Pertemps, the UK’s largest privately-owned recruitment agency, has made an incredible donation f £8,262 to support Ward 19, the specialist cancer ward at Heartlands Hospital, which will help provide items to make the hospital experience better for patients on the ward.

Each year, thousands of patients are treated for cancer on Ward 19, and the staff there provide exceptional care to each and every one of the. Heartlands Hospital Charity supports the incredible work of the team on Ward 19 by funding added extras for the ward, thanks to generous donors such as Pertemps.

Staff at Pertemps were given the opportunity to bring forward charity names and to vote for their chosen charities, and Ward 19 at Heartlands Hospital was one of two charities chosen to receive support from the latest round of funding from the organisation.

Pertemps Chairman, Tim Watts, said: “Pertemps recognises that it has a corporate responsibility to uphold but it is very much more than that: we are a business with a heart. Our employees astound me time and time again with the lengths they’re prepared to go to in the pursuit of helping others. I can speak for all of us when we say that all charities are worthwhile, but we have been touched by the stories we have heard about this particular two charities.”

Sian Averill, Fundraising Manager at Heartlands Hospital Charity, said: “A huge thank you goes to Pertemps for this incredibly generous donation to Ward 19. We are raising funds to refurbish the ward and this money will go a long way in helping us to do this.

“Everyone who visits the ward will say what an amazing service Ward 19 provides, and how exceptional the staff are in what they do. However, we want people to walk into the ward and be greeted by more warming surroundings, enjoy comfy chairs where they can sit and relax and make the most of refreshment facilities.”

You can find out more about Ward 19, and donate to support the ward, here. 

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