About us
I would like to introduce you to a new charitable organisation, Friends of Hastings House, set up to supplement the core services provided by the Hastings House medical team in Wellesbourne and Kineton, through the NHS.
There are several key points that the trustees wish to focus on:
Our intention is that the services and facilities we fund will be additional to those provided through Hastings House as part of its NHS remit
We want to ensure particularly in the early months that we provide some services relevant to a wide range of patients
Our remit is to help the 12,500 patients of Hastings House across the 19 communities in which they reside
Working closely with the Hastings House Team, the charity aims to:
Take a forward-thinking innovative approach to attract people of all ages to help and support the range of services required and use other volunteer organisations to provide enhanced support to vulnerable people.
Use our charitable status to apply for grant funding and use fundraising activities to provide resources to support its aims and objectives.
Coordinate with relevant stakeholders such as Orbit Housing, Parish and District Councils, WCC, HHMC and other organisations to enhance and expand support services.
Have a clear communication strategy to engage with the local community and reach out to those who require support
Our current objectives:
To ensure funding for a Dementia Navigator based at Hastings House requiring funding of £4000 per year
Provide a Mental Health counsellor for two evenings a week to support teenagers and young adults, requiring funding of £5000 per year
Purchase of an ambulatory blood pressure machine at a cost of £1860 - done
Purchase of a Bovie Derm 942 machine to assist with minor ops surgery at a cost of £2,650-done
Friends of Hastings House is beginning to develop a longer-term plan with the core objective of providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and services, not normally provided by the statutory authorities and ancillary to those provided by the medical team, which will be communicated at a later date.
All of this will of course require significant sums of money which can only be achieved by a combination of grant funding; generosity of local businesses; & personal donations.
Keith Greetham
Chair Friends of Hastings house.
Meet Our Trustees
Keith Greetham CHAIR
I have lived with my wife Elizabeth in Moreton Paddox since 2006; I am a great wine lover and have been a fan of Wolverhampton Wanderers for more years than I care to admit .
Professionally I chair two businesses in the technology and the events sectors, together with an automotive parts supplier based locally.
If life has taught me anything it is that giving back is very rewarding and I relish the opportunity to make a difference through Friends of Hastings House.
Joanne BaileyTRUSTEE
A south warwickshire girl born & bred, I have lived in Wellesbourne since 1999.
A former NatWest banker who started life in Stratford upon Avon branch before spending most of my time specialising in credit risk in Birmingham and later in London before taking early retirement in 2021 after nearly 40 years.
Love sport (mainly from armchair though these days), gardening, reading, theatre (have to, being so close to Stratford upon Avon) and daytime socialising now have the freedom to!
Eileen EdwardsTRUSTEE
Eileen has lived in Moreton Morrell for 7 years after moving from the Banbury area when she retired from Local Government.
A qualified Environmental Health Officer and former Head of Environmental Services at Cherwell District Council where she was the lead officer for Health and was actively involved in the Save the Horton Hospital campaign and was a non executive on the Trust Board.
In her leisure time she enjoys walks in the beautiful local countryside, gardening and going to the theatre.
Katie Lennon TRUSTEE
I grew up in Dublin and studied chemistry at UCD before moving to Warwick to study Medicine. Having graduated from Warwick Medical School in 2007 I worked locally before settling at Hastings House surgery.
I have worked here at Hastings House for over 10 years and live locally with my Husband and 3 children.
Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my family, running and travelling.
Dr. Jo Pearcy TRUSTEE
Jo works as a GP at Hastings House. She is married with 2 children. Most weekends are spent watching her boys play football and rugby.
Hobbies include tennis, cycling and being part of the village book club.
FOHH is important to the surgery to help us enhance the quality of care that we can offer to patients. It will enable us to provide additional services and equipment not currently funded by the NHS.
Martin Read-Jones TRUSTEE
I have been a full time GP at Hastings House Medical Centre since 2004.
My week includes regular sessions of skin surgery, training GP registrars and attending our Nursing home in Kineton.
At home I am constantly entertained by two children now in Secondary School. A keen gardener and when time permits, I try to hit a ball of either the stationary or moving variety.
Keith ThomasTRUSTEE
Keith lives in Wellesbourne with his wife.
He has three grown children and five grandchildren, all boys.
He has worked in the financial services sector for over 40 years and currently works freelance with a number of companies in the UK and abroad. He is supposed to be retired but…….. enough said about that.
Keith is a passionate football fan and regularly attends matches at Goodison Park in Liverpool. He is also a keen fish keeper, tropical and pond fish.
Heidi WilliamsTRUSTEE
Heidi has lived in Wellesbourne since 1997 and has recently retired from a 42 year nursing career, her last post was Practice Community Nurse at Hastings House .
Heidi wishes to continue supporting the practice by raising Funds for services which the NHS do not provide , her passion is Supporting Dementia Patients within the community and their carers .
Meet Our Volunteers
BarbaraVOLUNTEER
This is Barbara one of our volunteers selling tickets for our Easter raffle.
