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OOSO fundraising

Fundraising is an important but secondary priority for OOSO to:

  • help sustain the charity, covering basic fixed costs, and 

  • for invest in hospital equipment and activities, enhancing patient care and recovery.

 

Further details on the fundraising targets and what they will be used for can be found on the OOSO enthuse pages

Making a donation

One-off, monthly, quarterly or yearly donations can be made using the 'Donate' button

(note this button is also replicated in the header throughout the web site)

In addition, if you wish to leave a legacy donation to OOSO in your will then the OOSO in your will document provides details on this

Supporting a specific event

In addition to general donations OOSO members do wonderful deeds to raise funds through specific events. The same button can be used to access these, but please ensure that you scroll down the list of events on the page to specifically select the event you wish to support.

Fundraising Ideas

If you are thinking of organising a fundraising event then the ‘A-Z document of fundraising ideas’ (link this to the document) may provide you with some inspirations, but also feel free to contact as at info@ooso.org.uk

Where the Money goes

OOSO is run by volunteers, who give up their own time to ensure that the Charity operates as best as it possibly can with limited resources.

There is a ‘no expenses’ policy, so volunteers are normally expected not to claim for any expenses incurred. With no salaries paid and no expenses claimed, every single donation received is used to:

  • maintain the Charity, covering running costs, and/or

  • fund donations to Churchill Hospital, in particular the Upper GI Ward and Chemotherapy suite.

 

Annual running costs typically amount to approximately £2,500 per annum, for example covering things like public liability insurance, fully audited accounts, website fees and charges, zoom account fees and printing costs.

 

The Charity nominally aims to raise £10k each year through fund raising events and generous donations received.  Most years, OOSO exceeds this target, allowing for a budget, over and above running costs, that supports activities benefiting ward staff and patients, and purchases of bits of kit for the ward on request.

 

OOSO is committed to keeping running costs as low as possible, so to maximise the benefits from generous donations received.

What the funds have been used for

The following table summarises examples of bits of kit purchased for the Upper GI ward and Chemo Suite since 2020.

Year
Items
Number
Value
2024
Dining table and chair set for nurses rest room
1
£400
2024
Food Blenders
10
£250
2023
Food Blenders
25
£625
2023
Intensive care level ward monitors
2
£4,911
2023
Clinically approved ward hi spec bedside fully adjustable chairs
6
£8,416
2022
Fridge- freezer for the day room to store liquid feeds
1
£744
2022
Chemo suite reclinable bed chair - for infusions
1
£1,345
2021
Clinically approved ward bedside fully adjustable chairs
2
£1,324
2021
Chemo suite reclinable bed chair - for infusions
1
£1,345
2020
Refit of nurses rest room, sofas and chairs
£500
2020
Thopaz drain monitors
2
£6,821
2020
Clinically approved ward bedside fully adjustable chairs
4
£2,648

This list does not include various events and support initiatives paid for by OOSO, bringing patients and clinical staff together to enhance future treatment and care of patients, and help develop skill sets amongst nursing staff and input to research projects.  

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