Fundraising - Making donations
Many patients and their families ask how they can make donations to the hospital, perhaps as a ‘thank you’ or in memory of a loved one.
These donations are treated separately to the main hospital income as they go to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, NHS Trust Charitable Fund. The registered charity number is 1051327.
If you would like your gift to be used in a particular area of the hospital
or for a special cause close to your heart, we will try, as far as possible, to
meet your request. Each charitable fund has an account number so you know exactly where
your money is going.
You can give money to patients and equipment funds or staff funds and you can
contribute a single donation or set up regular donations.
From 1 January 2023 the Trust is changing the way it organises its
donations. We have simplified the process, and previous and future donations
allocated to a specific department will still be assigned accordingly, with no
monies lost. This is purely an administrative change.
Your charitable donations help fund items and projects to improve our patients’
experience. They enhance the quality of care, treatment, services
and facilities for our patients. They also benefit our staff, boost education,
training and research.
Your contributions are very valuable to us and gratefully received by all the beneficiaries.
You can choose from several donation options:
- Donations can be handed to any ward or department, or taken directly to the cashiers desk (ground floor)
- Complete a standing order form with your bank
- Give As You Earn donation, ‘Payroll Giving’, through your employer
- Ask a solicitor to make the charitable fund a beneficiary, ‘Legacy’, in your will; this is tax exempt
- Ask for Gifts in memory, usually donations instead of flowers
- Donate by BACS (bank transfer) to QEHKL Charitable Fund:
Sort code: 53-61-38 Account: 30462479 - Donate via PayPal
- Set up your own fundraising page on GoFundMe - Just search for "Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn Charitable Fund"
- Please make cheques payable to ‘QEHKL Charitable Fund’. In your accompanying letter, indicate where you would like your money to go.
- Please see Donations and Fundraising leaflet
To make your money go further: Gift Aid it at no extra cost to you
Gift
Aid will increase the value of your donations currently by a quarter, provided
you pay Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax which equals the tax reclaimed by the
Charity on your donation. Simply sign a
Gift Aid
declaration form or write to the Finance Departmn stating that you wish us to claim Gift
Aid.
For further information
Write to:
Charitable Funds Officer
Finance Department
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust
Gayton Road
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4ET
Email: charitable.funds@qehkl.nhs.uk
Telephone: 01553 613309