Empowering patient recovery one grant at a time
The Ladies' Samaritan Society - LSS - is a charity which gives support to patients at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, London.
Clinical staff request specific equipment and other aid, not funded by the NHS, to assist patients’ recovery in hospital and at home.
The LSS needs your help through donations and fundraising.
Patient Testimonials
"It feels great to walk with the frame"
"It's much easier and I can use the frame to walk more and to not worry about falling"
"It's great - I can walk fast and it feels good"
Comments from patients of Sarah Holmes, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist Neuro-Muscular Diseases, UCLH
News and Fundraising Events
Thank you to all the staff and patients who supported our recent successful cake sale - our best ever!
27 June: Music Concert
Our History
The Ladies' Samaritan Society started in 1861, two years after the founding of the NHNN in Queen Square - formerly known as the National Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis.
It soon recognised the extreme poverty and deplorable state of health of many patients and relatives who attended the hospital seriously impeded their treatment. As a result, a group of influential ladies from the area, headed by the sisters Johanna and Louisa Chandler, set up a Samaritan Society to raise public awareness.
The Society met regularly and raised money by contributing 5 shillings each annually, together with legacies, donations and proceeds from sales and concerts.
A concert in 1864 donated £200 to the charity. This was used to provide cups of tea to outpatients, a practice which survived for 85 years!
They also provided food, clothing, books, as well as funding convalescent stays for needy patients.
Our aims today remain the same: providing help to patients and their families.
Fundraising Activities
Silent Auction
Xmas Cards
Cake Sales
Music Concert
How We Help
- Purchase of equipment for individual patients' use, e.g. specialised wheelchairs, wheelchair ramps, rollators, NeuroTrac Rehab TENS & EMS machines
- Microwave for safe food preparation, feeding and kitchen aids
- Accommodation and travel costs for relatives while patients are in hospital
- Apps and software to aid speech and language therapy
- Respite care
- Contribution towards holidays for vulnerable patients and families
- Activity resources for stroke unit
UPCOMING FUNDRAISING EVENTS
27 June
19.00
Music Concert
The Chapel, NHNN Queen Square
Annual concert featuring hospital staff and patients.
Post-concert light refreshments, a glass of wine and live jazz
Tickets on the door £20
Children under 12 free
ladiessamaritansqs@gmail.com
Location
London, UK
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