At the start of the year, the League was able to provide much needed chairs for the waiting areas in the Outpatients Department, as well as a second riser-recliner chair for the Ward dayroom. Other purchases included kitchen equipment for the community nurses based at… Read More »News 2025
The League of Friends continued to support the Hospital’s patients and staff. In spite of the disappointing weather, the gardens looked lovely, thanks to the work of Paul and his team at GWS: the colourful tubs to brighten up the winter and spring, the summer… Read More »News 2024
With Covid in abeyance, the trustees’ meetings moved from the University of Buckingham back to the Hospital, their proper home. We were grateful for the University’s generosity in accommodating us. Major expenses were again newspapers and magazines, a contribution towards the upkeep of the gardens,… Read More »News 2023
56th Annual General Meeting, Thursday 23 March 2023 When composing my report for the annual newsletter or for the AGM, I always find itquite instructive to look back at the previous reports, particularly the ones from thepreceding year, and read what I was ranting about… Read More »President’s Report 2023
Keeping cool The very hot summer of 2022 was a challenge for the Hospital’s hard-working nurses and the League of Friends was pleased to be able to source and deliver a Tower Fan for the Nurses’ Staff Room just as temperatures began to rise. Rise… Read More »News roundup 2022
The League of Friends was delighted to support a memorable Jubilee Party for ward patients and their visitors on Friday, 3 June. The dayroom was brightlydecorated with Union Jack bunting, red, white and blue balloons, and aportrait of the Queen. It was a fun-filled afternoon,… Read More »Jubilee Party
Date: Thursday 31 March 2022, 7.30pm Venue: Online, via Zoom The League is pleased to announce that the 2022 AGM will be held on Thursday 31 March 2022 starting at 7.30pm, not 8.00pm as stated in the just circulated Spring Newsletter. It will be a… Read More »BCH League of Friends AGM
The days are gone when Dr Chris Brown would carve a turkey on Christmas morning on the Hospital ward, and sadly this year Covid has made it impossible for us to hold our traditional evening of carols from the Lenborough Singers. But the League is… Read More »Merry Christmas
At the beginning of October the League was delighted to receive a grant of £500 from the Bletchley Lions which we hope to put towards the acquisition of an additional NeueChair for the dayroom. The money was collected while Bletchley Lions were helping with the… Read More »Thank you Bletchley Lions (October)
At the ‘Celebrate Buckingham Day’ on 3 September 2021, the President of the League of Friends, Dr Roger Harrington, became a Friend of Buckingham, a civic award for his ‘exceptional and outstanding contribution to the local community’. It was fitting recognition of all Dr Harrington’s… Read More »Friend of Buckingham (September)