Giving a little can help a lot…
Our giving back to the community campaign allows us to support our chosen charities. We aim to give back to 12 different charities every year by donating part of our profits each month. Our charities are chosen by each member of our team.
We are so happy to support our charities and the amazing work they do during such difficult times. We are proud to be able to make donations each month that make an impact and help to change lives.
May 2025
For May, we have chosen to support the Mid and North East Essex Mind charity.
Mid and North East Essex Mind’s purpose is to offer hope and support for good mental health, so that no one feels alone. They provide mental health support services across Mid and North East Essex and work with communities, so everyone can understand how to take care of their mental health and get the support they need.
April 2025
This month we are supporting the Little Haven’s Children’s Hospice and Shannon Sharp, who will be running a half marathon in November, in memory of Jack Bowden. (Visit Shannon’s Just Giving page here)
The Little Havens charity provides specialist care and support for babies, children and young people living with complex or incurable conditions, from Essex and the surrounding boroughs. Their vision is “Making every day count”. This inspiring and worthy charity offer care and support for each child or young person, and their whole family, in their homes and at their hospice in Rayleigh, Essex.
Shannon’s fundraiser for Little Havens Children’s Hospice
Shannon will be running a half marathon in Norwich in November 2025, in memory of Jack Bowden who sadly passed away at the age of 14.
Good Luck Shannon from all at Meditech Endoscopy!
March 2025
We chose to support Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day in March. We came into the office dressed in red, and the keen bakers amongst us, rolled up their sleeves and baked a variety of Red Nose Day themed cakes to bring in.
By donating to Comic Relief Red Nose Day, they can provide support for someone in the face of poverty and injustice. The Comic Relief charity helps to fill the shelves of baby banks, community food centres, fund vital community led services like health workers, local youth safe spaces and ensure safe passage for people escaping danger.
They support local community organisations and brilliant change makers here in the UK, and across the globe.
February 2025
This month’s charity we have chosen to support is Tourettes Action. Tourette’s action is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to supporting individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families. The staff, volunteers and supporters are engaged and energised in driving forward their mission. Everything they do is grounded in their community’s needs and informed by both the voices of our community and research based evidence.
Their vision is to provide a world where people with Tourette syndrome are: accepted, supported and embraced. This is a world which enables people with the condition to reach their full potential.
Their mission is to support and empower people living with Tourette syndrome, and their loved ones, through comprehensive advice and support. To campaign to improve services, raise awareness and understanding of Tourette syndrome, and work to eliminate the stigma surrounding it. We will assist and promote essential research into Tourette syndrome.
January 2025
This month, we are proud to support the Harvey Hext trust.
The Harvey Hext Trust is a national charity that was originally created to help support bereaved Children, to keep alive loving memories of their brothers and sisters, or parent by supplying bespoke, personalised, wooden Memory Boxes and beautiful Memory Bears as a legacy to their lives. They support the mental and emotional wellbeing of bereaved children to come to terms with their loss.
The Harvey Hext trust was set up by Olivia and Spencer in memory of their son, Harvey. When Harvey died it became apparent that there was very little bereavement support for siblings. Olivia and Spencer were very kindly sent cardboard memory boxes, but they were concerned that cardboard was not durable and not special enough to contain such precious memories. The cardboard boxes were easily damaged and this was heartbreaking. They decided they would like to provide every bereaved sibling with their own bespoke wooden Memory box. Somewhere that was worthy of the precious items it was to hold.
December 2024
In December our chosen charity was Save the Children. To show our support the team gathered together in our Christmas jumpers!
The Save the Children charity assists families in the UK and globally with life saving basics such as food, shelter and clothing. This amazing charity helps children get the chance of a future that they deserve by making sure that children stay safe, healthy and learning. Their efforts are also focused on child protection, children’s rights, emergencies and child poverty.
November 2024
Our October charity is Movember Mens Health charity
Movember prioritises funding for the three biggest health issues facing men: mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Men’s health is in crisis. Men are dying on average 4.5 years earlier than women, and for largely preventable reasons.
Movember is uniquely placed to address this crisis on a global scale. We fund groundbreaking projects all over the world, engaging men where they are to understand what works best and accelerate change.
Donations to this worthy charity can fund medical research, groundbreaking tests and trials, life-changing men’s health programs and innovative treatments.
October 2024
Our October charity is Mental Health UK, in support of World Mental Health day 2024.
- 1 in 4 people in the UK has experienced a mental health problem.
- Mental Health UK are the charity for everyone’s mental health.
- They challenge the causes of poor mental health and give people the tools they need to live their best possible life at home, school, and work.
In a rapidly changing world, Mental Health UK brings together the heritage and experience of four charities from across the country who’ve been supporting people with their mental health for over 50 years. Working UK-wide, they delivery both national and local services that enable and empower people to understand and manage their mental health inn a person-centred and empathic way. They also provide support and services for some of the biggest society challenges that pose a threat to people’s mental health, including money issues, navigating through the system to get the right support, understanding mental health, loneliness and isolation, and resilience in young people.
September 2024
This month we have chosen to support the Macmillan cancer support charity and hold a Meditech coffee morning.
Macmillan Cancer Support charity supports people living with cancer. They provide services for people living with cancer at every stage of their cancer experience. They are there to provide emotional, practical, physical, and financial support for everyone and their cancer journeys.
They are 98% funded by voluntary donations, so fundraising is essential to them. By raising money, they can continue to provide vital cancer services, research and campaign to achieve better care and support the cancer workforce.
We managed to raise a grand total of £330 for this worthy charity, and we also got to enjoy some delicious cakes!
June 2024
In June, our chosen charity is Changing Pathways, who are a registered domestic abuse charity located in South and West Essex. This worthwhile local charity has been providing support to women and their children affected by domestic abuse in South Essex & Thurrock for over forty years.
They provide a range of community-based support and advocacy services to individuals subjected to domestic abuse, stalking and other forms of abuse.
Changing Pathways have two refuges that provide safe accommodation to adults and their children who are experiencing domestic abuse and are unable to stay in their own houses or access alternative accommodation.
May 2024
This month, Meditech Endoscopy are supporting Edie‘s Kindness Project
April 2024
This month is Bowel Cancer UK in support of Bowel Cancer Awareness month in April.
March 2024
Beads of Courage is a charity caring for the mental health and wellbeing of seriously ill children in the UK. The UK programme offers support and strength to families when they need it most.
Little Havens provides specialist care and support for babies, children and young people living with complex or incurable conditions, from Essex and the surrounding boroughs.They offer care and support for each child or young person, and their whole family, in their homes and at their hospice in Rayleigh, Essex.
February 2024
Alzheimers UK is a UK charity caring for those individuals and families of individuals affected by Alzheimers, a condition that affects and devastates the lives of 1 in 3 people. There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
January 2024
Gain is a UK charity that provides information and support for individuals affected by GBS, CIDP, Miller Fisher, MMN, and other related inflammatory neuropathies.
December 2023
savethechildren.org.uk is a UK charity, and globally, make sure children kept safe, healthy and learning. They’ve helped 45 million children across the world get the medicine, good food and education they need. Comprised of Over 600,000 supporters, alongside families, nurses, teachers and other workers.
Meditech Team in Christmas spirits, supporting Save The Children in December 2023
Otcober 2023
Breastcancernow.org is a UK charity focused on breast cancer research, and providing care and support in numerous ways to patients across the country. They have a wealth of information on their website, as well as support helplines for those undergoing treatment, and professional networks with specialist nurses. Their mission is to take the fear away from breast cancer diagnosis and we support their efforts wholeheartedly.
Meditech Team wearing pink in support of breastcancernow.org
September 2023
Bliss is a charity For babies born premature or sick. The charity supports the children and also the parents and families of those affected too.
https://www.bliss.org.uk/
August 2023
Gold Geese are a small, local charity providing tailored practical and emotional support to families of children and young people fighting cancer in the Southend and Basildon areas.
https://www.goldgeese.org/
July 2023
BLOODWISE (previously known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research) dedicated to funding research into all blood cancer including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma, as well as to offering information and support to blood cancer patients.
https://bloodcancer.org.uk/
