Georgie Westley, Fundraising Manager

Georgie has worked in the NHS for more than 20 years, latterly within public engagement roles, and is passionate about working with local communities to make a difference to the people of all ages who use healthcare services in Walsall.

Some of Georgie’s fundraising highlights:

• Establishing an annual programme of events which include a boxing match, working in partnership with Well Wishers patron and local boxing hero Martin Gethin
• Creating a state-of-the-art sensory playroom on Walsall Manor Hospital’s Paediatric Assessment Unit
• Purchasing Active Birthing beds for Maternity Services
• Setting up a Baby Aid appeal for mums-to-be who need additional support
• Refurbishing the sensory room used by children with disabilities and complex needs at the Child Development Centre in Shelfield
• Working with the family of a teenager who died from brittle asthma to revamp a “chill out room” for young people on the children’s ward
• Funding an adapted Tai Chi course for Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s the Community Neurological                                                                                              Rehabilitation Team

Georgie said: “I have had the privilege of working with some incredible people during my time as Fundraising Manager; people with a can do attitude who want to enhance our services with items above and beyond what the NHS can provide”

“It is so rewarding to be able to show the generous people of this borough how their donations – no matter how small – have been put to good use in both our hospital and community services. I love my job and am continually amazed by our fundraisers and supporters, many of whom have experienced tragedy and loss, who just want to help others.”

                                                 Kimberley Aplin, Fundraising Support Officer