Royal Orthopaedic Charity

📣 Just ONE DAY to go until the Charity Football Match and Family Fun Day! ⚽️🎉 Come and show your support for Nightingale F.C as they take on United.

It’s going to be a day full of family friendly activities like face painting, games, a DJ, food stalls and an exciting raffle with amazing prizes up for grabs!

Funds raise will support both ROC and !

See you there!

Just one week to go! ⚽️ Next Saturday, join us for an action-packed day at the Charity Football Match and Family Fun Day – and don’t miss your chance to WIN BIG at the raffle!

Here’s what’s in store:

🕟 16:30 - Match kick off
🕖 19:00 - Raffle draw with incredible prizes!
🕢 19:30 - Live auction featuring exclusive signed memorabilia, including a Paul Gascoigne signed England top and Tony Bellew signed shorts.
🕗 20:00 - DJ and entertainment to keep the party going!

It’s set to be an unforgettable day supporting the Royal Orthopaedic Charity and Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity! 🎉
Nightingale F.C

See you there!

Sign up for the Great Birmingham Run 2025 and join ! We’ll cover your entrance fee AND give your fundraising efforts a major boost.
Lace up, team up and get moving! 🏃‍♂️ Supporting ROH patients with every step ❤️

⚽️ Just 3 weeks to go until the Charity Football Match and Family Fun Day! 🎉 Don’t miss out on the excitement!

Enjoy a thrilling match featuring Nightingale F.C vs. @, plus plenty of family-friendly activities, a DJ, food stalls and more! 🎉

All proceeds support Royal Orthopaedic Charity & Children's Hospital and Charity

📅 Save the date: Saturday 14th September
⏰ Time: Match kick off at 4:30pm
📍 Location: Redditch Borough FC

See you there! 🙌

Meet Marie, an incredible ROCSTAR! 🌟

Marie’s creativity brings joy to young patients, keeping them relaxed and engaged while they wait for appointments. Her dedication to improving the experience in the Children and Young Persons Department (CYPD) goes above and beyond!
Whether she’s supporting fundraisers, like our recent cake sale, or encouraging patients to enjoy ROC activity packs, Marie is constantly finding new ways to improve the hospital experience.

We’re thrilled to have Marie on our team!😊

Want to learn more about Marie or how you can become a ROCstar? Visit: https://shorturl.at/BAt7Y

Have you spotted the new pebble footprints in the Children & Young People’s Department? 👣
These engaging floor stickers turn the journey to clinic into a fun adventure - walk, skip, or jump your way there! They’re designed to ease anxiety and make the hospital more welcoming and accessible for our younger patients.

This is just one of the many ways ROC is improving the hospital experience for patients. Discover more about how your donations make a difference on our website: rohcharity.org

Introducing Georgia, our latest ROCSTAR! 🎉
Georgia is lacing up for her first ever 10km charity run🏃‍♀️, at the Worcester City Run this September, combining her love for fitness with her passion for supporting .

Show your support by sending her a good luck message or sponsoring her at: https://shorturl.at/o6ohw 👏

Interested in becoming a Charity Ambassador like Georgia? Email [email protected] to find out more!

Support the Willis Family Fun Day - today!

📍 Hoyland Common WMC, Barnsley
📅 TODAY - Saturday10th August
⏰ 12:00 Midday

Joshua is hosting the 'Willis Family Fun Day' to raise funds for ROC, inspired by his brother-in-law Jamie’s courageous fight against bone cancer.
Today is about coming together as a community to make a difference and you’re invited to be a part of it!

Joshua shares: "The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital gave my brother-in-law a second coming at life."

If you can’t attend in person, please extend your support by donating through their GoFundMe page here:

Donate to Willis Family Fun Day, organized by joshua rayner My name is Joshua rayner I’m 22 year old born and raised in Rotherham but this event isn’t ab… joshua rayner needs your support for Willis Family Fun Day

Cake sale success! 🎂

We’re thrilled to share that our recent cake sale with the Children and Young People’s Department raised an incredible £385! 🎉
A huge thank you to everyone that contributed!




Plus a special shoutout to our fantastic ROH staff for their delicious homemade bakes🤩

Curious about how we’ll use these funds? Find out more on our website here: https://shorturl.at/JQlvA

🌟 Transforming patient experience at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital 🌟

Funding from the ROC has enabled a new Patient Information System to be installed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. A device that provides information to better inform patients about their stay, access to log into the streaming services they subscribe to, and different ways to communicate with hospital staff and loved ones at home. Menus and options can also be tailored to suit a patient’s age, language, disability, or any learning difficulties, creating an inclusive experience for all patients.
🖥 Come and read more about it here: https://rohcharity.org/patientinformation/

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham

📅 Save the Date! Monday 5th August 🍰

Join us for the Children's and Young Person's Outpatient Departments Cake Sale! Stop by the ROH Outpatients' Corridor anytime between 10am and 2pm to enjoy some delicious treats.

🍪 Bakers Needed! If you'd like to contribute your homemade goodies, please reach out to [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you all there!

ROC proudly organised a summer fete to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the NHS on Thursday 25th July. We were thrilled to extend our invitation to both participants and traders Brockleby's Pies Avon Cosmetics
We want to extend our thanks to the Children and Young People Department for putting together vibrant bunting created by over 100 young patients in our Children & Young Persons Department. Check out some of the pictures from the day!

Good luck to Kerry today as she takes on an incredible 12-hour spin session at to raise funds and give back after the amazing treatment received from !
It's not too late to show your support and sponsor Kerry as she pedals to raise funds for ROC: https://shorturl.at/z0mDB
We look forward to catching up with Kerry post-event and hearing all about the miles she conquered! 🚲💪

ROC is proud to fund the 'Support 4 Healthcare Away Day' initiative at ROH. A day full of discussions, sharing ideas, opportunities for support workers including role of theatres, apprenticeships and the role of the wards and many more....

Join us at our Summer Fete tomorrow! ☀️
 
Enjoy a day of fun, food and fabulous finds. We’re excited to welcome an amazing lineup of traders:





& Avon Cosmetics
& ROC raffle
 
Traders will donate 15% of their Summer Fete profits to the Royal Orthopaedic Charity. By supporting them, you support ROC!

Check out the vibrant bunting created by over 100 young patients in our Children & Young Persons Department (CYPD)! 🎨 Not only will the bunting add a special touch to our fundraising events, but it also showcases the creativity of our young patients while providing them with a welcome distraction from their appointments. Learn more about our Arts in Health Appeal here: https://shorturl.at/r1teu. You can admire these cheerful designs in the hospital corridor and read more about the project in our latest blog post: https://shorturl.at/Reavk.

Sign up for the Great Birmingham Run 2025 and join ! We’ll cover your entrance fee AND give your fundraising efforts a major boost.
Lace up, team up and get moving! 🏃‍♂️ Supporting ROH patients with every step ❤️


For further information please get in touch!

ROC has funded the Learning Disability and Autism team to develop & launch a new Communication Toolkit for people with learning disability &/or autism to support communication & improve their patient experience. Staff will be using the toolkit to initiate conversation, prompt, support understanding, and allow for appropriate assessment ensuring the patient voice is heard.

Meet Kerry (right), a fitness lover who faced a life-changing diagnosis last year - an aggressive giant cell tumour. After two major surgeries, she's on an inspirational recovery journey.
Get involved! 🚴‍♀️ Join Kelly on Saturday 27th July for a 12-hour spin session at Anytime Fitness Malvern. Can’t make it? Why not show Kerry your support by sponsoring her 👉 https://shorturl.at/z0mDB

HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY NHS!

Leave a birthday message below to show your support - https://rohcharity.org/say-thank-you/

Summer cake sale!
ROC is supporting the Children & Young Person’s Outpatient Department (CYPD) summer cake sale.

If you would like to support us by baking some delicious treats, please contact [email protected].

As part of volunteers week ROC was able to support their party/get together celebrations. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers

8 ROC fundraisers throughout May have collectively raised £11,369 for ROC so far!
Events included: Great Birmingham Run, Edinburgh Half Marathon and Ultra Challenges: Isle of White & Jurassic Coast.
Runners you ROC'ed it!

Jen and Chris recently completed a challenging 26.1 mile walk from Corfe Castle to Weymouth. They surpassed their £720 fundraising target. It’s not too late to show your support! For more information go to: https://rohcharity.org/jurassic-coast-ultra-challenge/

The first of many bespoke mental health training sessions being delivered by Dr Iain Bourne to equip staff with the necessary training & understanding needed to appropriately care for patients with mental illnesses. The training was adapted for the benefit of the Orthopaedic Hospital staff. The staff were given the skills, guidance and
techniques to support a person who may present as mentally distress whilst attending the ROH.

The NHS celebrates its 76th anniversary on Friday 5th July. To commemorate and to bring the community together, ROC are organising a Summer Fete for later in the month, on Thursday 25th July. This is sure to be a fun day, open to all, and a great way to raise funds. The event will be from 10:00 – 14:00 outside the old physio gym in the car park. Traders are welcome.

Today we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on 6th June 1944, also known as D-Day.

Read our blog post to see how we showed our support and encouraged our community to get involved: https://shorturl.at/ffex1

A huge thank you to Bournville Village Primary School for crafting themed bunting to adorn our halls, promoting remembrance and sparking conversations.

Today is World Orthopaedic Day! Celebrating the day with all our colleagues here at ROH! Happy World Orthopaedic Day everyone!. For more information about the charity come visit us at: https://rohcharity.org/

Meet Pietro a recent patient at ROH who has been delighted with his experience “I’ve gone from being in daily, all-consuming pain before my knee replacement surgeries and walking slowly with a walking stick, to now being able to walk independently without a stick!” Pietro proudly wearing our ROC hoodie! For more information come visit us at: https://rohcharity.org/

Celebrate the 76th anniversary of the NHS on the 5th July and join us at our Summer Fete. This is sure to be a fun day, open to all, and a great way to raise funds for Royal
Orthopaedic Charity. Join us 10:00 – 14:00 outside the old physio gym. Traders are welcome, please reach out if interested on 0121 685 4379 or email us on: [email protected]