Friendly Chat
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Thank you to each of you for the incredible loyalty and dedication you have continued to show the Friends during this really difficult time We cannot wait to see you all in due course and in the meantime, stay safe, Look after what really matters - yourself, your family, your friends and your community. Even though these are strange times, we are carry on remotely to make sure we come through this with the Charity in the best shape possible. We've set up a new, temporary email for you to contact us on as follows: friendsroyalmarsden@gmail.com Please note that this gmail address is only TEMPORARY. As soon as we are back in the office we will revert to our old nhs.uk one. 
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We are proud to announce that the Friends WON the award for best Charity or Social Enterprise in the 2019 Kensington & Chelsea Business Awards. What an honour. Read more here.
.Our annual Quiz night was once again a sell out with over 100 guests, lots of tricky questions, the most delicious food and flowing quantities of wine. As always, our thanks go to the magnificent Toni Pardo MBE, our Honorary President. Read more here.
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INCOME UPDATE
2019 What a year. There were gains in almost every area of our fundraising, so WELL DONE, and thank you. Cafe By the end of December 2019, the cafe sales were £95k, 14% up year on year.Although costs were slightly raised, net profit was 11% ahead of 2018 at £39k. Shop & Shop Trolley End of year sales for the shop and shop trolley were £51k (up by 5%) and just shy of £10k ( up by 10%) Net profit for both is £20k a combined increase of 10% on 2018. Hobbies Trolley The Hobbies trolley has achieved a a net profit of £1.4k, up by Fundraising The Summer Drinks Party raised £26k, Dunsborough Park tea and cakes £1k, Ride London £3k and the Young Friends' Quiz Night £1k. Donations & Subscriptions Donations are currently running at £23k. Collection boxes have raised £7.7k; Subscriptions have contributed £19k (down slightly from 2018 which raised £20k). TALKING OF SUBSCRIPTIONS...... Subscriptions enable us to run the Charity without using donations to subsidise our overheads. Standing orders are great as they minimise the admin and reduce the workload. Click here to download a Standing Order form or see Camilla if you would prefer to pick one up in person. Gifts to the Hospital Charitable expenditure to date is £109k. This includes £70k for hospital equipment, £32k for hospital amenities and £8k for patient amenities. There is an additional £35k committed but not yet paid. |
Unsung Heroes
Jane Brighty
Why: For on a day when egg mayo was off the menu in the cafe, she took the initiative to try out a few new sandwich fillers including marmite, sea-food cocktail and turkey. The figures are yet to be reviewed but the Marmite proved to be a winner, and was creatively combined with various fillers including cheese, lettuce and cucumber. Thank you Jane for your inspired creativity and solution based approach. The patients loved the straw poll and you brightened up our day.
Nominated by: Camilla Callander, Secretary
Nominated by: Camilla Callander, Secretary
Sally & Roger Robotham
Why: For managing, collecting, counting and reporting back on funds raised via our collection tins of which there are around 40 in and outside the hospital. Raising around £12k each year, this is a massive task and we are hugely grateful to both for quietly and very efficiently going about the task of summing all that loose change up. We are very grateful. Thank you.
Nominated by: Jacquie Bellamy, Treasurer
Nominated by: Jacquie Bellamy, Treasurer
Camilla Callander, Secretary to the Friends
Why: For being such a warm and welcoming face in the Office for all our lovely volunteers and for working so hard and uncomplainingly to keep the cafe rota going during the summer months when so many of our volunteers are away. Thank you, Camilla
Nominated by: Emma Rogers and Linda Wimble, Co-Chairs
Nominated by: Emma Rogers and Linda Wimble, Co-Chairs
SOCIAL MEDIA
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