Support your local NHS charity this Christmas

With the festive season just around the corner, East Cheshire NHS Charity is appealing to its local community to help them spread some festive cheer by making a donation to their Priority Appeal.

You could donate the cost of a present, fundraise at work, compete to see who has the best festive knit on Christmas Jumper Day or donate in lieu of Christmas cards.

The charity recently announced a range of Christmas events, starting on December 1^st, that staff, the local community and businesses can get involved with.

If you are visiting Macclesfield Hospital on Friday 1^st December, pop along to the Christmas Markets event in the Lecture Hall. With a range of stalls available, a brass band performing from 12.30pm - 1.15pm by the duck pond and a Christmas themed menu in the canteen there’s lots of ways to get into the Christmas spirit. Usual parking charges apply throughout the Christmas events.

Local community, schools and businesses are invited to get involved with Christmas Jumper Day on Thursday 7^th December. Put on your best festive knit, colourful tights or Santa hat and donate £1 to East Cheshire NHS Charity.

The charity’s Christmas raffle launches on Friday 1st December, until Friday 15th December. There are lots of amazing prizes up for grabs, including a twilight spa package at Shrigley Hall Hotel and Spa, Christmas Hampers, vouchers for local hairdressers and champagne.

Tickets can be purchased from the Communications team on the second floor of New Alderley House, at the Christmas markets or by emailing ecn-tr.ecnhscharity@nhs.net.

If you’d like to get involved in fundraising for East Cheshire NHS Charity, as an individual, group or workplace, get in touch with the fundraising team ecn-tr.ecnhscharity@nhs.net or visit https://eastcheshirenhscharity.org/.

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Notes for editors

• For further information about East Cheshire NHS Trust, contact the trust press office on 01625 663935 between the hours of 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.
• East Cheshire NHS Trust is the main provider of acute and community health services for the people of East Cheshire. The trust is based at Macclesfield District General Hospital.
• Follow East Cheshire NHS Trust on Twitter for all the latest news @EastCheshireNHS
• East Cheshire NHS Charity is the official charity of East Cheshire NHS Trust. We raise money for Macclesfield District General Hospital, Knutsford Community Hospital, Congleton War Memorial Hospital and all our community services.
• East Cheshire NHS Charity goes above and beyond standard Government funding to make your local NHS that extra special. From supporting staff health and wellbeing to providing toys to brighten up our young patients’ days to making long stay patients feel more at home – our mission is to make a visible difference. You can make a donation to the charity on JustGiving here.