The Friends of Crowborough Hospital are delighted to announce that their volunteers, who give time and effort within the Friends have been recognised at the highest level by being awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). This award is the MBE equivalent for volunteer groups. The Crowborough Hospital Fete which this year will take […]
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Volunteers Recognised with Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
The Friends of Crowborough Hospital are today delighted to announce that their volunteers, who give time and effort within the Friends have been recognised at the highest level by being awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS). This award is the MBE equivalent for volunteer groups. The Award itself will be formally presented in […]
Invitation to our Evening Reception and AGM
Please join us for the Friends of Crowborough Hospital Evening Reception & AGM 29th June. Dr Helen Tucker, Vice President of the Community Hospitals Association will give a presentation entitled ‘Community Hospitals Matter’.
February 2017 Newsletter
Friends of Crowborough Hospital win National – we have won the national innovation award of the Community Hospitals Association! More exciting news – FoCH has been nominated for a Queens Award. This is the equivalent of an MBE for charities and therefore very prestigious. We await the outcome. CBC are having an Open Day!! We […]
November 2016 Newsletter
The Fete This year, the weather was kind to the fete and once again the people of Crowborough supported it fantastically. The sun shone and visitors took heed of the notice near the entrance, buying items from plants to toys, clothes, household items, bric-a-brac, cakes, books and almost everything you could want! In And Around […]
Community Wellbeing Events
We would like to let you know about the monthly Community Wellbeing Events that Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust are running. Please spread the word about these events as we want to be able to have a variety of different service providers and community voluntary sector organisations represented. The next dates are: Uckfield Community Hospital, Tuesday 27th September 12.30 […]
AGM 2016
This year’s AGM will be held on 16th June at the Day Centre (see our events calendar) . The Friend’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the Hospital Day Centre. The speaker for the evening will be Paula Head, CEO Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust who will give a presentation entitled ‘Community Services in Crowborough, and the […]
Post Fete Jumble Sale
If you missed a bargain at the Hospital Fete, come along to the post-fete jumble sale and see what you can find. 11am to 1pm at the Hospital Day centre on Saturday 17th October
AGM 2015
This year’s AGM will be held on 9th July at the Day Centre (see our events calendar) . The Friend’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the Hospital Day Centre. The speaker for the evening will be Jane Hayward, Day Service Manager. The presentation is entitled, “The Friends’ Social Day Service” and will describe how the new […]
Comment on CQC inspection report on East Sussex Healthcare Trust (ESHT)
The Friends of Crowborough Hospital are naturally very disappointed that the Trust which runs the majority of services at Crowborough Hospital has been judged as “Inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission. However, most people in Crowborough go to Pembury for acute hospital services. Despite the overall rating for ESHT, the report on the community services, […]