The Soldiers' Charity has offered its support to Fisher House to allow it to keep doing its amazing work for military families. The charity gave a donation of £10,000 to sponsor one of the building's 18 bedrooms for a year.

Fisher House is located on the site of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and offers the 18 rooms as homes away from home for military families. The accommodation is provided totally free of charge for as long or as short as is needed so that families can stay close to those in the Armed Forces who are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

The rooms mean that families who are already under a lot of stress due to the illness or injury of a loved one, do not need to pay large sums of money for hotel stays or be miles away from home while their family member undergoes treatment. This is great for the family, as well as the serviceman or woman who is being treated, as they know their family is close by and is being looked after.

Rooms are available for any length of time, with Fisher House understanding that not all treatment takes a finite amount of time. The Soldiers' Charity's donation means that the Wellington Room can be provided to military families for another 12 months without charge. 

Laura Power from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham said: “The Soldiers’ Charity’s support of Fisher House means so much, both to the charity and to the House’s occupants, which include people still actively serving in the British Army, veterans, and the families of injured and ill military personnel. 

"Generous donations like this one enable us to keep on providing that safe haven for families going through an incredibly stressful ordeal, away from the clinical environment but still within walking distance of the hospital where their loved ones are receiving treatment.” 

Since Fisher House opened its doors in 2013, over 2,000 people have stayed there. Rooms have been occupied for around 11,000 nights of accommodation, saving military families an estimated £1 million.ADNFCR-2867-ID-801828667-ADNFCR

%d bloggers like this: