Living locally and receiving superb treatment at the Hospital, Jenny felt that volunteering with the League was a good way of saying thank you for the care she received.
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Story: Jenny Davies - ShrewsburyStories from The League of Friends of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital
Within a week of retiring he found himself approached by the Chair of the League of Friends and on the board of the League of Friends, and 13 years later he is still there, having been Shops Chair and Chair of the group.
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Story: Richard Steventon - ShrewsburySally started volunteering at the League of Friends around 25 years ago, after 10 years of volunteering with adults who wanted to improve their literacy skills. When she started, she was mainly volunteering with the fundraising committee of the hospital, organising events to cover future expenses of the League of Friends.
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Story: Sally Davies - Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Coffee mornings have gone on forever, and they're still really, really popular. The money they raise is spectacular.
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Story: Jayne Mott - Shrewsbury, Shropshire
The actual manner of making the grants maybe changed because, I have to say over the 50 years, it's the bureaucracy within the NHS unfortunately that makes decision-making quite painful at times.
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Story: James Hodgson - Shrewsbury, Shropshire
We're all going to need hospitals, and we're all going to need all sorts of things. And the National Health can't afford half the equipment that we bought. So it's terribly important that we can do these things.
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Story: June Whitaker - Shrewsbury, Shropshire