Teamwork, sweat, fundraising and a lot of mud will take centre stage for members of the Orthodontic and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) department as colleagues across the department get ready to take part in the Shropshire Mudrun on Saturday 27 April. Tackling the 5km route (which will involve slipping and sliding over obstacles, crawling through tunnels and a [...]
A team of 10 people from Muller Dairies in Market Drayton are tackling the UK’s 3 Peaks Challenge. The team will be climbing the three highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours on Saturday 4 May. Each person in the team has chosen a charity close to their hearts and Alice Shingler chose SaTH Charity’s Neonatal [...]
The annual SaTH Charity Football Tournament is taking place on Sunday 19 May, and 14 teams have signed up to raise money for the Dementia Fund appeal. We are so impressed by the fundraising efforts of each team this year, we thought we would showcase a few. Today we are focusing on the respiratory ward team at the Royal [...]
Colleagues from Research and Innovation are walking 100km throughout the month of November. They are walking the distance from RSH to the sea to raise money for SaTH Research and Innovation Charity and improve patient outcomes through innovative projects. Following on from their successful fundraising campaign in May, when they climbed Snowdon, they have now set themselves another challenge in order [...]
Family of the much-loved local butcher, William Dodd, continue to raise money in his memory for the ITU garden at RSH. His daughters Claire and Lisa took on two challenges recently to help raise funds. Lisa Marsden and her family completed a swim the length of the channel in October at Bannatyne’s Shrewsbury. Claire Evans and her family undertook a [...]
Shrewsbury resident, Sally Jamieson, held a Halloween Party to raise money for SaTH Charity’s Breast Cancer Fund and Fighting to Be Heard foundation. Sally held the event in memory of her friend, Emily Roberts who died of secondary breast cancer in February 2022. The event raised £1,420.06 the money being split equally between the two charities. Sally wants to urge [...]
27 October 2023 The family of much-loved local butcher, William Dodd, are raising money in his memory for the ITU garden at RSH. William, who was one of the longest serving stallholders in the Shrewsbury Market Hall, recently passed away after spending eleven weeks in the ITU department. He was a keen gardener, so in his memory the family want [...]
Michael Philippou, who received treatment at the Chemo Day Care Unit, sadly passed away in June. His family and friends wanted to thank the staff, who were absolutely lovely and looked after him so well. Neville Street and friends organised a sponsored bike ride and raised £1,769. A further £560 in cash donations received by his wife Sonia, brings the [...]
The Children’s Oncology team at Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) recently took receipt of three brand new Xbox medical gaming carts. The gaming carts allow young people access to activities that remove them from the constraints and anxieties that often surround the hospital environment. TheRockinR charity supplied the medical gaming carts, which are specially made for hospitals, as they are more [...]
Karen Breese, Dementia Care Clinical Specialist for SaTH, recently jumped out of a plane to raise money for patients living with dementia. The dementia fund purchases items that provide comfort to patients whilst in hospital, these could be reminiscence items such as therapy dolls or soft toys. Karen has raised £640 for the fund, but more is needed as many [...]
