David Lloyd Swindon

The Night Shelter is a Christian charity that offers support to our guests where ever they are in the cycle of change. We do this by putting our faith into action, sharing the abundance of God's love and provision by providing a warm place to sleep, support in accessing services, sorting and distributing charitable waste, opportunities to volunteers and gain work experience and help to access housing and make positive changes in their lives.

Brighter Futures is the registered charity of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and supports services at Great Western Hospital in Swindon and in our community health sites across Swindon. We aim to raise funds to support an extraordinary provision of care to our patients. Our charity funds the purchase of equipment, supports education for our staff, and improves the environment for our staff and patients - all of which are over and above the existing NHS budget. Our vision is to provide the best care possible to our patients, their families and visitors to the Trust. We rely completely on the generosity of our supporters to enable us to provide that extraordinary provision of care. Whether it’s a cake sale or a marathon, your fundraising efforts have helped us to change the lives of thousands of patients in Swindon and surrounding areas. Every penny given to Brighter Futures is used to make a difference to someone at what is often the most difficult and vulnerable time in their life. Donations have supported a diverse array of initiatives all across the Trust, including a new Radiotherapy Centre for cancer patients. Others include purchasing sensory equipment for children with special needs in the Children’s Unit and new incubators for babies in our Neonatal Unit. Other projects funded include the pilot of a Sepsis Nurse and making significant improvements to improve care for patients in our Older Persons Care Ward. You can chose to support any ward/department within the hospital. We also have run special appeals and a Hospital General Fund which is used wherever the need is greatest across the whole Foundation Trust. Thank you for your support!

Our Aims are to: - Provide accessible services to anyone from Swindon who experiences emotional distress - Promote mental health and well-being, from prevention through to recovery - Empower people to lead full and independent lives as part of the community - Raise public awareness of mental health issues and combat stigma and discrimination - Develop and improve mental health services , to promote inclusion, embrace diversity and work to promote equal outcomes for all sections of the community