Celebrate your wedding, birthday, anniversary or other special occasion by asking your friends and family to donate to Newcastle Hospitals Charity and help make a difference to staff and patients across our trust. Read our guide to celebration fundraising for hints and tips.

Give a gift

Monetary donations are the best gift you can give to Newcastle Hospitals Charity. Monetary donations enable the Trust to provide a range of items and services for patients and staff that aren’t routinely funded by the government.

Your generous donations make a big difference to the treatment and care we offer our patients. Whether it’s funding cutting edge equipment in our critical care wards, making children smile in our inpatient playrooms, or supporting people to remain independent at home. Our staff can access training to support their development, and grants for vital research thanks to your generosity.

If you do decide to donate presents to any of the wards/services within our hospitals, including The Great North Children’s Hospital, please contact our Charity team by emailing: nuth.charity@nhs.net

We have an Amazon Wishlist which we can provide on request. We ask that all gift donations are made by arrangement. While we don’t insist that you use the Wishlist, it has been drawn up with input from the wards and represents what they would like.

In the run up to Christmas, we are planning specific drop-off days which we will share with you on request. We can arrange for dates and times outside of these, but those are limited due to staffing and storage.

If you choose not to use the wish list, we still ask that you contact us to arrange a suitable drop off date and time. This will support our hospital colleagues at this busy time of year.

What we can’t accept

• used toys
• knitted clothes
• over-sized soft toys
• large mechanical or motorised toys
• used clothing or shoes
• second-hand books
• used magazines

Items that cannot be used by our patients may be used for fundraising or passed to partner community project in Newcastle.

Tips

• Please do not wrap the gifts. This will enable us to match your gift to an appropriate patient.
• Unfortunately, we are unable to pay for the cost of collecting your gifts or delivering them to the hospital

Donating to Newcastle Hospitals Charity in memory of a loved one is a meaningful way to pay tribute to someone special and help a worthy cause. However you choose to remember your loved one, we are here to support you in any way we can.

There are many ways to make a donation in memory:

• Make a donation in their name – Donate in the name of your loved one online or through the charity office. You may also wish to do a cheque presentation and hand over your donation to the staff or ward that cared for your loved one.

• Hold a collection at the funeral or memorial ceremony – Asking friends and family to make a donation in lieu of flowers is a meaningful way for everyone to make a contribution.

• Do your own fundraising or take part in an event or challenge – Organising an event in memory of your loved one is a great way to celebrate their life and raise money in their memory.

To make a donation online visit our online donation page.