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Support during COVID

It’s been an extremely tough time for all during the COVID-19 Pandemic, but the fantastic support we have received from schools and youth groups throughout has been incredibly heart-warming.

PPE Donations

VisorsNurses receiving donation from local school

  • Beds Visor Project (Doug McMurdo with Bedford Girls School and St Thomas Moore School donating over 1000 visors)
  • Chiltern Academy
  • Ashcroft High School
  • Chase Community School
  • Merchant Taylors’ School
  • Sandringham Secondary School
  • Stopsley High School & Luton Sixth Form
  • St Albans Girls’ School
  • Surrey Street Primary School
  • Sacred Heart of Mary Girls’ School
  • Vandyke Upper School

Goggles, Face Masks and more…

  • Aldwickbury School—Scrubs
  • Cedars Upper School—Goggles
  • Central Bedfordshire College—Gloves
  • Ferrars Academy—Sewing Uniform Bags and Headbands
  • Foxdell Junior School—Goggles
  • Little Smile Nursery—Gloves
  • Luton Sixth Form—Hand Sanitisers, Masks and Goggles
  • Roundwood Park School—Goggles
  • Samuel Whitbread Academy—Goggles
  • St Albans Boys’ School—Goggles
  • St Albans School—Goggles
  • St Thomas Catholic Academy Trust—Goggles
  • Queensbury Academy—Mask Extensions and Clips

Food, drink and toiletries

  • Al-Hikmah School—Staff Gift Packs
  • Ardley Hill Academy—Cadbury’s Crème Eggs
  • Central Bedfordshire College—Water
  • Harpenden Academy—Easter Eggs
  • Hightown & Eaton Pre-Schools—Food and Drinks
  • Lealands High School—Sandwiches and Lunch Bags
  • Little Peoples Nursery—Easter Eggs
  • Manshead C of E Academy—Flavoured Water
  • Park Tuition—Weekly donations of Sandwiches and Rainbow cakes on International Day of the Nurse
  • PTA Friends of St Christophers Academy — Food and Drinks
  • Putteridge Bury Campus— Food
  • The Shared Learning Trust—Sandwiches, Fruit and Drinks

Community Groups Support and Fundraising

  • 1st Harpenden Scout Group for their amazing painted Rainbow Stones for International Nurses Day 2020
  • Luton Girl Guides for 3 Toiletries Gift Boxes
  • Manshead C of E Academy—Justgiving page for students to get involved with self-improvement projects and donate
  • St Anne’s Scout Group 3 Gift Hampers
  • Think Sport—Thunder FC for raising just over £6,000 for the Covid-19 Fund

Thank you

Thank you NHS school display

On behalf of the Charity Team, staff and patients, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has thought of us and donated over the difficult months.

If you would like to get involved in fundraising for your local hospital, I would love to hear from you…
Sabine Hazell, Schools Coordinator, sabine.hazell@ldh.nhs.uk, 01582 718289

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