Leeds Community Healthcare (LCH) Charity aims to help enhance and improve the care that Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust provides to our communities.

We have funded projects such as, Care Packs for the Homeless. Through donations, we were able to work with our Homeless Health and Inclusion Team to supply care packs to vulnerable patients in the homeless community, providing much needed basic items when they are required to stay in hospital. Some patients in the community often do not have anyone to take them sanitary products, hygiene items or even a clean pair of underwear or socks. One woman said to a staff member, "Is this for me? Nobody has ever given me anything!"

Through funds from the charity, children that are cared for at Hannah House were able to have a brand-new wheelchair-accessible minibus, which meant they could continue to explore the world around them and enjoy meaningful activities whilst at respite.

This past Christmas, generous donations meant Christmas presents could be gifted to some of the most vulnerable in the city, some who spent the holidays alone.

Projects like these have made the difference to patients completing their treatments and living a healthier life, and a reduction in re-admission.

To read more about the amazing work the LCH Charity does, please visit our website: https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/about/charity/