Urgent appeal: COVID-19 is one of the greatest challenges the NHS has ever faced.

Some of you may want to do something to help our amazing NHS colleagues on the frontline of dealing with the pandemic.

Awyr Las is the charity for the NHS in North Wales. Its purpose is to provide things (like medical equipment, more comfortable furniture, research projects, and more) that go over and above what the NHS itself can provide, meaning patients can benefit from better NHS services when they need them the most.

Along with making life in hospital better for patients, initiatives to support staff wellbeing are at the core of what the charity does.

If you'd like to support your local NHS during these exceptional times, but you're not sure what you can to do, please consider sending a donation to the Awyr Las COVID-19 response fund. This new initiative will fund additional items for Critical Care teams and other wards in North Wales affected by the pandemic.

Decisions on how to spend your money are taken by frontline NHS staff who understand where your donation will make the biggest difference. And no matter how big or small - from a couple of quid to provide a free cuppa and a newspaper for a patient, to larger sums that can enable wards to purchase extra equipment so they can do even more for us - all gifts make a difference.

If you choose to give today to support your local NHS, thank you. It will be a small but mighty act of kindness.