Big Give doubles donations for Florence Nightingale Foundation

Supporters of the Florence Nightingale Foundation are being urged to use the Big Give website page during the next few days to raise money for the charity’s Frontline service.

Between now and midday on Tuesday, December 5, any donation which is made to the charity via the Big Give website will be doubled thanks to Florence Nightingale Foundation’s pledge funders ShinyMind and Candis Club. 

​Funds raised for the charity during the Big Give campaign will go to the Nightingale Frontline peer support service.

In the past year, 84 per cent of nurses and midwives reported a decline in their mental health and research shows a strong connection between the quality of patient and health care and the emotional and mental well-being of health and care staff.

A spokesperson for the charity said: “Our Nightingale Frontline service launched in April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide an online support service for nurses and midwives across the UK.

“At that time, our goal was to provide emotional well-being support for all nurses and midwives as they battled the unprecedented demands of the pandemic on a daily basis. Today, the service remains in very high demand.

“To date, FNF has supported over 3,500 participants across the health, social care and the voluntary sector.

“Attendees have found real value in working through leadership challenges, and thinking through new approaches to difficult situations.

“Please help us reach our Big Give campaign target of £20,000 to support even more nurses and midwives.”