Tag: NHS

NHS Covid-19 appeal reaches over £15million in first 5 days

Stuart Mitchell

The NHS charities National COVID-19 URGENT APPEAL launched on Monday 23 March by NHS Charities Together reached over £15million within its first 5 days.  The appeal supports hospital staff and volunteers at the frontline caring for Covid-19 patients.  Thank you to XTX Markets for launched the appeal with an amazing £10million donation. ‘XTX Markets commented: “COVID-19 has put the NHS under immense pressure and ‘NHS Charities Together’, as the umbrella organisation for all NHS charities and specifically their Covid-19 campaign, are playing a crucial role in getting funds to where…

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Asda donates £5 million to food banks, extends accessible hours for NHS workers and offers additional colleague support

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced it will be donating £5 million to its partners FareShare and the Trussell Trust to help the country’s most vulnerable people through COVID-19. The extensive package of measures will provide over 4 million meals to families in poverty impacted by Coronavirus as well as giving more than 3000 charities the ability to access free food over the next three months as they fight to tackle the impacts of Coronavirus in their communities. The donation from the supermarket also will help the networks of the two charities as…

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New phase of national NHS recruitment campaign launched

Stuart Mitchell

The third phase of the national We Are the NHS campaign has been launched, to encourage applications for existing job vacancies for both clinical and non-clinical roles. This phase of the campaign will highlight the range of interesting roles available across the NHS and specifically highlight IT and administrative roles and how they work closely with clinical colleagues. The campaign is run jointly by NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care, Health Education England and NHS Improvement, and aims to help support and enhance local recruitment activity. There…

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Music 4 Mental Health rocked the Roundhouse

Stuart Mitchell

The energy at The Roundhouse on Sunday 18 November was electric. Over 3,000 enthusiastic people gathered to support the first ever Music 4 Mental Health event featuring a barrage of music artists, all taking to the stage in aid of erasing the stigma around mental health. Pop sensation Ed Sheeran kicked-off the evening and was welcomed to the stage by thousands of screaming fans. Nothing But Thieves, Olly Murrs, spoken word poet Hussain Manawer, Anne-Marie, Ella Eyre, Louis Berry and Professor Green all delivered phenomenal performances throughout the night with…

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YMCA say: “Young people struggle to make time for mental wellbeing”

Stuart Mitchell

YMCA called on the nation to make their mental health a priority on World Mental Health Day and join WHOLE HOUR Less than a third (30%) of young people think they take enough time out to look after their mental wellbeing with almost half (46%) saying they simply don’t have the time to do so, new figures have shown ahead of World Mental Health Day (10 October) tomorrow. Youth charity YMCA spoke to more than 1,000 young people, aged 11 to 24 years-old, about the importance of self-care in light of…

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