The Catering Team decided to donate to the charity rather than buying Christmas Cards in 2024.
The team have been donating their Christmas card money, to different charities, for over a decade and have raised £1000s in this time.
Kate Teece, Site Catering Manager, said: “We wanted to support SaTH Charity’s Dementia Fund as a few of our staff have relatives living with the condition and understand the challenges the Dementia Team face. We know the team purchase lots of single use items to gift to patients living with Dementia, and we wanted to support them to continue their good work by donating money we would have spent buying and sending Christmas cards.”
Karen Breese, Dementia Care Clinical Specialist, said: “We are grateful to our colleagues in the Catering Department at PRH for choosing to donate to our fund. We see a number of patients who are living with Dementia on the wards and our team uses lots of items such as teddies in the form of cats and dogs, alongside sensory items to support them in a clinical environment, which can be a scary place. Thanks to the generous donation of the catering team, we can continue to purchase these items.”
Julia Clarke, Director of Public Participation said, “We are so grateful to our colleagues in catering for their generous donation. Anyone with experience of a relative living with Dementia will know how confusing the hospital environment can be, and the Dementia Team work tirelessly to develop ways to reduce the stress and offer calming exercises to improve patients’ experience.”