Meetings with the Finance Director about the possibility of the Trust appointing a new Professional Fund-Raiser to
make the best possible use of future charitable giving to our General Hospital.
This was viewed with caution by the heads of the charities at the meeting. We are all of a similar view that it may well "water-down" the amounts we raise for our existing charities. Assurances were given but I must admit it gives a cause for worry. The charitable pot is a fairly finite amount and although we, as a League, do not have a great amount of donations given, maybe this will dry up altogether as a bigger charity emerges. FriendsSGH earn a very high percentage of the money we use to help the hospital. We use the shop and Tea Bars to make profits to gift to the hospital but that said, we do get some donations and would be upset to find that they fail to materialise in the future.
Today, Friday 3rd November , the Ladies from Oncology Tea Bar and I attended the 1st birthday of Macmillan Garden Room. We were then given a guided tour of the brand new Oncology centre and the wonderful new Treatment centre. The new machines are state of the art and in some cases the first in this country and even first worldwide.
It makes one very proud to be part of this wonderful new hospital. So many things are really exemplary about the General and I suppose we must remember that when worrying about our small areas!!