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Closed 11/08/2023
Iʼve raised £1,156 to help enable patients with sight impairment/blindness to continue to be independent during hospital stays.
- Funded on Friday, 11th August 2023
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Whilst all hospital stays are stressful and traumatic, those with sight disability are increasingly vulnerable when admitted to hospital as on top of the worry of being in ill health, they are out of their comfort zone and unfamiliar with their surroundings. After a personal experience, the aim of Bob's boxes to provide some easily accessible aids that will help them maintain the independence of the visually impaired at this traumatic time, for not only them, but their families. We have worked with Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital to design boxes with vision aids which can be provided to patients with sight disability during their stay in hospital. This is a cause close to our hearts, as it is in memory of Robert (Bob) Brown who was completely blind. Prior to his death, he had a stay in hospital which was more traumatic due to his sight disability. Every day comforts, like knowing what time of day it was, or where to find his drink, or how to contact family should he need to, were taken away from him. This had a profound effect on his hospital stay, which was already fraught, given his ill health and being away from home and loved ones. This is a wide spread issue that is often overlooked in many care settings. We appreciate that these aids are a small part of the change that needs to happen, but hopefully they are a small step towards creating a safer environment and raising greater public awareness of the situation that are faced by many with this disability. We thank you for any amount you are able to donate and hope that together we can provide great comfort to the visually impaired at a time of need.
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- 1 year ago
r wych
1 year agoThank you to all those that supported us. RDE Hospital in Exeter have a box they are trialling and the family went in to the RUH yesterday to do the launch of Bob's box. We heard how they used the box for a patient last week and what a positive difference it made for him and his stay. So a huge Thank you, We will share the photos and feedback with you all. Becky
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- 2 years ago
r wych
2 years agoA huge Thank you to all those that have supported us so far. Because of your generosity we are pleased to let you know that Bob's box is being piloted in Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital and plans are in place to be launching this within the Royal United Hospital in Bath in the next few weeks. A huge Thank you once again from Bob's family.
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- 2 years ago
r wych
2 years agoThank you everyone who has already donated and are supporting us. We are pleased to report that we are working with two hospitals the RDE in Exeter and the RUH in Bath. It was surprising to us to know that the RUH has 10 inpatients on average at anytime that would benefit from these boxes. We understand that times are hard financially but every little helps. If you have not already donated it is not too late. Thank you Bob's family.
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41
The Whittaker family
Jul 16, 2023
Blindness is so cruel. Hope this helps.
£5.00
Rosemary
Apr 28, 2023
Good luck, great cause
£20.00
Anonymous
Apr 14, 2023
£20.00
Anonymous
Mar 17, 2023
Good luck
£10.00
Ali Haggett
Mar 16, 2023
Well done! Such an important cause.
£20.00
Cilla
Mar 9, 2023
We’ll done Becky
£20.00
Kevin
Feb 16, 2023
£10.00
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