BIG TEA SUPPORTER DAVE TELLS HIS STORY
WHAT A GREAT EVENT!
Loyal NHS supporter Dave Smoughton from Bexleyheath has smashed his £500 target by raising £835 from his Big Tea event to celebrate the NHS 75th birthday. He sent a letter
to his neighbours inviting them to join him in front of his house on two different days, with plenty of tea, cakes, biscuits and snacks to go round for anyone who stopped by! Friends further away also donated via a Just Giving Page. Dave was born in August 1948, shortly after the NHS was launched. He remembers being told how lucky he was to get all the ‘normal’ childhood medical checks, jabs and health monitoring that his older family weren’t given pre-NHS. Through his life, he and his family have received exceptional care from the NHS – his wife had multiple surgeries due to a spinal tumour in younger years, as well as
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being cared for by a brilliant local District Nursing team when she later was diagnosed with MS. His mother was granted ‘extra, happy years of life’ following three major operations after the age of 86 and Dave himself also experienced expert care when he had an out of the blue heart scare recently. He says, “We should certainly celebrate the NHS we have… AND thoroughly support all those hard-working people within it.” Thank you Dave for your efforts to raise awareness and funds, you are very much appreciated!
A CHARMING WAY TO SUPPORT US
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