How much money was donated to the NHS through funeral-notices.co.uk in 2020?

2020 was a year during which we learned to appreciate the little things, whether that’s spending more time with family or reconnecting with old friends online, or it was having more time to spend tending to your garden or catching up with that pile of books you’ve been meaning to read. But perhaps the most nationally recognised appreciation went towards the NHS.

We are lucky in the UK to have the NHS (you only need to look at the healthcare system in the US to see this), and this last year thousands of people took to their doorsteps at the same time and simultaneously acknowledged this great institution by applauding all those who work for the NHS.

This appreciation was extended further in the form of donations. All NHS Trusts up and down the country are registered charities, and so anyone can donate money to help out or show support to their local hospitals. Here on funeral-notices.co.uk we give families the ability to donate to charity in memory of a passed loved one, and in 2020 we had over 2,100 individual donations made towards NHS charities.

£54,475 was donated by friends and families in 2020 across 81 different NHS Trusts, plus an extra £10,108 was claimed in Gift Aid by those charities. In a year like no other, this money was incredibly valuable to the NHS and the people who work for them, so we want to say a massive THANK YOU to all those who chose funeral-notices.co.uk to host their collections, and also to all those who gave so generously.

To give you an idea of how this money is divided down across all the local areas, here’s our list of the top 10 NHS Trusts in order of the amount of money we transferred to them on your behalf in 2020:

Make sure to keep an eye on our blog and follow our social media accounts, as we will be sharing more charity information like this throughout January.

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