St Giles Trust reports on the Gunmakers’ fundraiser
Following the magnificent fundraising effort in 2019 by Past Master Diana Berry in support of the St Giles Trust and the Royal London Hospital’s Violence Reduction Trauma Unit in 2019, the trust has now produced its impact report. The campaign raised some £75,000 from Gunmakers and friends and has ensured the provision of a case worker to work with the Major Trauma Centre at the Royal London, which treats some of the most seriously injured patients across London, including victims of violent crimes such as assault and gun or knife crime. The number of young people admitted aged 11-25 is high. By offering them help at a time when they are most in need, this pioneering work breaks the cycle of violence thus preventing the young people being discharged back to the same situation which put them in hospital in the first place. Assistance was also provided to a sister unit in Coventry. Read more …here…
