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The sunshine appeal
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tevenage Development Board has called on businesses and individuals to back the East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals’ Charity Sunshine Appeal. The board, which was established in March 2020 to deploy government funding through the town investment fund, is supporting the campaign to raise £380,000 to develop an outside terrace at Stevenage’s Lister Hospital to benefit patients, visitors and staff. Commenting on the appeal, Stevenage Development Board chairman Adrian Hawkins said: “We have been in awe of the NHS in the past year and come to understand the many ways in which their care for us has changed. “This appeal to develop outside spaces
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has arisen because staff have seen firsthand the benefits to patients on critical care of fresh air and the chance to get outside in good weather. “There can be absolutely no doubt that we owe our NHS so much and that their role at the very heart of our community and impact on our health is second to none. We say that it is now time for individuals and also businesses to say thank you and give their support, and if they are considering charitable fundraising in the next few months, to back the Sunshine Appeal.” The Sunshine Appeal has been launched by East and North Hertfordshire Hospitals’ Charity and aims to raise the £380,000 to provide the terrace so patients on the critical care unit can be pushed outside in their beds, as well
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