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Christmas Greetings and Update on 2020

Dec 17, 2020 | General

Dear All December is a perfect opportunity to look back both on the past year and forward to what next year may bring. 2020 has held individual challenges for us all, and everyone had to face varying difficulties along the way. I hope that you, and those close to you,...

Dr Roy Lamb

Jul 14, 2020 | General

It is with great sadness that we have to inform members and the wider hospital community of the death of Dr Roy Lamb. Dr Lamb was intimately associated with the League of Friends for over fifty seven years, mainly as a Trustee, but additionally as President in later...

COVID 19

Jul 9, 2020 | General

It seems timely to give an update of what is happening with Stroud Hospitals League of Friends as we near the end of our initial emergency response to COVID 19 at both of the hospitals and within the community. So far we have distributed around £25,000 on PPE,...

AGM

Jul 9, 2020 | General

The Trustees of the League of Friends have made the decision to postpone the AGM, which usually takes place in September, until late spring/early summer 2021. Having recently converted our status to a 'Charitable Incorporated Organisation' we are allowed an extended...

Hospital Gardens

Jul 9, 2020 | General

The care of the hospital gardens has resumed by our dedicated Garden Group co-ordinator, Linda Phillips. Only two of the gardening group attend at a time, suitably socially distanced, and they have started the task of working their way through three months of lockdown...

Trustee Recruitment: Information and Role specification

Mar 5, 2020 | Recruitment

Introduction Stroud Hospitals League of Friends is a long established, well resourced and successful charity which supports Stroud Hospital, Stroud Maternity Hospital, and a number of related local health centres and health related community projects. The League...

Important changes to the charity’s status

Aug 13, 2019 | General

Stroud Hospitals League of Friends is changing from an ‘unincorporated charity’ into a ‘Charitable Incorporated Organisation’ (CIO), following the unanimous approval to do so from members at the EGM on November 27, 2019. The necessary documentation is presently being...

Cashes Green Ward Official Reopening

Apr 30, 2019 | General

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Patron of the League of Friends, officially reopened the Cashes Green Ward after its comprehensive refurbishment. During her visit in April this year, the Princess Royal met trustees and conversed with several nursing and...

Cashes Green ward refurbishment

Jan 9, 2019 | General

Stroud General Hospital's Cashes Green ward has reopened, having undergone four months of major refurbishment. The ambitious renovation programme has seen the 22-bed ward undergo a major upgrade, including the introduction of additional en suite bedrooms and bays, a...

Christmas around the wards

Jan 8, 2019 | General

Our wonderful group of volunteers put up and decorate Christmas trees around Stroud General Hospital and the Maternity Hospital. They also spend time buying and wrapping gifts which they give to each patient when they tour wards, singing carols, on the Sunday before...

Expenditure on Equipment and Refurbishment in 2018

Dec 13, 2018 | General

League of Friends Expenditure on Equipment and Refurbishment in 2018 Cashes Green Ward £351,923 Uplands Care Service £ 40,000 Horsfall...

Volunteer Coffee Morning

Dec 13, 2018 | General

On the 5th December 40+ volunteers gathered in the Post Grad room for a Christmas coffee morning where they enjoyed a lovely range of drinks, mince pies and cakes. Sue Russell, volunteer administrator welcomed everybody and presented all the volunteers with Christmas...