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Our 2025 Christmas Raffle raises £578!
A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE FRIENDS OF SAVERNAKE HOSPITAL: We are so grateful to all those of you...
Grant awarded for Pewsey Alzheimers Support Art Class
The Friends recently awarded a grant to purchase art materials for Pewsey Alzheimers Support Art...
Friends award grant to Podiatry department at Savernake Hospital
The Friends have recently awarded a grant of £1,837 to the Podiatry department at Savernake...
Art materials donated to the ward at Savernake Hospital
The Friends recently awarded a grant to purchase art materials for the patients on the ward at...
Grant awarded to Pewsey and Marlborough Surgeries
The Friends have recently awarded a grant of £2,460.33 for Paediatric SATS monitors for both...
New curtains for the Physiotherapy department
A new set of curtains have been installed at the Physiotherapy department at Savernake Hospital,...
Friends donate funds for vaccine fridge
The Friends of Savernake Hospital & The Community have granted £1,238.75 for a Labcold Vaccine...
The Friends donate to Brighter Futures
Over the last 2 years, Friends of Savernake and the Community (The Friends) have given £15,000 to...
New furniture for the Savernake Ward Staff
The Savernake Ward staff room now has new furniture, recently purchased by the Friends of...
The Friends’ AGM 2024
The Friends of Savernake & The Community held their AGM in May 2024 at the Jubilee Centre in...
NHS hearing aid batteries at the Friends’ Hospital Shop
At the beginning of 2022, the Friends of Savernake Hospital shop started issuing NHS hearing aid...
The Friends help KAMP to buy a new ECG
The Friends recently awarded KAMP (Kennet and Avon Medical Partnership) a grant of £1144.76...
New Radiotherapy Centre Open Day 16 July
Friends visit the new Radiotherapy Unit at GWH
On 8th June, Janet Louth, Liz Wright & Keith Marshall, three of the trustees of the Friends of...
Update on Swindon’s new Radiotherapy Centre
Work on the building of the new Radiotherapy Centre at GWH in Swindon is progressing at a...
WE’RE OPEN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Friends of Savernake Hospital Shop re-opened on 18th October with a special ceremony to mark...
Hospital Shop due to reopen 18 October 2021
Thanks to the efforts of our Shop Coordinator, Ian Philpott, the Friends are delighted to report...
£10,000 Grant for GWH CT Scanner Appeal
The Friends have provided a grant of £10,000 to the Brighter Futures' CT Scanner Appeal at GWH. ...
Thank you to Marlborough Mayor Councillor Mark Cooper for generous donation
For a second year running, Marlborough Mayor, Councillor Mark Cooper has named the Friends of...
Grant for Special Educational Needs pupils at Marlbrough St Mary’s
The Friends have provided a grant of £750 to Marlborough St Mary's Primary School. The school was...
Grant for Cotswold House’s patient group
The Friends have just approved a grant of £200 for the Cotswold House patient group. The group is...
New dispensing window at Burbage Surgery
Burbage Surgery now has a new sliding window for dispensing medication thanks to a grant from the...
March 2021 – Update on GWH Radiotherapy Centre Build
Despite a further lockdown, construction on the Radiotherapy Centre at Great Western Hospital,...
December 2020 Newsletter from the Friends of Savernake Hospital and the Community – Janet Louth, Co-Chair
In the run up to Christmas, I am sending, as usual, a summary of the work of the Friends of...
Better Births Appeal – Update from Brighter Futures – November 2020
Last year the Friends pledged £10,000 towards the Better Births Appeal for GWH's Maternity...
GWH Radiotherapy Centre Update – October 2020
As previously reported, construction work started on the radiotherapy centre site at Great Western...
October 2020 update – recent grants approved by the Friends
The Friends have recently approved a grant for the purchase of a mini doppler machine for the...
“Thank you” messages from Lockdown
Over the past few months, during lockdown, the Friends have paid for morale-boosting meals,...
Over £800 raised in virtual race challenge
The Friends are delighted to have received over £800 raised this year by personal trainer, Neil...
Thank you, Waitrose Marlborough – “Green Tokens” donation
The Friends of Savernake Hospital and the Community would like to say a very big thank you...
