Call for donations to King s Lynn hospital s Bereavement Suite charity auction
| Updated: 16:51, 15 February 2021
Fundraisers at Lynn s Queen Elizabeth Hospital are appealing for donations for their online charity auction to raise funds for the Maternity Bereavement Suite Appeal.
Former graphic designer Nikki Brown-Smith has already donated her oil painting of Hunstanton Lighthouse after she spent 300 hours creating her masterpiece during lockdown. She hopes to raise at least £300 for the appeal.
Calling for community support, organisers are urging residents, and even artists, to look through their attics and garages during lockdown and donate items such as artwork, coins, military or sporting memorabilia.
Funds raised from the sale of a calendar created by a wildlife photographer will go to the COVID-19 Fund at King s Lynn s Queen Elizabeth Hospital
| Updated: 12:47, 31 December 2020
Local wildlife photographer Julie Smart, of Grimston, has created a calendar using pictures of landscapes and wildlife she has photographed locally, to raise money for the COVID-19 Fund at Lynn s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The calendar, which is available for sale at Moores Farm Shop, Elsegoods Family Butchers in Pott Row, and on social media, has so far raised £400 for the cause, with a total of 125 calendars sold.
The money raised will contribute to supporting patients and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, enhancing health and well-being, and contributing towards improving the hospital environment and patient experience.
Celebrating anniversary of maternity unit at King s Lynn hospital
Lynn hospital staff were celebrating the fifth birthday of the maternity unit this week.
The midwifery-led Waterlily Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital was formally opened in 2015 by the then High Sheriff of Norfolk, Nicholas Pratt.
Since its launch, the Waterlily has welcomed 1,777 babies into the world.
The fifth birthday of the Waterlily Unit was celebrated this week. Picture: QEH
To celebrate the anniversary on Monday, the maternity team gave out personalised gifts to babies and their families born on the birthday, including candles, notes and commemorative baby grows and bibs.