Support from our communities - a thank you to everyone who has supported us

Support from our communities

Over the last 12 months, we have been blessed with such unimaginable outpourings of support from our local communities (and some even further afield) which we are extremely grateful for. We’d like to thank everyone who did their part to give our colleagues a boost, whether this was taking part in the key-worker claps, donating food and other care items, or fundraising, and even those of you who took the time to leave a supportive comment on our Facebook page. Thank you.

Yellow bus catering stationed their iconic vehicle in one of our car parks during the first wave of the pandemic in order to provide or staff with hot, nutritious meals to keep them fuelled through some tough shifts. Becky Sprowell, from Carlton in Lindrick near Worksop, raised over £3,000 for Bassetlaw ITU, running a half marathon.

DFS, the UK Furniture Company, manufactured and donated 1,000 gowns to bolster our stores of Personal Protective Equipment to help keep our colleagues safe. Residents of HMP Hatfield raise over £1,000 with a sponsored 12-hour run, covering a total distance of 345km.

In December, over 60 local businesses, organisations and families, sponsored Christmas stars to light up our buildings. Some were dedicated in memorial to lost loved-ones and some were dedicated to our colleagues for their efforts in the fight against Covid.

Edlington Postman, Dave Evans and local resident Dean Ashbridge, raised over £500 for DBTH by swapping his usual Royal Mail uniform for various Superhero and Disney character costumes.

George and Edmund, a pair of professional violinists performed virtual concerts for some of our inpatients.

Moss Properties arranged weekly donations of fruit to be distributed amongst our colleagues – a little something to keep us healthy. Artist Chinwe Russell rallied her colleagues and friends to donate some incredible art pieces to brighten up our corridors and improve staff morale.

Morrisons supermarket helped to keep staff spirits and energy levels high with care packages for those working on our Intensive Care Unit. Local boy, and Manchester City fan, Harrison ran the distance from his home to the Etihad stadium (a total of 69 miles) to raise over £2,000 for Bassetlaw Hospital.

Sainsbury’s Edenthorpe donated hampers to our teams on Wards 20 and 21 and our to our Endoscopy teams.

Fourteen year old Toby put together hundreds of individual goody bags for our staff as part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award.

Pizza Hut Doncaster certainly did their bit to keep staff fuelled throughout the first wave – they delivered us 100 pizzas which went down a treat.