Hi all, wow what a busy few months it’s been! Time to try and update you all on September’s goings on.
Lets start with a few thank you’s for donations.
Whittlesey Festival
The Whittlesey Festival was on Sunday 8th September and we had a fantastic day! Thank you to everyone who donated anything to make the day a huge success. We made a whopping £621 this year, which is double what we took last year.
We were also able to unveil our beautiful new pink gazebo which we love and have waited very patiently for but think it was well worth the wait. Thank you again to the Milton Trust for their generosity. We even had a special visitor (check out our gallery to see the photos) a dragonfly who came to see us.
Our gorgeous name the tiger was won by young Theo who guessed the correct name was Tyler .
The winner of the Greatest Showman and £30 Chalkboard voucher raffle was drawn by Karen from the march Rotary club and the lucky winner was Jo Hunt. Jo lost the prize to her daughter and partner pretty much straight away
Handover 14th Sept
And the're off! 30 brand new syringe drivers, all complete with plastic lock boxes and toolboxes to keep them safe. This is what it’s all about. These machines will be out in the local communities making a difference to so many people.
We would like to say A HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who has done ANYTHING to help make this happen. These machines are vital in palliative care and help deliver pain relief and other drugs when patients can no longer take medication orally. Syringe Drivers can help patients remain at home with their loved ones instead of being in hospital or a hospice.
This takes the total donated to 91!! We have now reached over £100,000 in donations and grants and believe us when we say we had NO IDEA this would happen when we began fundraising for the first machine just under 4 years ago. 7 of the new machines will be off to help our Fenland neighbours and 23 will be used in the wider communities covered by the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Foundation Trust reaching out as far as the Cambridge, Huntingdon, Brampton, St Ives, Royston and many other surrounding towns and villages.
Thank you everyone for your continued support. YOU all make this happen. A big thank you also to our wonderful District Nurses out there who do an amazing job looking after patients and their families. It was great to meet some of the team :) xx
As well as the machines we were able to donate over 500 Syringe Driver bags for patients to place the machines in when they have one. We have had such amazing feedback about these bags and they really are very personal to patients and their families. Massive thanks to everyone who has made a bag they make a massive difference.
River trip winners
We are so lucky to have some amazing people support us at NGNPUK. Not only did Elin and Paul Floe Styles open up their beautiful garden and organise the Ukulele Picnic by the river again this year, they also donated a raffle prize of the afternoon on their boat.
Take a look at the Gallery to see the winners enjoying themselves on the river trip. They had a fantastic day for it with blue skies and sunshine. They also enjoyed scones and bubbly :)
Thanks again Elin & Paul. xx
Xmas Fayre
Plans are well underway for our next event which dare we say it is our Early Bird Christmas Shopping event at the Eastrea Centre on Sunday 3rd November 🎅🎄🎁🤶. Yes it will be here before we know it 😳.
Last year we had some lovely ladies run a tombola for us with a beautiful collection of chocolate orange covers. They were so popular and we would love to do the same this year. Someone has been very kindly knitting for us and we have about 50 so far but we would love a few more.
We have popped a photo in the gallery on the off chance a few of you might know someone who would like to help make a few in time for the event. There are lots of different patterns out there and we are not fussy :). We are also looking for the odd chocolate orange donation if anyone would like to donate one.
Hospital Plea
Please share as far as you can everyone. These machines are so important and need to find their way back home to Peterborough Hospital. If you are a member of a community page or group locally please could you share on there too. Thank you!
Do you have a T34 McKinley Syringe Pump from Peterborough City Hospital at home that you no longer use? This is how you can return it.
You will be able to identify if your pump comes from Peterborough City Hospital by looking at the identification sticker with an asset number on the bottom of the pump.
Please return the driver in the jiffy bag/box provided to any of the following places:
• Main reception at Peterborough City Hospital (Mon-Sun 06:30: 21:00)
• Your District Nursing team
• Your Palliative Care/Macmillan nurse
• By post to: John Ellington/Annette Turner:
o Freepost, Dept No. 310a, Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus, Breton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9GZ
For any queries please contact the Palliative Care team 01733 678579.
Return boxes should have been provided with the device, but can be requested.
Patient Feedback
As we've already mentioned, It's all been a bit full on here and we are not sure if we are at a Christmas fayre or a summer ball 😳🤣 but we have some feedback we wanted to share with you:
One of the local areas that has benefited from some new machines had a total of 14 being used in one week. That's just one area. We are so pleased of the difference these new machines are making. Thank you again everyone for your support, by helping us you help so many.
See you soon!
Louise, Samantha and Lee
Team NGNPUK.
Lets start with a few thank you’s for donations.
- Thank you to Alison Shaw for the filled Jam Jars for the Whittlesey Festival also to the Chalkboard Bistro at the Key Theatre for donating a £30 voucher to go with the 2 tickets for the Greatest Showman Sing along at the Key Theatre on Saturday 14th September.
- Big thanks to Kim Fountain who has set up our first monthly donation directly from her wages to NGNPUK) . A great idea and now we are all set up to receive donations in this way.
- A huge thank you to McCain for their amazing donation of £1115 ! This will enable us to buy another syringe driver, lockbox and toolbox outright to help in the local communities.Massive thanks for this very generous donation which will make a big difference to people who need a machine in the future.
Whittlesey Festival
The Whittlesey Festival was on Sunday 8th September and we had a fantastic day! Thank you to everyone who donated anything to make the day a huge success. We made a whopping £621 this year, which is double what we took last year.
We were also able to unveil our beautiful new pink gazebo which we love and have waited very patiently for but think it was well worth the wait. Thank you again to the Milton Trust for their generosity. We even had a special visitor (check out our gallery to see the photos) a dragonfly who came to see us.
Our gorgeous name the tiger was won by young Theo who guessed the correct name was Tyler .
The winner of the Greatest Showman and £30 Chalkboard voucher raffle was drawn by Karen from the march Rotary club and the lucky winner was Jo Hunt. Jo lost the prize to her daughter and partner pretty much straight away
Handover 14th Sept
And the're off! 30 brand new syringe drivers, all complete with plastic lock boxes and toolboxes to keep them safe. This is what it’s all about. These machines will be out in the local communities making a difference to so many people.
We would like to say A HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who has done ANYTHING to help make this happen. These machines are vital in palliative care and help deliver pain relief and other drugs when patients can no longer take medication orally. Syringe Drivers can help patients remain at home with their loved ones instead of being in hospital or a hospice.
This takes the total donated to 91!! We have now reached over £100,000 in donations and grants and believe us when we say we had NO IDEA this would happen when we began fundraising for the first machine just under 4 years ago. 7 of the new machines will be off to help our Fenland neighbours and 23 will be used in the wider communities covered by the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Foundation Trust reaching out as far as the Cambridge, Huntingdon, Brampton, St Ives, Royston and many other surrounding towns and villages.
Thank you everyone for your continued support. YOU all make this happen. A big thank you also to our wonderful District Nurses out there who do an amazing job looking after patients and their families. It was great to meet some of the team :) xx
As well as the machines we were able to donate over 500 Syringe Driver bags for patients to place the machines in when they have one. We have had such amazing feedback about these bags and they really are very personal to patients and their families. Massive thanks to everyone who has made a bag they make a massive difference.
River trip winners
We are so lucky to have some amazing people support us at NGNPUK. Not only did Elin and Paul Floe Styles open up their beautiful garden and organise the Ukulele Picnic by the river again this year, they also donated a raffle prize of the afternoon on their boat.
Take a look at the Gallery to see the winners enjoying themselves on the river trip. They had a fantastic day for it with blue skies and sunshine. They also enjoyed scones and bubbly :)
Thanks again Elin & Paul. xx
Xmas Fayre
Plans are well underway for our next event which dare we say it is our Early Bird Christmas Shopping event at the Eastrea Centre on Sunday 3rd November 🎅🎄🎁🤶. Yes it will be here before we know it 😳.
Last year we had some lovely ladies run a tombola for us with a beautiful collection of chocolate orange covers. They were so popular and we would love to do the same this year. Someone has been very kindly knitting for us and we have about 50 so far but we would love a few more.
We have popped a photo in the gallery on the off chance a few of you might know someone who would like to help make a few in time for the event. There are lots of different patterns out there and we are not fussy :). We are also looking for the odd chocolate orange donation if anyone would like to donate one.
- Thank you Anna Foster for the Chocolate oranges you have donated for the Christmas fayre
- Thank you Shelly Anderson for your donation of chocolate oranges for the Christmas fayre :) .
- Thanks also to everyone who has offered to knit some Christmas puddings and/or Christmas trees for them to go in
Hospital Plea
Please share as far as you can everyone. These machines are so important and need to find their way back home to Peterborough Hospital. If you are a member of a community page or group locally please could you share on there too. Thank you!
Do you have a T34 McKinley Syringe Pump from Peterborough City Hospital at home that you no longer use? This is how you can return it.
You will be able to identify if your pump comes from Peterborough City Hospital by looking at the identification sticker with an asset number on the bottom of the pump.
Please return the driver in the jiffy bag/box provided to any of the following places:
• Main reception at Peterborough City Hospital (Mon-Sun 06:30: 21:00)
• Your District Nursing team
• Your Palliative Care/Macmillan nurse
• By post to: John Ellington/Annette Turner:
o Freepost, Dept No. 310a, Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus, Breton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9GZ
For any queries please contact the Palliative Care team 01733 678579.
Return boxes should have been provided with the device, but can be requested.
Patient Feedback
As we've already mentioned, It's all been a bit full on here and we are not sure if we are at a Christmas fayre or a summer ball 😳🤣 but we have some feedback we wanted to share with you:
One of the local areas that has benefited from some new machines had a total of 14 being used in one week. That's just one area. We are so pleased of the difference these new machines are making. Thank you again everyone for your support, by helping us you help so many.
See you soon!
Louise, Samantha and Lee
Team NGNPUK.
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