Newcastle Hospitals Charity Strategy 2021 2026 - Helping Our Hospitals Go Further

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Newcastle Hospitals Charity Strategy 2021 2026 - Helping Our Hospitals Go Further
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
                                  NHS Foundation Trust

Newcastle Hospitals
Charity Strategy
2021 – 2026
Helping Our Hospitals Go Further

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Newcastle Hospitals Charity Strategy 2021 2026 - Helping Our Hospitals Go Further
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    Introduction from the
    Chair of Newcastle
    Hospitals Charity
    The people and patients of               services running. The pandemic
    Newcastle upon Tyne NHS                  further highlighted elements of vital
    Foundation Trust (Newcastle              importance that are central to this
    Hospitals) are at the heart of all       strategy: staff wellbeing; the patient
    we do, and they are what make            experience; community engagement;
    Newcastle Hospitals an incredibly        partnerships and collaboration, and
    special place. Every day, our            the need to tackle the health issues
    people are prepared to go further        and inequalities of our region.
    to provide world class care and
    treatment with the utmost care           Our mission is clear – we will work
    and compassion for their patients        closely with Newcastle Hospitals to
    and their families. Newcastle            improve the health and wellbeing
    Hospitals Charity aims to recognise      of the patients, people and wider
    this dedication and to support our       communities we serve, providing
    people to flourish and develop.          compassionate and innovative
                                             healthcare, education and research,
    Our Strategy to 2026 is ambitious.       locally and nationally.
    Informed by patients, families, staff,
    partners and supporters, we have         We are incredibly grateful for every
    developed areas of specific focus        single supporter of our Charity and
    for our Charity for the next             we are committed to ensuring that
    5 years. Work on this strategy began     we make best use of these resources
    as the first coronavirus patient in      to help our hospitals to go further
    the UK was admitted to Newcastle         for our patients, for our staff and
    Hospitals. The pandemic showed           for our region.
    further the sheer commitment
    to care for coronavirus patients         Jill Baker, Chair of Newcastle
    while also keeping other essential       Hospitals Charity Committee
Newcastle Hospitals Charity Strategy 2021 2026 - Helping Our Hospitals Go Further
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                                                             Our Guiding Principles
                                                             Our guiding principles underpin our Charity and embody the values and
                                                             behaviours of our governing committee, our colleagues and our volunteers.

                                                                          We are caring

                                                                          We are honest and open

                                                                          We are respectful

                                                                          We make best use of our resources
    Our mission
    Newcastle Hospitals Charity is an enabler to improving
    the health and wellbeing of the patients, people and
                                                                          We are committed to high standards
    wider communities of Newcastle Hospitals, providing
    support for compassionate and innovative healthcare,
    education and research; locally and nationally.

    We are, “Helping Our Hospitals Go Further”
Newcastle Hospitals Charity Strategy 2021 2026 - Helping Our Hospitals Go Further
Mission
                               To be an enabler to improving the health and wellbeing of the patients, people and wider communities of Newcastle
                               Hospitals, providing support for compassionate and innovative healthcare; education, research; locally and nationally.
                                                                     “Helping Our Hospitals Go Further”

                                                                           Guiding Principles
        We are caring                     We are honest                          We are                      We are committed                   We make best use
                                           and open                             respectful                   to high standards                  of our resources

                                                                                   Goals
       Improve the patient and visitor                                  Improve staff health,                                Tackle health inequalities and
        experience, enhancing care for                               wellbeing and development                                 key health issues for our
      patients and the wider community                                                                                           region and nationally

                                                                             Strategic Aims
  Aim 1: Enhance the patient        Aim 2: Support the health,              Aim 3: Fund major            Aim 4: Develop place-based          Aim 5: Be a trusted charity
 experience and environment         wellbeing and professional              developments and             partnerships to tackle health      partner with connected and
                                    development of the staff of           health related clinical         inequalities and to create          engaged supporters and
                                       Newcastle Hospitals               research and innovation            healthier communities                    volunteers

                                                            Link to Strategic Framework of the Trust
  Patients – putting patients       People – ensuring that each       Pioneers – ensuring that we           Partnerships – we will             Performance – being
 at the heart of everything we       member of staff is able to       are at the forefront of health        be an effective partner,           outstanding, now and
    do. Providing care of the         liberate their potential           innovation and research          developing and delivering                in the future
   highest standard focusing                                                                             integrated care and playing
      on quality and safety                                                                             our part in local, national and
                                                                                                          international programmes

                                                                                  Impact
• Improvements to the patient      • Improved health, wellbeing      • Catalyst funding for             • Collaborative approach        • Efficient and effective charity
  environment                        and morale of staff               Trust’s strategic priorities       to addressing health            governance and operations
                                                                                                          inequalities and preventions/
• Excellent patient experience     • Opportunities for Trust staff   • Ability leverage available                                       • Charity a household
                                                                                                          interventions
  and engagement                                                       funding for strategic                                              name in the region
                                   • Delivery of sustainable
                                                                       priorities                       • Proactive in influencing
• Creative patient and               healthcare initiatives                                                                             • Significant increase in
                                                                                                          policy for addressing health
  community engagement                                                                                                                    fundraising income, from
                                   • Expanded clinical                                                    inequalities
  opportunities                                                                                                                           diverse range of sources
                                     knowledge/practice, better
                                     patient outcomes                                                                                     • An outstanding charity team
                                                                                                                                          • Loyal and informed
                                                                                                                                            supporter base

                                                                          Strategic Priorities
• Deliver an effective,         • Generate financial support         • Fund and fundraise for           • Build and strengthen            • Ensure excellent governance
  accessible grants               for the Trust’s flagship             major projects within the          partnerships with key health      and ethical standards of
  programme to support Trust      wellbeing and recognition            Trust, and where the Trust         and VCSE organisations to         charity practice
  improvements to services        programmes                           is a key partner                   deliver greater impact
                                                                                                                                          • Develop and resource
  and the patient environment
                                • Generate financial support         • Provide financial support for    • Establish Newcastle Hospitals     professional, ethical
• Establish a grant programme     for staff initiatives within         cutting edge clinical research     Charity as a regional partner     fundraising programmes
  dedicated to supporting         ‘Sustainable Healthcare              and innovation, particularly       for collaborative prevention      to deliver our ambition
  patients and families           in Newcastle’ (SHINE)                when there is no other             initiatives
                                                                                                                                          • Develop brand to ensure that
  experiencing severe financial                                        source widely available
                                • Fund a research                                                       • Support micro-communities         our ability to deliver impact
  difficulty during their
                                  fellowship programme                                                    through Collaborative             is understood
  treatment
                                  for staff, supporting                                                   Newcastle to improve health
                                                                                                                                          • Focus fundraising on initial
• Establish Arts engagement       career progression while                                                and wellbeing and reduce
                                                                                                                                            key themes:
  programme for staff and         supporting the Trust to be                                              inequalities
                                                                                                                                            - Green & Healthy Hospitals
  local community                 at the forefront of health
                                                                                                        • Work with the NHS Charities       - Research and innovation
                                  innovation and research
                                                                                                          Together network to               - Child Health
                                                                                                          influence national NHS            - Cancer
                                                                                                          charity funding priorities

                                                                            Priority Actions
   Increased visibility, profile         One Charity team              Effective use of technology          Well managed income               Strategic grant-making,
     and understanding of              supported to succeed               and systems across all           generation and resources            evaluation and impact
  Charity within the hospitals                                              charity operations                to deliver our goal
     and wider community
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    Goals
    Working in close partnership with the Trust
    the goals of our Charity are to:
    1. Improve the patient and visitor experience, enhancing
       patient centred care

    2. Improve staff health, wellbeing and development

    3. Tackle health inequalities and key health issues
       for our region and nationally

    In delivering on these goals we aim to
    • provide more opportunities to improve the patient and visitor
      experience across the Trust, providing the highest quality of care

    • increase support for staff development opportunities that support
      wellbeing as well as clinical excellence

    • support research and innovation that ensures we can lead the way
      in delivering world class health care and treatment

    • actively seek and strengthen partnerships at a regional and national
      level to tackle health inequalities and to create healthier communities

    • increase engagement with people across the Trust and become more
      visible as the charity for the Trust

    We will ensure good governance and take a thematic approach to
    maximising our fundraising income, and will focus our grant-making
    on where we can make the greatest impact
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                                                                                                               4. Well managed income
                                                                                                               generation and resources

     Key Actions 2021/22
     We will achieve our aims through a professional                                                                              5. Strategic grant-making,
     team and through innovative fundraising and grants                                                                           evaluation and impact
     programmes, supported by the enablers of:

        Aims                                                                        The implementation of our strategy will
                                                                                    be guided by our Charity Committee and
                                                                                    we will monitor and evaluate our progress
                                                                                    on an annual basis, reporting on priorities
                                                                                    through our Annual Report and Accounts.
                                                 1. Increased visibility, profile
                                                 and understanding of our
                                                 Charity within the Trust and
                                                 the wider community

                    2. One integrated Charity
                    team, supported to succeed

                                        3. Effective use of
                                        technology and systems
                                        across all Charity operations
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
                                               NHS Foundation Trust

Contact
Newcastle Hospitals Charity
Peacock Hall
Royal Victoria Infirmary
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4LP

E: nuth.charity@nhs.net
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