Nottingham Hospitals youth service gets £500 helping hand from housing association
A youth service at Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre has received financial backing from Platform Home Ownership.
The Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) Youth Service, located at Nottingham Children’s Hospital, was awarded £500 from Platform to help fund its weekly youth club, trips and residential activities.
Relying on donations via Nottingham Hospitals Charity, the service supports young people aged 11 to 21 with conditions including diabetes, epilepsy, and renal disease.
It provides a non-medical space for young people to meet peers in similar situations, drop-in sessions during hospital stays, and assistance transitioning to adult services.
Established in 1998, the NUH Youth Service is the UK’s most established hospital-based youth service.
Last year, it supported 340 young people, with 55 attending its summer residential programme.
Donna Hilton, NUH Youth Service manager, welcomed the donation, noting the impact of such contributions on the service’s offerings.
She said: “Donations like this make a real difference to what we are able to offer the young people who come through our doors.
“Many of them are managing conditions that will be with them for life, and the youth room gives them somewhere to simply be young people, away from appointments and treatment.
“We are grateful to Platform for thinking of us, and for recognising that the care young people receive in hospital goes well beyond the medical.”
Jack Hanson, senior marketing co-ordinator at Platform, said the team was pleased to support the service and its work with young people in hospital.
For further details on Platform Home Ownership and Trentside, visit platformhomeownership.com/development/trentside.
For more information on the NUH Youth Service, visit nuhyouthservice.org.uk/, or to support Nottingham Hospitals Charity, visit nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk/.