Swansea Bay Health Charity has opened its first dedicated hub in Singleton Hospital.

It has replaced the former newsagents near the main entrance.

The hub is open Monday to Friday (8am-5pm) and will provide staff, patients and visitors with a ‘one-stop shop’ for information and updates on the charity’s fundraising projects and also how to make donations or support it in other ways.

The health board’s official charity plays a vital role in raising money for projects and activities that support patients, whilst it also supports a range of projects to improve the working conditions and support available to staff.

Lewis Bradley, Charity Support Manager, said: “We’re truly grateful to everyone who has helped get our very first charity hub up and running.

“We used part of a grant obtained from NHS Charities Together to design it while Mechatronics Systems Wales Ltd also helped with providing furniture, so without that help we wouldn’t have been in a position to officially open the hub.

“The hub will also allow us to engage with the wider public and staff to talk about fundraising and how 100% of donations goes back into supporting projects within the health board that will have a lasting legacy.”

Nuria Zolle, Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee, said: “The charity can now continue to grow and share the fine work it does, along with showing where fundraising is spent and how that helps the health board in terms of the care it provides.”