Following fund raising events for the hospital, equipment purchased this year are Pressure Relief Mattresses, Boiler for Coffee Shop, Items for Sensory Garden, Christmas Trees and Presents for Wards, Sack Truck and Drill for Porter, Microwave, Stryker X-Ray Bed (£5,000), Roll Cage Containers for Porters, Camera, Patient Slings, Trays, Oximeters and Sphygmomanometers, Push Sweeper for Porters.
More ideas for fund raising are needed!
The Abingdon Community Hospital League of Friends (ACHLOF) are currently looking to increase their membership (this does not include working in the hospital) - the annual subscription is only £5. If any friends are interested in joining, please send subscriptions to The Treasurer, 1 Willow Court, Abingdon OX14 1ZB telephone 01235-533171. Cheques payable to ACHLOF - please include your name name and address and email address if applicable. Email us on
achlof1@gmail.com or log onto our website for updates
www.achlof.weebly.com
As the weather turns colder, plants will slow down. Take out any tender bedding and replace with winter bedding. Other hardy bedding should last until the first frosts. Clear fallen leaves from beds and lawns and compost. Put them in a plastic bag, pierce a few holes in it and by next you should have valuable leaf mould. Raise permanent containers off the ground to aid drainage, and wrap tender ones in bubble wrap or fleece. Perennials can be cut back and split up now. Discard the older central part and plant out the fresher outside growths. Some light pruning can be carried out - mainly just to keep larger shrubs in shape. Those that you normally prune in spring, eg roses and buddleia, can be cut back by a third to prevent them loosening their roots in the wind, before the main pruning next year. You can also prune late-summer flowering clematis - cut back to about 1m high to remove long, old growth and encourage strong flowering shoots. Bare rooted plants - normally cheaper than container grown - can be planted now. Finally, while its quiet and not much growth about, check all fences, supports, tools etc and clean/sharpen/paint them.
