Help The Homeless Grant has enabled the HealthBus team purchase essential medical equipment!
Many people, who are experiencing homelessness, with underlying health conditions are not accessing treatment until their condition becomes acute. The HealthBus team are helping individuals to maintain their condition and aiding their recovery. Such care is helping them to put their lives back together and assist them off the streets and into mainstream society.
With vital assistance from Help The Homeless a grant of £5000 was given in December 2022, to aid the HealthBus clinical team on the mobile clinic (and on outreach) to purchase specialist medical equipment. Such equipment like blood pressure monitors, ECG device and FeNO tests are used to assess and treat patients to ensure they get the essential and correct care required to improve their mental/physical health. Such assessment and support will improve wellbeing and assist people into mainstream society.
“We are so grateful for the kind generosity and support from Help The Homeless officers and Trustees. As a charity, having robust medical equipment is essential in ensuring we are giving patients the best care possible. This grant will enable us to purchase equipment like a FeNO test (fractional exhaled nitric oxide) to monitor respiratory conditions and identifying chest and lung concerns. When a patient breathes out, their breath can show if they have inflamed airways. A FeNO test measures the amount of nitric oxide in a breath. This test helps doctors tell if and how much inflammation someone has in their airways. Having such a machine will dramatically improve the care and referrals needed for treatment.” – Kate Hibbitt, HealthBus Operations Director.
“We are so grateful for the kind generosity and support from Help The Homeless officers and Trustees. As a charity, having robust medical equipment is essential in ensuring we are giving patients the best care possible. This grant will enable us to purchase equipment like a Help The Homeless was founded in 1975 and shortly thereafter launched its first fundraising appeal, chaired by Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Robert Mark. A substantial initial capital sum was raised which, together with further donations and legacies received since then, has been carefully invested to produce income to distribute as grants to charities and voluntary organisations throughout the UK. Their grants aim to support small and medium-sized registered charities working to help homelesss people rebuild their lives. Grants are made four times per year for capital projects and are typically in the region of £500 – £5,000.
For more information please visit: Help The Homeless