Stroud Hospitals League of Friends

Stroud Hospitals League of Friends is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1187228).

The League of Friends supports Stroud General and Stroud Maternity Hospitals, related NHS services in the Stroud area, and local community-based health and wellbeing services. It was formed at the inception of the NHS. Its annual report shows £182,862 paid in giving.

Priority Areas

The League supports Stroud’s hospitals, related NHS services and community health and wellbeing. It describes its role as enhancing and protecting services, principally through refurbishment, state-of-the-art equipment that would not otherwise be provided by the NHS, and community projects. Its trustees also consider support for equipment and services that could help the hospitals become specialist centres of excellence, the development of new hospital services, and staff recruitment and retention. Community grants support local health and wellbeing services delivered by registered charities or equivalent organisations. The League’s approach is to improve patient, family and staff experience, while complementing rather than replacing normal NHS provision.

Themes

• Hospital refurbishment
• Hospital equipment
• Community health and wellbeing
• New hospital services
• Staff recruitment and retention

Geographic Focus

Area and communities surrounding Stroud.

For community-based health and wellbeing grants, organisations send the completed application to the Administrator by email and attach a current Safeguarding Policy and latest Annual Review and Accounts. The application should outline the organisation’s work, need for support, health impact and outcomes, beneficiaries, amount requested and calculation; previous recipients should explain how an earlier grant was used and its impact.

Deadlines: Community-based grant applications are accepted in recurring, time-limited rounds.

Application windows:

• Community-based health provision: Applications can be submitted between 4th March and 26th April.

Who can apply:

• Community-based health provision: Provision of a health-related service benefiting the area and communities surrounding Stroud; a registered charity or recognised equivalent organisation; production of current Safeguarding Policies, Annual Review and Accounts.

What to send:

• Community-based health provision
  • Current Safeguarding Policy.
  • Latest Annual Review and Accounts.
  • Details of how the amount sought is arrived at.

What the charity says:

• Applicants should describe the service’s health impact and outcomes and, where possible, provide supporting evidence or data.
• The League is especially interested in beneficiary numbers in the Stroud area and the service’s significance to surrounding communities and the Five Valleys; the service should focus clearly on promoting and protecting good health.
• Applicants should state the amount sought and explain how they calculated it.
• Previous recipients should explain how they used the earlier grant and its impact.
• Grant recipients must provide feedback and data on how they use the funding and what it achieves.
• Grant recipients must publicly acknowledge the League’s support.
• Multi-year funding may be considered, subject to satisfactory progress and delivery of the service.