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 […]
Waitrose Green Tokens – Please Support Us
Tokens of the green nature will soon be available at Waitrose to drop into the Crowborough Hospital collection box; so during the month of March if you were planning to shop elsewhere, please don’t and please collect as many green tokens at Waitrose even if you pop in there just to get a small carton of […]
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 […]
Hospital Fete profits to be boosted by end of summer sale
Boutique, clothing, collectables and bric-a-brac to be sold In the weeks that have passed since the enormously successful Crowborough Hospital Fete on August Bank Holiday Monday, stallholders have been busy sorting the highest quality items that remained unsold. These, and additional items that arrived too late for the fete, are to be sold at a […]
MacMillan Coffee Morning
Just to let you know that the Friends’ Social Day Service will be hosting another MacMillan coffee morning on September the 30th between 10.00 and 12.00. Please come along if you can, £1.50 will get you coffee and cake and after that all donations are welcome. Jane Hayward (SDS Manager)
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 […]
‘Silent auction’ bids to boost hospital fete takings
Bidding to take place on-line and on Bank Holiday Monday Crowborough Hospital Fete organisers hope to get the Bank Holiday Monday event off to a flyingstartfinanciallywitha‘silentauction’ofprizesdonatedbylocalbusinesses. People will be able to bid for them by email ahead of the fete and on the day itself, 29th August.The winning bids will be announced towards the end […]
August 2016 Newsletter
The AGM meeting and reception was held on Thursday 16th June After enjoying refreshments provided by Miriam Boobier, attendees were warmly welcomed by Chairman, Chantal Wilson. Trustees, who retire in turn, were all reappointed as was the Treasurer, Terry Moon. The co-option of Dr Cathryn Stokes as a trustee was ratified by the meeting and […]
Bene Cooper – R.I.P.
We are sad to inform you that Bene Cooper, who may have been our oldest and longest serving volunteer, has sadly died. She continued to attend the shop on Mondays and produce knitwear for us to sell until last year when at 95 years of age she decided it was time to step down and let […]
Diabetes Care for You
We are pleased to report that Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust‘s new community diabetes service, named ‘Diabetes Care for You’, is now available to people aged 18+ who live in Brighton & Hove and the High Weald, Lewes and Havens area of East Sussex and that Crowborough hospital has been selected as one of the sites for delivery. This […]