The League of Friends of Bridgnorth Community Hospital is a charitable organisation, run solely by volunteers, which raises funds to support the care and wellbeing of patients, former patients, their relatives, carers and staff who are in or attending Bridgnorth Hospital. They also support the Hospital’s work within the community of the South East Shropshire Locality area, Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust (SCHT) and the work of services provided by other NHS Trusts under Service Level Agreement with SCHT. Funds are raised from donations, legacies, income from the 100+ Club, the profits from the League of Friends Coffee Shop, and fundraising activities such as coffee mornings.

The League of Friends Coffee Shop is run by a dedicated group of volunteers who serve refreshments and locally made cakes. A Butterfly Cafe for people with memory loss and their carers is held in the Coffee Shop on the first Friday of every month with an informal ‘Talking Tables’ get together held on the third Friday of each month. A Knit and Natter group meet in the Coffee Shop every Tuesday afternoon and supply baby and toddler knitwear to be sold to raise funds for the League as well as making poppies for patients and Remembrance Day projects within the town.

Many thousands of pounds have been raised over the years thanks to the support of the community and local businesses enabling the purchase of such items as state-of-the-art digital X-Ray equipment in 2018 and decontamination equipment for the Day Surgery Unit in 2021. Patients from the county of Shropshire and beyond benefit from services run using this equipment.

• Address: C/O League of Friends of Bridgnorth Hospital, Bridgnorth Community Hospital,                                 Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4EU
• Email: [email protected]
• Telephone: 07796 076141
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• Founded: 1958
• Members: 14 trustees, 63 volunteers
• Chair: Paula Tristham