2021
At the heart of our hospitals are our 12,000 staff who work around the clock...
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Nurturing, natural spaces

9 April 2021
Access to green space and biodiversity provides countless benefits to wellbeing, offering tranquillity and an...
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Welcoming environments in the ED and ICU

9 April 2021
For a lot of people, coming to the hospital can be tough. First impressions make...
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Boredom busting for patients

8 April 2021
Our hospitals treat over one million patients every year. For some patients, visits will be...
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Keeping families connected during Covid-19

8 April 2021
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, visiting restrictions mean that patients have been unable to receive visits...
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Dignified dementia care

8 April 2021
There are over 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, and here in Bristol,...
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Studying Glioblastoma, the most aggressive cancer

8 April 2021
Glioblastoma is the most fatal cancer, with a survival rate of just 3.3 percent two...
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Long-Covid research

8 April 2021
Imagine waking up every day, feeling breathlessness, fatigue, muscle aches and not being able to...
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Giving hope to people living with Parkinson’s

8 April 2021
Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological disease in the world and affects 127,000 people in the...
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Stroke team remembers beloved colleague Maureen Ellington

26 January 2021
A fundraising collection by Southmead Hospital’s Stroke Ward team has funded a beautiful wood carved...
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How your donations are supporting Coronavirus wellbeing and psychological support for our staff

17 September 2020
Your generous donations have enabled us to commit more than £274,000 over the next two...
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Thank you for your support – it makes a huge difference to our patients, their families and our staff.

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