COPES has a fundraising committee that meet regularly through the year to decide how money should be spent and organise fundraising events.
The fundraising committee members’ are:
- A CNS team member on a rota basis (Liz Lawrence, Rachel Keenan, Katie Mahy, Alison Miller, Louise Piper, Sheila Smoothy)
- Wendy Davies (chair)
- David Prior
- Khalil Razvi (Gynae oncology consultant)
- Chris Roostan (vice chair)
- Sue Soper (secretary)
Listed below are the projects and essential equipment that has been funded by COPES.
Aims of COPES
PATIENT SUPPORT
- Diagnostic centre in Women’s clinic
- Bladder scanner
- Dysis machine
- Electric bed for Gynaecology Oncology ward
- Blood pressure machine
- Plasma jet probes – to assist and improve surgery
- Bathroom refurbishment on Gynaecology ward
- Hysteroscopy chair
- Complimentary therapies at support group
- Complimentary therapies at patients’ homes
- Theatre trips for support group
- CNS time: to manage group
- Funding a laptop computer for the CNS team to record investigations and treatments
- Creating and Refurbishing and creating a Tranquillity Room for consultations and delivering the results of investigations
- Funding a Venezia Applicator for the treatment of cervical cancer in the Brachytherapy Dept.
- Funding a Health and Wellbeing Day for women with Gynae Cancers
- Part-funding a lunch and talk on the important role of food in cancer recovery by John Lawson, at his restaurant Food by John Lawson.
- Inspection Couch for the Women’s Clinic
- Finding of a Mindfulness Morning Seminar in a local hotel
RESEARCH / RAISING AWARENESS
- Local GP audit into diagnosis/awareness of ovarian cancer
- Nurse led follow up
- Patient satisfaction survey
EDUCATION / RAISING AWARENESS
- Survivorship days for patients
- Fund secondment to Royal Marsden Hospital – Long term effects clinic
- Staff attendance at Study day
- Displays and awareness raising discussion with GPs (Education Centre)
- Displays and Awareness Raising with hospital staff (Education Centre)
RAISING AWARENESS
- Producing COPES pins / Posters / Cards
- Articles in Southend Hospital Charity Fundraising News
- Website design & update
- Visits from and links to representatives of the major gynaecological cancer charities
- Bi-annual awareness raising days in the hospital foyer’s Fundraising Unit
- Health and Wellbeing Day for patients