Grants Made
How we make a Difference
The Charity uses its funds to make Grants to help our patients, staff and hospital visitors. The Friends have always provided traditional patient orientated items such as Children’s Toys, emergency patient packs and some gifts and food to the wards to help celebrate Christmas.
We provide many items of medical and re-habilitation equipment. Much of this is supplied as a result of requests from Wards and Departments within the 3 Trusts we support in the Worthing area. Each request is carefully scrutinized and must be justified by the bidding Department or Ward.
We occasionally make major donations to support hospital appeals such as in 2018 for the Interventional Radiology Machine – (£384,168), but normally we concern ourselves with smaller and “make a difference now” awards.
We make many grants including the provision of gym and rehabilitation equipment at Meadowfield, an ultrasound training aid for A&E, examination couches in Outpatients, cardio ODM systems and digital reminiscence therapy packages.
So a big thank you to all of you who have raised funds and made donations to allow us to help your local hospitals.
Some examples of how we have made a difference are shown below.
Every £1 helps so if you can, please donate to this local charity.
An ultrasound training model recently purchased for A and E.
Wondering about making a bid?
Do you work in one of the Wards or Departments within The Worthing Hospitals area? (SCT, SPT or UHST)
If the NHS is not able to meet your request then the Friends may be able to assist. But there is a strict process.
Your first move is to make contact with the Friends Trustee who is responsible for your ward or department and discuss your requirement. If appropriate the Trustee will help you through the process.
Not sure who your sponsoring Trustee is? Contact us via info@friendswh.org.uk or via our Secretary, email: secretary@friendswh.org.uk
SCT, SPT and UHST – Paperwork for a request or bid?
We do recommend sending a short resume to the “Friends” first, but if you want more info on the process to follow and information about the bid forms then scroll further down this page.
There format is broadly the same for the 3 NHS Trusts which we support: SCT, SPT and UHST. Due to sign off and authority checks there is a slightly different process for each Trust.
The bid forms are also available via your internal Trust intranet.
Wheelchairs
35 auto brake porter chairs were supplied in 2020 to aid our porters and patients at a cost of £23,016.
Gym Equipment
New outdoor gym equipment was installed at Meadowfield Hospital at Swandean and cost £10,021.
Support Machine
This support machine is a Lucas chest compressor provided in 2020 to the A7E/Cardiac teams at a cost of £9,288
Sensory Equipment
This selection of sensory equipment costing £3,190 was purchased in 2024 to create a sensory space in Rowan Ward.
Clinic Chairs
24 new clinic chairs were purchased in 2024 for the Outpatients Department when the previous chairs were identified as being too low for the patients. This project cost £2,866.50.
Digital Reminiscence therapy packages
10 digital reminiscence therapy packages were supplied to the Dementia team in 2018 at a cost of £48,712.
Neo Natal Unit
A new Olympic Brain Monitor was provided for Beeding Ward in September 2024 costing £23,700.
Bids
Forms for formal bids
This section contains information and the various bid forms necessary to apply for funding from the League of Friends. If you have any queries please contact Garry Phillips
- LOF 11 Bid UHST Interim 2025 – Worthing Hospital Wards and Departments
- LOF 12 Bid SPT Application – Sussex Partnership Trust. You will find the forms on your Intranet
- LOF 13 Bid SCT Application – Sussex Community Trust. Please contact Lucy Beaumont in your Trust who has the necessary forms and will guide you through the process.
Bid Application Forms
The various bid application forms are shown below. Please ensure that they are fully completed. The forms as shown are all in .pdf format. If you require a word document version these can be found at the very bottom of the page or ask the Secretary to email you the relevant bid form.
This request for funding is for use by the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Departments, Ward’s, and Units of Worthing Hospital only.
This request for funding is for use by the Sussex Partnership NHS Trust (SPFT).
Bid Application Forms in Word format
The various bid application forms in Word document format can be downloaded by using the buttons shown below. Please ensure that uou always use the latest version of the form. If you are unsure please check with the Secretary.
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