Congleton’s communities gather to celebrate centenary year of Congleton War Memorial Hospital

Hundreds of people gathered on Bank Holiday Monday at Congleton Park to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of Congleton War Memorial Hospital.

The weather couldn’t spoil the 1920s-themed event, which was hosted by Congleton Town Council and commemorated the centenary of the beloved site that has served the town for 100 years.

A vibrant mix of activities were on hand to transport people back to the twenties, with fabulous musical performances from Silk Brass Band and Swing Band, Swingamathing.

Staff from Aston Unit at the hospital were also dressed in nursing uniforms from decades gone by, whilst East Cheshire NHS Charity showcased the opportunity to the public to learn more about its Wellbeing Appeal, which is raising monies to provide ways of improving the wellbeing of patients, staff and volunteers.

East Cheshire NHS Trust Chief Executive, Ged Murphy also made an appearance and thanked crowds for supporting their local community hospital. He said: “A huge thank you to the people of Congleton for supporting the hospital at today’s event.

“It’s a massive part of the community which we are fully aware of, and we look forward to opening the new Community Diagnostics Centre on the site very soon.”

Kay Wesley, who was recently appointed the new Mayor of Congleton added: “A huge thanks to everyone that came down to join the celebration of our War Memorial Hospital's 100th birthday.

“The hospital is such a central part of all our lives and when I asked, lots of people there put their hands up to say they were born in the hospital, and I certainly have used its services many times for my family from birth to old age. We are very lucky to have it.”

For more information on East Cheshire NHS Charity’s Wellbeing Appeal and how you can support it, please click here.

If you’d like to get involved in fundraising for East Cheshire NHS Charity, as an individual, group or workplace, or could nominate them as a charity of the year partner, get in touch with the fundraising team on ecn-tr.ecnhscharity@nhs.net  or visit https://eastcheshirenhscharity.org/

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Notes for editors

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• East Cheshire NHS Trust is the main provider of acute and community health services for people across East Cheshire. The Trust is based at Macclesfield District General Hospital, and also manages Congleton War Memorial Hospital and Knutsford and District Community Hospital.
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• East Cheshire NHS Charity goes above and beyond standard Government funding to make your local NHS that extra special. From supporting staff health and wellbeing to providing toys to brighten up our young patients’ days to making long stay patients feel more at home – our mission is to make a visible difference. You can make a donation to the charity on JustGiving here.