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26/01/2026

Our next handmade Knit and Crochet Sales is on Friday 30 January, 9am to 1pm. In the foyer.

We have handmade items from our wonderful supporters, including Faversham Stitchers, Made In Ashford Yarniverse, Willesborough ladies, and lots of independents.

Baby clothes, hats, blankets, gloves, coasters; all sorts of lovely items, all handmade with love and kindness! 100% of profits from this sale goes back into our general fund to buy equipment and fund projects for WHH.

BTW, our Friends of WHH tote bags are perfect for carrying your yarn projects!

ALSO: If there is anything you would like our crafters to make, do let us know and we can pass that on, or mention it at the Knit Sale.

20/01/2026

Another big thank you to our crafting community, this time the Yarn Club for this colourful, beautiful stack of blankets and angels and beaded mats. Pictured are only half of the stash I collected! They also donated a big bag of adult hats that we will initially offer to the Safeguarding Team but, if not required, will also be for sale.

These will all be available at our next Knit Sale on Friday 30th January in the Foyer from 9am-1pm.

Keep Warm and Carry On!

If you need something for the cold snap next week, we do have some items in the Shop to buy beforehand the Knit Sale too.

Details of the welcoming Yarn Club: https://www.madeinashford.com/products/knit-natter-club-the-craftship-every-tues-10-am-11-30-noon-term-time?srsltid=AfmBOorS184q8KY_IBOU47Gydaa6heFfR3vNUMqhUMiMo-36-Rq6pzq9

19/01/2026

A belated thank you for the total raised for our Poppy Collection for the Royal British Legion in our Friends Shop last year. We have just received the total!

The vast majority of money raised was from the huge amount of knitted and crocheted poppies donated by our community of crafters. Thank you to the Made in Ashford Knit and Natter, Jim & Carol Rose, Lynne in Folkestone, and the anonymous donators who drop items off in the Shop!

A fabulous total in 2025: £ 5 3 9 . 4 9.

And, of course, thank you to all serving in the Armed Forces, and veterans.❤

16/01/2026

Thanks to Prem (on the left) and his long term support of the Friends Shop, always being a great customer and donating in our charity coin boxes; when he asked if his staffroom could have a new microwave, we had to say yes! In fact we bought two, organised by the ward managers, pictured.

They are not only great for staff heating up their homecooked meals, or meals from our Shop, but having two means that they do not need to wait around and can get back to the ward more quickly. Both morale-improving and efficiency-increasing! In fact, the second we plugged one in, it was being used!

Thank you to all the staff on Kings floor, we hope this small gesture makes you smile at breaktimes!

15/01/2026

This lovely lady is known to us as 'Mrs Hills' Mum' or 'Sharon's Mum'! She has positively encouraged us to post this photo of her completing a special puzzle where one completes a section every day of advent.

We would like to say that we can't store anymore jigsaws at the moment due to lack of storage space. You can still buy them from the Friends Shop as we have quite a lot of puzzle stock.

Our next Jigsaw Puzzle Sale is not now due until October 2026. So, if you would/can hold on to your puzzles through the summer and we will issue a plea for them closer to the next Puzzle Sale.

Thank you all for your support, especially Mrs Hills' Mum!

14/01/2026

Thanks to the Friends of WHH, visitors can show off their skills à la 'The Piano' TV series, as we funded an upright piano which is located next to Costa in the foyer.

This morning I came in to some beautiful music - not pictured, that's our Chair, Sue. If you can play, feel free to show us what you can do. Or if you can play like Les Dawson, I would be grateful if you would let me know.

💦Please ensure you clean your hands before and after using the piano.💦

Thanks to the local business who supplied the instrument and are, I believe, keeping it tuned.

13/01/2026

This is what we do; the improvements we make, the lives we change. Every item on this list has been funded by our shop profits, your legacies, your donations, your collections, your fundraising. All your and our hard work, put together to make an amazing difference to our hospital.

We cannot be prouder of our Friends of WHH community. ❤

The list covers small funding gestures to expensive medical equipment. Every single pound spent makes a different to patients, visitors, and staff.

PLEASE share around your family and friends, your local communities. People sometimes tell us that they hadn't heard of the Friends - we've been in existence since 1977!

If you want to get involved, get in touch: https://www.friendsofthewilliamharveyhospital.co.uk/contact
Or to donate, including Gift Aid: https://www.justgiving.com/charity/fo-williamharvey

(This is an action list, ie, items pledged, requested, in process, or invoiced during the year are included. There are also some 'big ticket' items that are still in process but not on this list!)

EDIT: Please note that this has been re-published because I made a typo and, as Vic and Bob would say, "I wouldn't let it lie".

12/01/2026

This is what we do; the improvements we make, the lives we change. Every item on this list has been funded by our shop profits, your legacies, your donations, your collections, your fundraising. All your and our hard work, put together to make an amazing difference to our hospital.

We cannot be prouder of our Friends of WHH community. ❤

The list covers small funding gestures to expensive medical equipment. Every single pound spent makes a different to patients, visitors, and staff.

PLEASE share around your family and friends, your local communities. People sometimes tell us that they hadn't heard of the Friends - we've been in existence since 1977!

If you want to get involved, get in touch: https://www.friendsofthewilliamharveyhospital.co.uk/contact

Or to donate, including Gift Aid: https://www.justgiving.com/charity/fo-williamharvey

(This is an action list, ie, items pledged, requested, in process, or invoiced during the year are included. There are also some 'big ticket' items that are still in process but not on this list!)

07/01/2026

One of our enjoyable projects is giving to the staff at WHH! This is the lovely Crystal, who won a hamper of tea-break goodies donated by the Friends for a raffle organised by the Wellbeing Team.

If you've ever been to the Pharmacy at WHH and, let's be honest, it's pretty hard to find, there are lots of incredibly hard working pharmacists toiling away; our hidden heroes!

Congrats to Crystal and thanks to our hardworking Pharmacy Team for all you do!

01/01/2026

Happy New Year to everyone!

I've come in to deep clean my office for the New Year, and found this lovely card, which makes all the hard work of buying/wrapping/sorting/delivering the Christmas present project even more worthwhile. (We've also had a couple of people make lovely comments in the Shop.)

Text reads:
"25th December 2025
Dear Friends of the William Harvey Hospital,
Thank you all very much for the present of a manicure pamper set I found on my locker this morning. It was so kind of you and I appreciate all the effort you've taken and thoughtfulness.
Wishing you all a happy, healthy 2026.
With best wishes,
Alison"

What a lovely way to start the year! Back to the cleaning....!

30/12/2025

Thank you to all our shop charity coin box collectors this year. This is the lovely Bella from Savers in Kennington; a local legend!

When I took this picture Bella had collected £404 from her customers so far (back in early December) and there was at least £40 more waiting to be added.

A huge thank you to Bella's customers one and all but especially the children as Bella said that they are some of the most generous.

(Why the toast? Well, Bella sells the local Davies Family Bakery's seeded bread which, in my humble opinion (not endorsed by us a charity of course!) is my absolute favourite. Yes, that is way too much butter. )

If any local businesses want to collect for us, please get in touch.

29/12/2025

Thank you to the ladies of Lenham Women's Institute who were the attentive listeners to Kimberley's last group talk of the year. They also gifted the Friends an unexpected and generous donation for which we are very grateful. Kimberley is also happy to discuss volunteering vacancies!

If your group would like a talk by Kimberley, about the Friends, our history and what we do for WHH, please get in touch via the Friends Shop, 01233 633331 extension 723 8269, or via our contact page: https://www.friendsofthewilliamharveyhospital.co.uk/contact

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William Harvey Hospital, Kennington Road
Ashford
TN240LZ

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Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Sunday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+441233633331

Website

http://www.friendsofthewilliamharveyhospital.co.uk/

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