Our Services and Impact

The funds we raise through donations, shop income and legacies keep the Friends Shop stocked and open seven days a week allowing the surplus to be returned to the hospital community through our Grant schemes.

Friends Shop

The Friends Shop offers a wide range of greeting cards for every occasion, stationery, jewellery and gifts, as well as personal hygiene items including toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo and pill boxes.

There is an expanding selection of things that you may have forgotten or need in an emergency, such as postage stamps, paracetamol, hearing aid batteries, menstrual hygiene items, fans, phone chargers, reading glasses and simple underwear.

Friends of King’s College Hospital merchandise includes mugs, T-shirts, hoodies, keyrings, pin badges, pens and postcards, plus A4 and A3 prints depicting local landmarks such as Ruskin Park and Denmark Hill station. Not to forget the Faith in Nature refill station!

The shop is normally open:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

9am - 6pm

9am - 5pm

9am - 6pm

9am - 4pm

10am - 4pm

Map of the ground floor of King's College Hospital Denmark Hill showing the location of the Friends Shop

These hours are subject to change with volunteer availability. The shop opens on Bank Holidays when volunteers are available.

Grants

Since 2022 the Friends of King’s College Hospital and the Kingfishers have awarded over £230,000 in grants to improve the hospital experience for patients and staff. We make grants independently and also work in conjunction with the hospital's second charity, King’s College Hospital Charity. Some recent grants include:

£9,435 toward the refurbishment of Murray Falconer Ward facilities for Young Adults
£4,345 towards the refurbishment of the Charles Polkey Ward day room
£1,272 for distraction packs for the Trauma Team to give to patients to reduce stress and confusion
£2,339 on a sofa and table for the Endocrine and General Surgery Team
£100 for thank you gifts for King’s Volunteers
£291 for freshen-up packs for family members of Palliative Care patients
£4,564 on the conversion of a storage room into a wellbeing space in the Camberwell Sexual Health Centre
£30 on condolence cards for the Integrated Respiratory team to give to families
£3,377 for furniture for the quiet room and relatives' room for Liver ITU
£3,032 for furniture and accessories for the PALS office
£57 worth of incentives for a research survey carried out on International Women's Day
£3,056 for furniture and decorations for the space used for those on end-of-life care on Marjorie Warren ward
£299 to provide equipment for the hairdressing services provided through the Volunteers Office
£177 for a microwave and sandwich toaster for the Charles Polkey Ward staff room
£5,940 for a Reminiscence Interactive Therapies Activity (RITA) machine for the Dementia & Delerium team
£2,940 for two sleeper chairs for the Murray Falconer Ward to allow parents to stay in hospital with their young adult children
£1,058 on a fluid warming cabinet, image projector and projector stand to improve the comfort of patients being treated in the Outpatient Hysteroscopy department
£120 on prizes for the Hydration & Nutrition awards
£225 for a fridge for the staff on the surgery and bed management team
£6,095 for a charge box for the Paediatric Emergency Department
£1,750 for a cuddle cot for the Paediatric Bereavement Team
£2,000 for books for the Palliative Care team to help children understand illness and death
£2,541 on positioning supports for premature babies on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to ensure good development
£810 on scales for babies discharged from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to allow them to be monitored at home
£269 on light-up trees to be used for baby-loss services
£815 for materials to support teens newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes