Critical Care Appeal
Our Critical Care Appeal needs you!
The Trust is currently constructing a new building – you may have seen it! On the first floor there will be a new balcony offering some much needed outdoor space for our critically unwell patients and for staff respite.
For our Critical Care patients, being able to access an outside space not only aids healing, but improves mental health with the ability to see the sky, smell the flowers and take in natural Vitamin D. This can be taken for granted until you do not have access to it. For some patients it may be the last time they experience the outdoors. This is why the balcony is so essential to the Critical Care Team and their patients.
We aim to make the space as healing as possible with bespoke planting and lighting all at the right angles for bedded patients to enjoy.
We need you! Support this appeal by raising funds for us or by making a donation, every penny really will make the difference.
We need to raise £50,000 for this section of the appeal before the end of 2024, as it needs to be complete before the unit opens.
We will then continue our fundraising and turn our attention to the inside of the unit as we aim to support patients families when on the unit visiting, or hearing news about their loved one. To have calm private spaces to go to will support their wellbeing. This part of the fundraising requires £81,901 which will bring our fundraising for this unit to £131,901.
The Critical Care Team have gone above and beyond in their fundraising and have been nominated for a BBC Three Counties Fundraising award. The event is held in September, so we all hope they win!
We have some exciting events in our calendar for you to join, or;
- Make a donation via our JustGiving page
- Fundraise for us. Please contact fundraising@bedsft.nhs.uk for a fundraising pack
- Send a cheque made payable to Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Charity to Charity Team, L&D Hospital, Lewsey Road, Luton, LU4 0DZ. Please place Critical Care Appeal on the back of the cheque
- Make a payment over the phone. Call 01582 718 289 and speak to a member of the team
- Make a BACS payment. Please email fundraising@bedsft.nhs.uk for bank details.
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