Warwick-based charity helps fund hospital relaxation room

A Warwick-based charity has helped fund a new relaxation area for patients at a hospital.

Evelyn’s Gift and staff at St Michael’s Hospital in Warwick have worked together to create the area for patients on the hospital’s Willowvale Ward.

St Michael’s Hospital provides inpatient mental health care and is run by Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT).

Earlier in the year, the charity’s founder Helen Smith met with staff on the ward to hear about their plans to create a relaxation room for patients, and to offer ideas on how to transform the area.

Due to the pandemic, Helen and her team have been unable to visit the hospital, however they continued to donate the money so that the transformation could take place.

Nicky Collis, ward manager on the Willowvale Ward at St Michael’s Hospital, said: “We are extremely grateful to Helen and Evelyn’s Gift for their kind donation.

"Our ward staff have been able to decorate the room and make it a comfortable and relaxing area for our patients, which is much needed at this time.”

Helen Smith, said: “It’s great to be able to spread little acts of kindness and we hope that the new area will make a big difference to patients.”

Evelyn’s Gift was created in memory of seven-year-old Evelyn Smith, who died in 2013 after having a viral and bacterial infection of her upper respiratory tract.

The charity’s aims are two fold - to train as many people as possible in CPR and lifesaving and to also provide little acts of kindness to people in need.

For more information about Evelyn's Gift go to: https://evelynsgift.co.uk/