MITRE funded 50 stress-relieving sensory toys for teenagers and young people who visit the Paediatric Rheumatology Service at Musgrave Park Hospital. While the service provides a range of toys and awards for younger children, there is little support for older teenagers. Many of the young people cared for by the service live with chronic inflammatory […]
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Michael Rafferty’s friends and colleagues in the Belfast and NAM offices kindly donated £305 to MITRE in memory of Michael’s father, Harry Rafferty. Harry, a patient at Musgrave Park Hospital, passed suddenly on 13th May, 2025. Beloved husband to Jennifer, loving father to Michael, Aisling, and Ciara, and father-in-law to Laura, Andy, and Paul. Much
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We are grateful to Craigavon City Football Club and Sean Hyndman for their generous £500 donation to the MITRE Trust. Craigavon City Football Club organised a tournament to raise funds in memory of their good friend Andy Hyndman, Sean’s father, who sadly passed away in January 2024. Andy was a trauma and orthopaedic limb reconstruction
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MITRE contributed a total of £250,000 towards the construction of Horatio’s Garden at Musgrave Park Hospital’s Spinal Cord Injuries Unit. The beautiful and vibrant gardens are important places of reflection and adjustment for people facing life changing injuries and long stays in hospital. Every Horatio’s Garden has a team led by a head gardener, supported by
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Abigail and Bethany Colvin took part in a charity skydive to raise funds for MITRE Trust and Prostate Cancer UK. The charities are close to the sisters hearts as their lovely Mum Beth suffered a stroke during surgery to remove a brain tumour. Beth received her rehabilitation care in Musgrave Park Hospital. Their Dad was
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Shirley Dunn would like to thank MITRE for funding a much-needed wheelchair. The wheelchair has helped improve quality of life, and is much appreciated.
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Stephen Meredith and his son were moving a steel beam in the family’s yard on 12th August 2020 when the beam dropped and landed on top of Stephen. He sustained multiple broken bones, a punctured lung and was in a coma for 11 days after the accident. Stephen received his rehabilitation care at Musgrave Park
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Gerry Carey is a Spinal Cord Injuries patient. He kindly decided to raise funds for MITRE by setting himself a challenge to climb Croagh Patrick mountain, which he achieved, accompanied by his daughter. By completing the challenge Gerry raised a fantastic £1,300. MITRE would like to say a huge thank you to Gerry, who has raised
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We would like to thank BSG Civil Engineering Ltd, who are delighted to make this charitable donation to the MITRE Trust in recognition of the collaborative approach between all stakeholders which allowed an 800m long, 1.5m diameter, 7m deep tunnel to be completed along the front of Musgrave Park Hospital with minimal impact to the
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MITRE would like to say a big thank you to Gerry Carey for raising an amazing £3,500 for our charity. Gerry is a Spinal Cord Injuries patient in Musgrave Park Hospital. To show appreciation for all the treatment and care he has received, Gerry decided to raise funds for MITRE by completing a 5K run
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