Support as a community group

Community Giving

We would not be able to make the difference we do without the support of our community groups, schools and other organisations. Thanks to you, lives are transformed.

You are with us every step of the way; from helping raise money for large-scale CT Scanner appeals to helping to fund smaller equipment which make procedures or treatments easier for both patients and staff.

We are so grateful to you all. Every bake sale biscuit, every sponsored step, every raffle ticket bought has an impact. It helps us to do more to make hospital life better for our patients, their loved ones and our amazing NHS staff.

If your group would like to support us, there are so many ways you can get involved. If you would like to find out more visit our events page, call us on 0300 422 3231 or email us at ghn-tr.fundraising@nhs.net.

Holding an event? Remember to tag us on social media @cghospcharity.

Five ways you can help

Whether you are a book club or Brownie pack, singing group or school, here’s five ways how you can support us:

• Fundraise throughout the year:

Why not choose us as your charity of the year? Regular fundraising is a great way to bring your school or community group together. You could organise a monthly raffle, regular bake sale or give the proceeds of some of your subs or a regular event towards the charity.

• Organise a one-off event:

Could you organise a sponsored school sports day or a fundraising litter pick? Or do you have the time and resources to put on a larger charity event such as a ball, concert or fashion show? If you would like to organise a large-scale fundraiser, let us know how we can support you. Email us at ghn-tr.fundraising.net

• Take on a challenge together:

Are you a running group who wants to go the extra mile? Visit our events page and take part in one of a range of amazing sporting challenges for #TeamNHSGlos. You don’t have to be seasoned athletes, why not sign up for an event with your friends or community group? You could train together as a way to improve your health and wellbeing.

• Choose where to make a difference:

If your community group wants to raise money for a particular area of the hospital let us know. We can help you set a fundraising target for a project of choice such as buying a piece of equipment to help staff and patients. There are lots of different projects which need support from funding smaller projects such as vein finders or jaundice monitors for babies right through to CT Scanners and large-scale community garden projects.

• Volunteer:

This is the perfect opportunity for any group who wants to support on a one-off basis, allowing you to contribute without long-term commitments while still making a big impact. Could you help marshal at a major sporting challenge, help maintain our hospital green spaces or support at our charity pod? Let us know, how you would like to help.

Holding an event? Remember to tag us social media.

How our supporters have helped make a difference: Knit & Natter

Tesco Quedgeley’s Knit & Natter group raised an incredible £827 for the Gloucestershire Oncology Centre.

The community group organised by Theresa Fisher regularly knit to raise money for local causes, but this time it was in support of one of their members who was receiving treatment. The group held a 12-hour knit-a-thon for a 70th birthday and used the time to finish projects and start new ones!

Thank you, Gail, Theresa and the knitters for supporting our Oncology Centre.

How our supporters have helped make a difference: Gloucestershire Freemasons

State of the art cancer treatment equipment has been made possible thanks to the incredible support of county Freemasons. Members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Gloucestershire have raised thousands to fund an innovative jet ventilator which helps keeps a person’s body more still under anaesthetic. This helps surgeons more precisely target certain tumours.

Tim Henderson-Ross, the Head of the 2,500 Freemasons in Gloucestershire, said: “It is wonderful for us to see that our fundraising can unlock a whole new set of treatments with this machine. The great team under the leadership of Guy Hickson is doing just that and we could not be more pleased.”

This donation comes after the Lodge also raised £100,000 for a digital mobile X-ray scanner

“We wanted to raise money for something that would help as many people as possible in Gloucestershire. When we heard about the mobile X-ray machines, we felt this would be a great way to make a difference to a large number of patients in the county’s hospitals,” Tim said.