Earlier this week R.Wy.Bro. Scott Dunn attended Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich with R.Wy. Bro. Peter Wise to donate £10,000 for the purchase of 20 Porters wheelchairs.
In October, Peter contracted a mystery infection in his foot requiring 7 weeks of hospitalisation and multiple surgeries in Queen Elizabeth Hospital and St Thomas’s London, (and is still undergoing outpatient treatment).
During this time, Peter realised that a great many of the delays in getting treatment result from a shortage of Portering Chairs, not the Porters themselves!
In February, he started an appeal funded with sales of second-hand regalia, to raise money to buy some of these chairs. He contacted many of his friends in Kent, and from their generosity, raised £10,000 in just 8 weeks funding 20 chairs.
Kent OSM Province was pleased to support our Past PGSR in his quest by committing £2000 from the Kent OSM Benevolent Fund. Also being in the Chairs of units in Kent Mark and Knights Templar, Scott was able, (with a little persuasion), to top up the funding to cover 7 of the chairs.
The photograph shows Scott & Peter with Margarita Vidiella, Head of Charity and Volunteers, and Nathan Ahwieh, Fundraising & Engagement Coordinator.
Peter is continuing his efforts to supply at least one more hospital in Kent with new chairs.
