Afternoon Tea ’23 – Photos
October 2023 Fun Fundraising Activity
Each day of the week you can raise money for this cause in a simple and interesting way…
Some activities can be done on a daily basis, some would probably be better done on one specific day!!
- Day 1: Pay 10p for every light bulb you have in your house
- Day 2: Pay 10p for every time you look at or use your phone
- Day 3: or each day…Pay 10p each time you get on or in a mode of
transport - Day 4: or each day Pay 10p every time someone comes to your house, including Amazon, the post and the newspaper deliveries
- Day 5: Pay 10p for every time you have a drink
- Day 6: or each day Pay 10p each time you have a shower or a bath
- Day 7: pay 10p every time you step out of your house
Of course 10p/20p is a nominal charge, you are free to set your own tariff.
Money can be paid online to:
PALLIATIVE CARE SIERRA LEONE CAF BANK……
Bank sort code 40- 52- 40 Account no 00014453
and should be entitled FUN WEEK.
Cash/Cheques (payable to Palliative care Sierra Leone) can be given to Kathryn Ingham or to your local rep of this charity.
Enjoy your week!
Afternoon Tea 2023
Morphine Powder Appeal
Palliative Care Sierra Leone wishes to support the Connaught Hospital Palliative Care Unit (CPCU) by funding the purchase of 1kg of morphine powder. Please see the Donation page for details.
Visit of Dr Melvina Thompson
In February 2023 some of the Trustees were delighted to meet up with Dr Melvina Thompson in London. She has been working with the Palliative Care service at The Connaught Hospital, Freetown, and does this work alongside her other duties in the hospital. Melvina was in London to spend a month on a stroke unit having won a scholarship from King’s College Hospital.
Trustees Ruth Cecil, Jacqui Boulton and Esther Wigmore met Melvina for lunch and enjoyed hearing all about her experiences. Her visit to the UK included seeing how patients are cared for following a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) and the rehabilitation that many people require. She saw new ways of working as a team and plans to take her ideas back to implement at The Connaught Hospital.
During our time with Melvina she talked with great enthusiasm for her work with the palliative care team and the patients she cared for. It was clear that she had found her ‘passion’ in medicine and is keen to further her studies in palliative care. All of the trustees who met her were encouraged by her commitment and clear understanding of the importance of the palliative care service.