The dispatch, set down plainly.
Twelve dispatches from the past twelve months — what we have funded, who has volunteered, where the appeal stands, and a few stories from the trolley round. We update this page on the first Tuesday of every month.
14 March 2026 · Equipment
MRI appeal closes at eighty-nine thousand pounds, three weeks early.
The radiology appeal closed in late February with £92,140 raised against an £89,000 target. The trustees met on 3 March to sign the cheque to the hospital.
22 February 2026 · Trading
A new roof over the Friends’ Café — and a thank-you to the kitchen team.
The café closed for nine days in February while the trust’s contractors replaced the roof. We did not lose a single regular.
7 February 2026 · Comforts
The bedside radio that found its listener.
Margaret’s week on the orthopaedic ward, told from the trolley round.
23 January 2026 · Volunteers
Keith’s eleventh year on the Wednesday rota.
A small ceremony for the volunteers who have given more than a decade. The chair gave a short speech and Keith made a longer one.
12 January 2026 · Events
Save the date — the Spring Walk returns to Ham Hill.
Eighteenth of April, six gentle miles, marshalled by Rotary Club of Yeovil. Sign up by 31 March.
19 December 2025 · Equipment
Two cardiac monitors delivered to Ward 8B before the holiday.
The pre-Christmas delivery of two cardiac monitors funded by the Equipment Appeal — installed on Ward 8B by 22 December.
14 November 2025 · Community
£1,840 raised at the Stoke coffee morning.
Annette’s annual coffee morning at Stoke-Sub-Hamdon Memorial Hall raised £1,840 and finished, as always, with twenty-six unclaimed slices of cake.
22 August 2025 · Events
The Summer Fair raised £6,210 — a record.
The 2025 Summer Fair at the Stoke recreation field raised a record £6,210 in a single afternoon. The tombola sold out by 15.30.
18 September 2025 · Governance
The 57th AGM · the chair’s letter, in full.
Roger Walkington’s chair’s letter at the September AGM, read aloud and now printed in full for those who could not attend.
02 June 2025 · Staff Haven
The twelfth Staff Haven opens on Ward 5A.
A small project — a kettle, a chair, a curtain, and a closed door for ward staff who need a quiet five minutes.
14 April 2025 · Legacies
An eighteen-thousand-pound legacy from Sherborne.
How a quiet bequest from a Sherborne couple funded the second-half of the Staff Haven programme, with the legacy donor’s family in attendance.
28 February 2025 · Trolley
Thirty thousand trolley rounds since 1971.
A small milestone counted from the logbooks in the office — thirty thousand trolley rounds across fifty-four years.
A short letter from the trustees, four times a year.
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