what your donations do…

East brig cinema room

Your donations allowed rehabilitation patients to design, source and create a cinema room at East Brig.

health visitor DAY

Health visitors work in the community, often on their own so your donations helped 50 health visitors from across the region come together, share knowledge, learn the latest from their sector and learn new skills

Dementia Friendly Clocks

Your donations funded specialist clocks throughout the BGH, not just on wards, in order to make our healthcare settings more accessible for people living with Dementia.

jubilee celebrations

Your donations helped provide bunting, flags and hats to help patients feel part of the celebrations.

Emergency guidelines QR COde launch

How do you make sure clinical staff know where to find the latest guidelines for emergency care? Give them an easy to use QR code and a free cuppa while you talk them through it.

Paediatric switching equipment

Your donations provided new switching equipment for our Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service

Dementia Friendly Crockery

Your donations funded blue-rimmed crockery which, compared to plain designs, help frame the food better which in turn improved food fluid and nutrition of patients, particuluarly those with a cognitive impairment.

Peer Recovery and Wellbeing Course

Run by the Community Mental Health teams, your donations helped 72 patients in the community to learn to use alternative strategies to manage their symptoms and take care of their own recovery.

gym memberships for cardiac patients

Your donations provide gym memberships for Cardiac patients using the LiveBorders Health Conditions and Exercise Referral programme to provide appropriate, preventative physical activities.

nhs borders staff conference

250 staff gathered for the first NHS Borders Staff Conference focussing on wellbeing and resilience and also launched a Compassionate Leadership Programme