Hi! My name is Richard Mayhew and I'm the CEO of the Nazareth Trust. This October I'll be cycling 300km from Tel-Aviv to Nazareth, via Jerusalem and Jericho to raise funds for expanding the Pastoral Care Team at the Nazareth Hospital.

There are many challenges that come with working at a hospital and also being there as a patient. The Pastoral Care Team at the Nazareth Hospital provides much-needed emotional and spiritual support for staff, patients, students and visitors, while also supporting COVID-19 patients by visiting them in the wards. Their service includes patient and staff visits, home visits, events, prayers for the organisation, prayers over new services and departments and training on various issues in order to promote spiritual wellbeing and build resilience.

How can you get involved? 

By sponsoring me at the Three Seas Challenge 2022, you can help us recruit staff and train local volunteers for the Pastoral Care Team so that no one is left behind. Hani Batheesh was one of our Coronavirus patients who benefited from the Pastoral Care Programme: "If I say thank you, that won't be enough. All I received was kindness, good care and full attention. Thanks for giving me hope and providing excellent treatment in this unique hospital."