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Welcome to
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital

Supporting the patients, staff and visitors at the Eastbourne DGH by
fundraising for additional equipment, amenities and services.

What we do How can I help?

Welcome to
Friends of Eastbourne Hospital

Supporting the patients, staff and visitors at the Eastbourne DGH by
fundraising for additional equipment, amenities and services.

What we do How can I help?

Join us at one our upcoming events

November 25 2022
Quiz Night
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May 18 2022
Open Garden
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May 28 2022
Open Garden
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June 11 2022
Barn Dance and BBQ
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June 15 2022
Open Garden
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July 13 2022
Open Garden
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July 22 2022
Quiz Night
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August 03 2022
Open Garden
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August 13 2022
Open Garden
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August 31 2022
Open Garden
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September 17 2022
Open Garden
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Oct 22 - Oct 23 2022
The Autumn Art Exhibition
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November 25 2022
Quiz Night
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May 18 2022
Open Garden
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How we help the Hospital

From a simple microwave for a ward whose staff want to heat up home-made food on their lunch break to a million-pound investment in a surgical robot to keep the DGH at the forefront of prostate cancer treatment, the Friends will consider and consequently fundraise for any equipment, amenity or service that the hospital, its staff and consequently its patients, need.

EQUIPMENT, AMENITIES &
SERVICES

As well as fundraising for one major project each year, the Friends provide funds in response to bids for equipment, amenities and services for patients, staff and visitors.

Our special project for 2022 is to raise £500,000 for a replacement Da Vinci robot, ensuring that the DGH remains at the forefront of Urological surgery.

Every year for over two decades we have agreed a special project for that year, and have reached every fundraising target, even during the challenging years of the pandemic.

Read our latest edition

We produce Hospitality magazine four times a year, filling it with news from the Friends, details of upcoming events and fundraisers, and interesting articles related to the community and the hospital, its staff or volunteers. Printed copies are available at various outlets in the hospital; members of the Friends receive their copy in the post; and the current issue, along with all archived issues, is available online here.

Our latest blog posts

Masonic Donation to 2022 Special Project

As many of you know the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital are raising £500K towards a replacement Da Vinci Robot for the Urology Department as our major project for 2022. This will keep Eastbourne as a regional centre of excellence for the treatment of kidney, bladder, and prostate cancer. I am delighted to say that the Friends […]

Quiz Night – April

There were heads in hands, deep concentration and crossings-outs all around the room, but it was the Pevensey Bay Packers who pulled clear in the final round to take the title of the Friends’ April 2022 Quiz Winners! Held at the Fishermen’s Club in Royal Parade, the event was superbly hosted with the rounds made […]

Fashion Show

Fashionably late! The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital’s fundraising Fashion Show finally went ahead at the end of March after three prior Covid postponements. More than worth the wait, the afternoon was one of fun and fashion, with the church hall in All Saints Church on Grange Road turned into a catwalk for collections provided by […]

Friends purchase manikin for Moving & Handling

A vital element of training within the DGH is the safe movement of patients. The Friends of Eastbourne Hospital recently made a donation to the Moving & Handling team to purchase a new, 50kg Manikin for training purposes. Catherine Broadbent, Moving and Handling Advisor, acknowledged the donation with grateful thanks, and explained why this equipment […]

Why the Urology Robot needs replacing

The major project for 2022 is to raise £500K towards a replacement robot for Urology. This requirement has raised questions, given the million-pound fundraising target of 2015 to install the original one. The reason the replacement is required is simply the success of the first robot. After years of continuous use and successful treatment of […]

Friends purchase PCR testing machine

Submitted to the Friends against the backdrop of the rising Omicron cases in December, an urgent bid for the purchase of an additional machine for PCR testing in Microbiology was submitted and subsequently approved. The main Microbiology lab, containing the molecular pathology lab, is in Eastbourne, and constantly under pressure to turn around rising Covid-19 […]

Digital DR X-Ray Room installed

As their major project of 2020 the Friends of Eastbourne Hospital committed to fundraising £430,000 to modernise the radiology facilities at the DGH and make the department digital. Despite a year in which fundraising was much reduced, the target was achieved and the donated equipment is now successfully installed and fully operational. Karen Betts, Clinical […]

Christmas Donations to Wards

Each year the Friends make Christmas donations to the wards which are working on Christmas Day, for use at each ward’s own discretion. These donations regularly go towards gifts for patients, ward decorations, staff and patient wellbeing, or festive food and drink to keep Christmas spirits up on the day. We received this feedback from […]

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart."

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Legacies
A gift in your Will

Leaving a legacy helps us to support the medical teams who help patients, their families and friends in more ways than you may imagine. A legacy is an amazing way for your generosity and kindness to last beyond your own lifetime.

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