Annie Hayter is a prize-winning poet and writer who facilitates creative engagements with patients on the elderly care wards at St Mary’s Hospital. In this blog, Annie shares how their sessions help patients tell their stories and provide creative comfort…
Two volunteers who volunteered with us on our Youth Volunteering Programme over the summer of 2026 share their experience.
29 July 2026
*Trigger warning – references to baby loss* This May, we opened our Rainbow room at Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital, a specialised space for parents expecting a rainbow baby to receive treatment.
We recently spoke to one our newest artist-in-residence Abbas Zahedi, who – as part of his residency – led a sound-led sketching workshop for Trust staff at Charing Cross Hospital as part of Dying Matters Week.
19 June 2026
We spoke to Kat Spencer, who is currently cycling across the alps with the FireFlies to support The Blood Fund and raise money for blood cancer research.
Here’s what Kat had to say about her family’s personal experiences with cancer, the joys and…
22 April 2026
We spoke to Carys Davies, a critical care dietitian, about her research journey and how she’s hoping to improve nutrition for trauma patients in intensive care. Carys completed her Imperial Health Charity-funded pre-doctoral research fellowship in 2024…
31 March 2026
We're delighted to have several people taking on the 2026 London Marathon to raise money for our charity, who are currently hard at work training for the gruelling event. We spoke to four of our runners, whose connections with our hospitals inspired them…
11 December 2025
Steve’s Journey with cancer began in 2020 when he noticed a little bit of blood while urinating. Wanting to get this checked out, Steve underwent some tests at his local hospital, where doctors told him he had bladder cancer.
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