Christmas Sock Day: 9 December

November 28, 2022

Christmas is fast approaching, and while many of us are making plans for parties and presents, the charity has been busy making plans for the festive season. We celebrate many cultural and religious events at SWB, and this year we’re marking Christmas with a number of activities open to colleagues across the Trust.

We’ll be erecting our Christmas trees at the Birmingham Treatment Centre on the City site, and at Sandwell General Hospital and Rowley Regis Hospital. Inpatients on Christmas day will receive a gift funded by the charity and sourced by the Trust. We’re also encouraging colleagues to get involved in a Christmas decorating competition for wards. Each ward/department is only able to collect £30 once, which will be available from Friday 2 December. They’ll need to quote reference number #255626 along with their ward/department name, and return any receipts along with unspent monies to the cash office. Wards/departments will need to ensure they have not experienced a COVID-19 outbreak in the last 7 days before entering the competition. If they do experience a COVID-19 outbreak whilst decorations are on display, these will need to be taken down and disposed of safely.

We can’t have a Christmas jumper day due to cleanliness and uniform restrictions, but we can do one better – a Christmas sock day! On Friday 9 December, we invite colleagues to donate £2 to Your Trust Charity and don some Santa-approved socks to celebrate the yuletide in style and support the charity. Please support Your Trust Charity by clicking here – so they can do all this great work during the festive season.