TVF is delighted to support Kingston Hospital Charity once again ...

Published: 29 November 2023

The Victoria Foundation recently awarded a grant of £7,652 to fund sensory equipment for the new paediatric emergency department at the hospital.

TVF is delighted to be supporting Kingston Hospital Charity once again and awarded a grant for sensory equipment for the paediatric emergency department to help meet the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities.The interactive floor projection system and other items will greatly help to reduce stress and anxiety in children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as emergency departments can be overwhelming and distressing environments for them due to them being unfamiliar, busy and noisy.

‘I was delighted to hear of The Victoria Foundation’s recent commitment to fund the sensory equipment we need to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who access our paediatric emergency department.

News of your latest grant coincided with work getting underway to move this service back to the space it occupied before the pandemic … I know my colleagues who work in the children’s emergency department are delighted that they can now proceed in purchasing the sensory equipment…

We remain enormously grateful to The Victoria Foundation for its continued support of our hospital and the patients we care for.’

Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs - Chairman, Kingston Hospital Charity

“Thanks to the amazing response from people like you across our community, we have been able to incorporate safe spaces for children and young people presenting to our paediatric emergency department and for those admitted on Sunshine Ward. Works on the relocated and redesigned children’s emergency department were completed in mid-November and will shortly accommodate sensory equipment and toys that will reduce stress and anxiety for those children with special educational needs and disabilities. “I would like to express my sincere thanks to all who responded so positively during the spring. In total, including the contributions from the Lifetimes-Chances Charity and The Victoria Foundation, approximately £27,000 was raised to help those children who visit our hospital with mental health issues or special educational needs. It’s so important we provide the right environment for them. Thank you so much.”         

Sarah Shade, Deputy chief Nurse