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Impact Report 2025-2026

WHH Charity's Impact Report 2025-2026 sets out how fundraising and donations have made a difference for patients, colleagues and communities at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals, in the charity's 30th year. Highlights include raising £55,000 through the Making Waves Appeal to turn a former courtyard at Warrington Hospital into a pirate-themed outdoor play area, a new balcony on the critical care unit supported by a £140,000 donation from the League of Friends, and more than £130,000 raised so far towards the £200,000 Willow Tree Hub appeal beside the Maternity Department.

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About

WHH Charity is the official charity of Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It funds equipment, environments and services beyond what the NHS provides, from children's play spaces and sensory gardens to staff wellbeing rooms and support for patients and families.

Key Metrics

£55,000 raised through the Making Waves Appeal for a children's outdoor play area
£130,000+ raised so far towards the £200,000 Willow Tree Hub appeal
2,000+ patients and family members supported each year by the Delamere Centre

Key Outcomes

  • A new balcony on the critical care unit gives critically ill patients safe access to fresh air and natural light
  • More than 300 meals have been provided to parents and carers so they can stay close to their child on the ward
  • A £16,496 staff wellbeing room for theatres gives colleagues a calm place to pause

Geography

North West

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
Total income £18,180,000 and total expenditure £18,560,000 (year ended 31 December 2024, charity no. 1084958 England/Wales and SC039654 Scotland); in 2024 spent £3.8m on...
Key Metric 2
700+ members supported through in-person visits and support calls in 2025; 697 support grants allocated in 2025 for essential items including specialist clothing, cooling...
Key Metric 3
Largest global investment in EB research to date: multi-million-pound drug repurposing trial provisionally agreed with LifeArc partner at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation...
£34,000 raised in 2025 winter appeal supporting families like Darcie's with specialist items, emotional support and research; 697 support grants delivered in 2025; first Members Connect event in Northern Ireland; EB Priorities Setting Partnership study completed providing global research roadmap
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
22,507 households helped through RBL casework and specialist support services across 66 countries
Key Metric 2
22,600 grants given to those in need, totalling £11.8 million
Key Metric 3
733 beneficiaries represented at tribunals, resulting in £24.5 million in War Pensions awards
1,548 new families living with dementia supported by RBL Admiral Nurses service