MTW Hospitals Charity

10/04/2026

Good luck Beula and José! Quite literally going the extra mile for our patients! 💙

Show your support and help them raise £2000 for the Intensive Care Unit at Tunbridge Wells Hospital by sponsoring them today!

Give online: https://ow.ly/AQf450YGVek

Intensive care units care for some of our most seriously ill patients, who need constant monitoring, advanced treatments, and a highly skilled team working around the clock to give them the best chance of recovery.

❤️‍🩹 But caring for patients in intensive care (ICU) is about more than just lifesaving treatment.

It's about providing comfort, dignity, and support during incredibly difficult moments.

🏃‍♀️ This weekend, ICU nurses Beula and Jose will be running the Brighton Marathon for our MTW Hospitals Charity to raise funds for the Intensive Care Unit at Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

The funds they raise will go directly to improving the ICU environment and supporting patient care.

They said: "Running a marathon is no small challenge, but it feels like a fitting way to support a unit that gives so much to so many people every single day.

"Every mile we run will be for our patients, their families, and the incredible staff who work tirelessly."

Good luck, Beula and Jose! We'll be cheering you on every step of the way. 🙌

Sponsor the team today: https://ow.ly/AQf450YGVek

02/04/2026

We're so proud of this amazing team! 👏🩷

A huge thank you to the Medical Infusion Suite for taking on this challenge, and to the 160+ supporters who helped them reach their fundraising target. We look forward to the new vein finder arriving and seeing it make a difference for our patients!

If you'd like to take on a fundraising challenge for your department - or to say thank you to a team or ward who cared for you, or someone close to you - please get in touch; we'd love to support you.

📧Email us at mtw-tr.charity@nhs.net

22/12/2025

Thank you so much to everyone at Teddy Bear Run for their amazing donation of goody bags. These bags will be going over to our Children's Emergency Department to be given out to those children who find themselves attending Hospital on Christmas Day. Thank you so much for your support and for thinking of us with these amazing bags!

12/12/2025

When the words thank you do not just seem enough... On Tuesday we were amazed with the outpouring of kindness and generosity from the brilliant kmfm listeners who donated to the station's "Give a Gift" campaign.

Through your kindness and generosity, every child who is with us over the festive period will receive a gift, helping brighten what can be an upsetting time.

Being in hospital at any time can be difficult, but over the festive period it can be so much harder and can mean children and their families miss out on so much more.

Thank you to kmfm listeners and Stoner Motor Company for your amazing generosity and support to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

09/12/2025

We would like to say a huge thank you to the family of Daisy-Leigh Harmer who have very kindly donated a Rockin R games station to our Paediatric Oncology Unit.

Daisy was diagnosed with AML in October 2023 and received treatment both at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Hedgehog Ward at Tunbridge Wells Hospital. Daisy relapsed last year and required a bone marrow transplant, unfortunately Daisy sadly passed away on the 28 December 2024.

She will always be remembered as a glamorous young lady who loved spending time with her family and friends and her family hope that this station, bought in her memory, will help other children who receive treatment on Hedgehog Ward.

02/12/2025

We are always grateful to everyone who gives back to support our staff and patients.

26/11/2025

We would like to say a big thank you to Coral Parker, Natalie Rose, Jessica Viner, Hayley Adams and Terri Daw who bravely walked up Snowdon on 27 September in memory of Coral's daughter Daisy-Leigh who passed away last year. The money raised has been used to purchase a selection of toys for children on Hedgehog Ward at Tunbridge Wells Hospital.

If you would like to take on your own challenge to give back to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for the care you and your loved ones have received, please do drop us a message and find out how we can support you throughout your challenge.

17/11/2025

We are delighted to be part of kmfm Give a Gift 2025 Campaign. Please do consider supporting them and in turn supporting the children on both Hedgehog Ward and Woodlands Day Case Unit.

Full details of how you can get involved are in the video!

13/10/2025

We would like to say a huge thank you and well done to our incredible Oncology Consultants who completed their gruelling 50Km ultra challenge in just over 12 hours on Saturday, with the hardest part being climbing back up Detling Hill having walked 48Km already.

Your support and generosity definitely kept them going on those last steps to get to the finish line, raising over an incredible £8,300. If you haven't already donated and would like to support the Consultants you can do so via their Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/team/50kmchallengeforkentoncologycentre

The funds raised will go towards innovations at Maidstone Hospital, making a difference to cancer patients and ensuring we can continue to offer innovative radiotherapy care and treatment.

10/10/2025

Do you have any plans for the weekend? Well several of our amazing Oncology Consultants do. They are walking 50km tomorrow to raise funds to support innovative radiotherapy treatment and care within our Kent Oncology Centre. We are so grateful for everyone who has already supported them as they take on this epic challenge and all that is left for us to do is wish them the very best of luck and thank them for their amazing efforts. Please do feel free to leave them a message of support below.

Help Gemma Hegarty raise money to support Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Charitable Fund

03/10/2025

Next weekend a team of doctors from the Kent Oncology Centre will be taking on the 50KM Kent Downs 50 Ultra Challenge raising vital funds to ensure we can continue to offer innovative radiotherapy care and treatment.

The training has been fitted in around their days of delivering treatment to cancer patients, from sunshine to showers the willpower to complete this challenge is clear to see.

To support the team that supports you visit www.justgiving.com/team/50kmchallengeforkentoncologycentre and keep your eyes peeled for updates from the challenge next weekend!

Jennifer Glendenning, Catherine Harper-Wynne, Gemma Hegarty, Rema Jyothirmayi, Lorna Kviat, Gemma McCormick and Jenny Pang.

15/09/2025

There is nothing more rewarding as a charity than when a family give back to the ward that cared for a loved one in their final days. Thank you to the Douglas family for remembering Bryan and honouring his memory with a foldaway bed for Peale Ward., where Bryan sadly passed away 12 months ago today.

A family has donated a fold-out visitors' bed to a ward at Maidstone Hospital in memory of a much-loved husband and father, saying they were “deeply grateful” to the staff who cared for him during his final days.

Bryan Douglas was well known locally for his involvement in business and community life in Maidstone. He died in September last year and spent his final days on Peale Ward, where his family stayed by his side throughout.

The new fold-out bed, donated to our MTW Hospitals Charity , will be kept on the ward and used by family members who wish to stay overnight.

His wife and daughters say the gift is their way of giving back to the ward and helping other families in the same situation.

"When Bryan was admitted unexpectedly, it quickly became clear how important it was to him - and to us - to be by his side.

"We stayed with him throughout the week...one of the members of staff, kindly tracked down and arranged for us to use one of the hospital’s visitor beds.

"That simple act brought comfort we badly needed, and made the physical strain of those days a little easier to bear.

"We hope this bed donated in Bryan’s memory offers others even a little of the support we so desperately needed and were so grateful to receive.”