QEQM League of Friends

Welcome to our brand-new website! Please have a good look around and let us know what you think.

We are a charity dedicated to making a real difference to our local hospital by raising funds to help buy:

Medical equipment to help with diagnosis, treatment and care such as ultrasound machines, cots, portable scanners
Comforts for patients e.g. leg rests, television sets, blinds for wards
Amenities for the hospital's staff e.g. fridges, lockers

We also provide a service by running a Tea Bar & Shop in the Hospital plus a trolley that goes around the Wards. We are run & staffed entirely by volunteers.

Registered Charity Number: 210234

We welcome and rely on donations no matter how small by bank transfer, online, cheque, bequests and other methods.

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TVs

for Sandwich Bay Ward

New Patient Chair

for Coronary Care Unit

New Window Blinds

for St. Augustine’s Ward

Helping Newborn Hearing Screening Service

Achievements

Recent examples of items we have funded shown are:

TVs for Sandwich Bay Ward
New Patient Chair for Coronary Care Unit
New Window Blinds for St. Augustine’s Ward
Helping Newborn Hearing Screening Service
Cuddle Cot to Comfort Bereaved Parents
Funding of Doppler Device for Use in Treatment of Leg Ulcers
New couch for cardiac patients
Frail patients in A&E benefiting from new specialist chairs
Mobile drip stands benefit patients on rainbow children’s ward
New equipment for rainbow children's ward
11 flat medical scales for the Emergency Department
4 height-adjustable cots for Kingsgate (Maternity) Ward
2 Kwickscreens of particular benefit for patients living with dementia
18 replacements TVs for Rainbow Children’s Ward
A wireless handheld dynamometer for Physiotherapy in the Sarre Unit Gym
A pre-operative haemoglobin monitoring machine for Surgical Admissions

Spreading Christmas Cheer

Sandwich Bay staff with Sylvia & Chief Executive

Latest News

TVs for Sandwich Bay Ward

New Patient Chair for Coronary Care Unit

Tesco Fundraiser Benefits Rainbow Children’s Ward

More News

Events

From time to time, we run fundraising events. Upcoming events will be shown here.

More Events

FAQs

How do you decide what to fund?

Are you part of the East Kent Hospitals Charity?

I work in the Hospital and want to apply for charitable funding to buy an item of equipment. How do I go about it?

Read our FAQs

Tea Bar & Shop

Have you tried our Tea Bar & Shop? It’s open every weekday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Find us at the St. Peter’s Road side of the Hospital, above Outpatients and next to Walmer A. We offer at great prices:

Freshly brewed hot drinks
Sandwiches
Snacks & confectionery
Chilled cold drinks
Books, newspapers, cards & stamps

Purchases in our Tea Bar & Shop - QEQM League of Friends

Volunteer

Whatever their role, our volunteers enjoy what they do – most have been with us for many years.

Would you like to join our committee of Trustees? You would be contributing to overseeing the work of our registered charity including helping to organise fundraising events and considering applications for funding.
We are looking for more volunteers who can spare a few hours each week to work in our Tea Bar & Shop and/or on our trolley that goes around the Hospital. You would be joining a team that provides a much-valued service to the patients, staff & visitors, is an integral part of the Hospital community and earns valuable income for our charity.

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