Jaguar Land Rover Solihull has made a generous donation of £5,000 to support Solihull Hospital Charity’s appeal which is going to bring a new cancer unit to Solihull Hospital. The unit, which will form an extension of the existing Ward 19 Cancer Centre at Heartlands Hospital, will have an initial 24 patient chairs, rising to 31 within the next three years.
The donation from Jaguar Land Rover has helped Solihull Hospital Charity towards their overall goal of raising £150,000 to support this project which will see the currently empty ward transformed into a space that has been specifically designed with patients in mind. The new Chemotherapy centre is an extension to the existing Heart of England Foundation Trust Ward 19 treatment centre at Heartlands and will enable more patients to be seen in a comfortable environment
Sharon Gray, Secretary of the Jaguar Land Rover Solihull Charity Committee said: "It's a lovely part of my job when I can tell people we're making a donation to their cause. Helping towards the Chemotherapy Day Unit at Solihull Hospital is a great way for us to support our community as so many of us are touched by cancer.
Over the last two years I am proud to say that at a plant level we've donated nearly £20,000 to the hospital charity for a variety of fundraising projects. Across our workforce there is always the desire to help local organisations, especially the local hospitals".
Justine Davy, Head of Fundraising at the hospital charity said: “This is a fantastic show of support from all of the people at Jaguar Land Rover Solihull. Huge thanks go to everyone at the plant, especially those from the Charity Committee who decided to donate such a generous amount of money to support this project.
“The Chemotherapy Day Unit at Solihull Hospital will provide a great service to low risk patients from across the region who are being treated for cancer. Not only will this day unit be convenient for those who use it, but it will take the strain off Ward 19 at Heartlands Hospital.
“Generous donations such as that from Jaguar Land Rover Solihull will enable the hospital charity to support the Chemotherapy Day Unit and I would greatly encourage any other local business or community group to support the Charity’s appeal.”
For more information about this appeal, please visit heft.org.uk/cancercentre
