80,000 patients will visit the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham over the festive period. From elderly care patients with few or no family members, to children receiving radiotherapy, a gruelling course of treatments five days a week for six weeks, over 1,000 patients will face the prospect of spending Christmas Day in the QE. With your support QEHB Charity wants to make this extra special, by ‘decking the wards with boughs of holly’ and bringing Christmas cheer to patients and families. The campaign aims to make the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham more festive over the Christmas period, making life more comfortable for patients and their families. £25 will buy a Christmas Tree and decorations for the hospital, a donation of £10 could help us deliver Christmas gifts to our young patients including children and teenagers with cancer, and £5 will pay for a TV Card for a patient to watch Christmas films and the Queen's Speech on Christmas Day. Francis Tavenor, who received a life-saving liver transplant on Boxing Day at the QE, believes that the sharing element of Christmas is an integral part of the hospital’s ethics: “This campaign focuses on the community aspect of Christmas: it will bring happiness to patients, and reward staff for their hard work.” Please visit www.qechristmas.org and donate today or text ‘XMAS01 £2’ to 70070.   Get involved - QEHB Charity invites you to join the festive fun: Why not join QEHB Charity’s ‘Festive Jumper day’, taking place across Birmingham on Friday 4^th December? We want as many people as possible to put on their festive knitted wonders and give £1 to the Christmas Campaign. What’s more, anyone who posts a selfie or group photo of their team on Twitter, using the hashtag #QEChristmas, will be automatically entered into a prize draw to win a giant, fluffy bear! If you’re stuck for ideas why not take a look at the list below and see how you could help make life that little bit better for the thousands of the patients who will be at the hospital on Christmas Day: Other fundraising ideas - Festive cake sale - Carol singing - Guess the number of candy canes in the jar - Christmas party – you could hold a collection at your annual Christmas party, hold a fundraising raffle or donate a percentage of ticket sales to the Christmas Campaign - ‘Card-free’ Christmas (a poster will be available to put up in offices for this, please contact us for more information) Click here to find out more about the campaign or call 0121 371 4852 for fundraising support.