Brighterway secure NHS charities together funding

In 2021, NHS Charities Together launched a grant fund enabling NHS organisations to support the long-term health and recovery of NHS staff, patients, community, and volunteers impacted by COVID- 19.
Following consultation across the Trust, our Charity Brighterway submitted a grant to fund three areas of work, which included:

To develop and deliver a Trust ‘Incredible Edible Community’.
To develop and produce following staff engagement a Healthy Eating Recipe book.
To develop existing and new walks, trails, and conservation areas across some Trust sites.

We are pleased to announce our submission was successful and Brighterway has secured £143k to deliver this work over a two-year period.

Chris Dixon, Charity Manager commented: “This is an amazing opportunity to impact many areas and people of the Trust and to bring people together to support their health and wellbeing.” Over the coming weeks we will give you more information about the projects and how you can get involved.

Eat the Brighterway

Following our early announcement in relation to successfully securing funding, we can share our Brighterway Healthy Eating Book Recipe Project. A project to secure a legacy from this funding.

Over the coming weeks and months, we will be asking the southern health community for health recipes that you may use. They may be your own or family traditions. We will then select a range of recipes that will be incorporated in to a Brighterway Recipe Book. We are asking predominantly for healthy recipes, but there will not be anything to stop the odd, sweet treat.

The book will then be given to all staff as a way of us supporting your health and wellbeing.

Chris Dixon, Charity Manager commented “this is a brilliant opportunity for staff to get involved in a project that will have a true impact on the eating habits of the southern health community. Creating a long-lasting legacy for the trust, but also sharing those family recipes that have become tradition”

For more information get in touch with us on our social media accounts or at charity@southernhealth.nhs.uk

brighterway October 2021

October was a fantastic month for brighterway!

We support projects that aren’t covered by NHS funding and we’d love to continue funding these projects for our staff, patients and community. We couldn’t do it without your support and fundraising, so thank you 😁

Here’s a breakdown of the projects we funded last month. In total, brighterway funded 27 projects, of which 3 will benefit staff and 24 will benefit patients of the Trust. These projects consisted of 22 Christmas related projects (this includes sending Christmas presents and decorations to inpatient units) and 5 wellbeing, garden and carer projects.

We received applications across the whole Trust, with applications from all divisions. We love to see how brighterway is helping the mental health and wellbeing of our staff and patients. If you have been involved in of these projects please email daren.evans@southernhealth.nhs.uk to let us know what you think!

If you have any ‘Bright Ideas’ or would like to help us with fundraising, head over to ‘Your Bright Ideas’ page on our website to download an application form Your Bright Ideas – Brighterway. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing what a difference we can make each month!