UCH London Nurses’ Charity
UCH London Nurses' Charity
The UCH London Nurses’ Charity is a non-profit making organisation for all nurses past and present of University College London Hospital. You can become an associate member if you trained at the ‘old’ UCH, were a student nurse at UCLH or worked or work at UCLH now. The UCH London Nurses’ Charity is run by Trustees who are all volunteers and we’re always looking for new members of UCLH to join them in trustee work.
The Aims (objects) of UCH London Nurses' Charity
To advance the health of patients being cared for in hospital and in the
community. Advancing the education of associate members by providing grants
and bursaries.
Providing a network to assist associate members to communicate with each other.
The relief of poverty and financial hardship among associate members of
the Charity by providing grants, items and services to those in need.
Joining the Charity
Becoming an associate of the UCH London Nurses’ Charity entitles you to the annual magazine which publishes updates on the work of the Charity, hospital, colleagues, and friends. It also publishes details of biannual Charity functions.
We charge £20 per year for an annual associate membership.
New Members Only Page
We have just published a new Members Only page, the link to it can also be found at the top of the page. This is only open to Associate Members. To gain access please request the password by email: contact@uchlondonnursescharity.co.uk
Our UCH London Nurses’ Charity office
The UCH London Nurses’ Charity office will no longer be manned on a regular basis but all post is received and opened. Please do not ring but use our contact form to communicate with the trustees. The Secretary and the Administrative Assistant will respond to any messages via the contact form.
Members of the Benevolent Fund Committee are contacting those of our older associates regularly, who expressed a wish to be contacted.
If you know of an associate member who does not have access to email, please write to them to inform them that the office is not manned regularly and suggest/advise that they contact the Benevolent Fund Chair Dr Anne Arber by post at the Charity office address:
UCH London Nurses’ Charity
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust,
Trust Headquarters 2nd floor Central,
250 Euston Road,
London NW1 2PG
Associates have now joined The UCH London Nurses' Charity
Our Mission & Vision
The UCH London Nurses’ Charity help maintain a strong professional bond with nursing colleagues
Associate membership of the UCH London Nurses’ Charity works to maintain a strong professional bond with nursing colleagues and a link between the past and the present through social events, news and articles.
A day in the life of UCLH
A short film
A short film showcasing some of the services at the hospitals run by University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Educational Grants and Scholarships
The Charity offers two sources of grants to Associate Members looking to undertake further study.
Janet Hull Memorial Fund Travel Scholarship and Education Fund Grants.
Welcome
From the Chair of UCH London Nurses’ Charity, Professor Helen Allan
Annual Charity Meeting UCH London Nurses’ Charity
18th April 2026 at 14.30am Grafton Hotel, London
Chair’s report 2025/6
This is my eighth report as Chair of UCH London Nurses’ Charity. My thanks to the trustees, members of the Benevolent Fund Committee and volunteers for their work and commitment. During 2025, we have continued to award a small number of education and benevolent fund grants. The main focus this year has been on planning the closure of the Charity as reported and discussed at the ACM 2025 and in the Magazine 2025 circulated to associate members.
As you will know, the Charity comprises three funds: i) General Fund and PayPal account, ii) Educational Fund and iii) Benevolent Fund, the latter two being restricted funds. In 2025 the General Fund served to pay the administrative costs of the Charity that support the charitable activities, such as the production and distribution of the annual magazine to all associate members, upkeep and development of the website, and travel expenses for volunteers engaged in administrative activity. The Charity also raises funds and collects membership subscriptions and donations, which together with the returns from investments, make up the income of the Charity. It distributes funds to a small number of nurses in financial need or who require support for their education and professional development.
About our Chair
I was in Set 214 at University College Hospital, and registered as a nurse in 1978. I worked for 13 years in acute care, spending 10 months in Orthopaedics at Kings College Hospital London, doing my ICU course at Guys Hospital, and then spending six years as a ward sister in intensive care/5.1 at UCH. I left in 1987 and completed a BSc Sociology at the London School of Economics, London University. I then trained as a nurse teacher and taught social sciences and nursing at Bloomsbury College of Nursing & Midwifery and then at the Royal College of Nursing Institute. I completed my PhD in Nursing part time at Manchester University in 2000. For many years I worked with Professor Pam Smith at the University of Surrey in the Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education, becoming Director of the Centre until 2012. I have held Chairs at the Universities of Surrey, York and since 2014 at Middlesex University. I use feminist research methodologies, qualitative and mixed methods and action research. My research and practice interests include nursing education, practice learning, health care organisations and reproductive technologies, women’s health and midwifery.
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We aim to share our experiences, help through our benevolent fund and manage our education and travel scholarship
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A new partnership with Cavell
The Trustees of the UCH London, Nurses’ Charity (UCHLNC) are delighted to announce a new partnership with Cavell. From 30th March, 2026, Cavell will be administering our Benevolent Fund. The fund will continue to be available to associate members.
Planned Closure of UCH London Nurses’ Charity, December 2027
UCHL NC continues to support our ‘members’ and will go on doing so as usual, in the coming months. Here we share with you plans going forward.
Associate members will have read in the 2025 Magazine, that following an in-depth strategic review the Trustees have made the difficult decision to work towards closing the UCH London Nurses Charity. We are seeking a new beginning for our assets with an appropriate larger charity (or charities), that will undertake to continue our grant-giving functions for the benefit of UCH/UCLH nurses. We are also working on plans to celebrate our history and achievements.
New Associate Members Only Page
We have just published a new Members Only page, the link to it can also be found at the top of the page. This is only open to Associate Members.