Making a difference
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) Charity raises vital funds to support our teams in the NHS to provide exceptional, patient-friendly care and treatment for a combined population of 450,000 people.
Our hospitals and centres are here for everyone, saving and improving the lives of the people who matter to you. We work closely with NHS teams to help them carry on doing the incredible work they do every day. Since 1996, more than £19.6m has been raised for a range of life-saving medical equipment and facilities, staff training, and service enhancements that make a real difference to staff, patients, and families but we still need support to do even more.
We are the Charity dedicated to supporting the brilliant work of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. We support the Trust in its vision to deliver exceptional care together to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities. The Trust’s vision has been updated to reflect the closer working of its organisations and to focus on the core purpose of improving the health and wellbeing of its communities. A vision is more than a few words – it reflects the Trust’s aspirations, helps to guide planning, support decision making, prioritise resources and attract new colleagues.
We work to raise funds to support our staff to deliver the very best possible care and to help adults and children across Wolverhampton and the surrounding area. With the help of our wonderful community, our fundraising efforts make a real difference to patients’ experience.
Our mission is to enhance patient care and help families and carers in Wolverhampton by transforming hospital and community-based services. We do this through funding “added extras” – items, projects, research, staff training and services – that are over and above those provided by the NHS. This is what drives our Charity, inspires our fundraisers, and connects us to Wolverhampton’s warm, friendly, and diverse population and our brilliant hospitals and staff.
Take a look at the ideas in our Fundraising A-Z to get started
"I am so grateful. When I was in Thailand I was given two hours to live – I thought I had indigestion and I had to come off the golf course! But Mr Petkar put the defibrillator in and I haven’t had any problems since. This treatment has given me a new lease of life. This is an annual fundraiser and this time I was only too happy to donate it to the people who saved my life."
Graham Ellis
"The sensory room is such a lovely bright, colourful and safe space for the patients. We feel very lucky to have this on our ward at Wolverhampton as not every Children’s Ward has one, so we’re very grateful to the scheme for funding it. Some of our children with complex health needs have been here for a long time and it’s really hard on the child and the families."
Kirsty Lewis, Matron
"To give back to the community is fantastic and a lot of fundraising has taken place to be able to make this donation. To bring a bit of fun into what can be a traumatic experience is what we aim to do with these cars."
Anthony-Hugh Selormey
"I see the ICCU Nurses as the elite of the elite – they have so much compassion for the job. They are in a different league, they are just so fantastic! We’re grateful to them and lucky to have them and we would be more than happy for the money raised to go to the staff or the patients. I only thought we’d raise £100 but we received £1,120 on the day and it’s grown and grown since."
Lauren Cole
"I owe my life to the staff at New Cross Hospital and I want to help people who have what I had. What impressed me at the prostate cancer evening was that we had men in their 20s and 30s, not just older ages, so people are starting to realise that this is something that can affect anyone at any time."
Steve Daley