Jemma Hassell-Wilkes, Metabolic Medicine, UHW. Neil Britton, Radiology, UHL. Katie Neate, Assessment Unit. UHW. Allison Jenkins, A7, UHW The next £6,000 SuperDraw will take place on Friday 25th May 2022. Then…in November 2022, the SuperMegaDraw prize, will be an eye-watering £22,000! What would you buy? You can sign up here Staff Lottery | Cardiff &
Cardiff & Vale Health Charity and the Arts for Health and Wellbeing Programme have been delighted to support the team from the Pelvic Health Service, now based at Barry Hospital, to enable them to brighten the corridor space outside their clinic areas. A newly located service to Barry Hospital, the aim of the Pelvic Health
Liz and her husband Russ married in 2017 after both being widowed in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, they found out that Russ needed dialysis which meant he required a kidney transplant. Liz was the one who volunteered to be the kidney donor, and after a year of extensive tests, they went ahead with the procedure.
After suffering a serious head injury, and being in a coma for a month in 2018, Ifan Owens has been giving back to the Intensive Care Unit to show his thanks for the excellent treatment he received. During the 2020 lockdown, he and a friend (Tom Burns, who has since left the business due to
Cardiff & Vale Health Charity is pleased to announce Daniel Bould, Health Care Support Worker, has been crowned Health Hero for February. Known to all as Dan the Man, Daniel often goes the extra mile on every shift, showing the true spirit of team work and trust values. Described as having a calming nature, staff,
Adam Harcombe, his dad Andrew, mum Karen, and sister Darcey visited UHW this week, and presented a check for £150 to support B4 Neurology. It is in addition to the £15,906 Adam, his family, friends, and the members of his local rugby community raised in 2021. Fundraising activities included, Go the Distance Walk with Adam
A wonderful afternoon of tea, cake and laughter was had by all who attended the Prop Appeal’s Afternoon event at The Coal Exchange Hotel recently. A huge thank you to all who came along to enjoy the fun. We are delighted to have raised over £1,345! Every penny will support projects to help patients who
As part of the ongoing strategy to reduce waste across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Capital, Estates and Facilities Team introduced recycling bins for crisp packets back in November 2019, which were funded by Cardiff & Vale Health Charity. Over the past year, more and more flexible plastic recycling points have been established at supermarket
The Staff Lottery Bids Panel recently supported a project to provide specialist cups and straws to the residents of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan who struggle with dysphagia (swallowing impairment). Approximately 66% of Speech and Language Therapy patients of Community Resource Teams in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan suffer with dysphagia. This increases
As part of Cardiff & Vale Health Charity’s ‘First Impressions’ Project at Barry Hospital, we were able to fund Ruth Bradshaw, Music and Arts for Health and Wellbeing Facilitator, to hold sessions with patients on the Sam Davies Ward at Barry Hospital. Due to Covid restrictions Ruth initially led the sessions on a virtual platform.
