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Saturday 14th September 2019 The Katherine Jacobs Trust were invited to attend the Fete organised by the D.A.R.T. (Deteriorating Adult Response Team) at Leicester General Hospital. The aim of the Fete was to raise money for Sepsis Trust and to raise awareness of Sepsis. The Fete was well attended by staff and their families and […]

As a team we wanted to thank you, for your kind donation to the Critical Care Outreach Team. We used your donation for 4 people in our team to attend this Sepsis Practitioner Forum in Kingston London: 5th AGM and Conference UKSPF on the 27th November 2018. I have written, on behalf of our team, […]

Our recent quiz night helped us to raise over £600. It was a huge success with over 80 people attending and a raffle raising over £300 with local businesses donating prizes. The winning team was the Sepsis team from the University Hospital of Leicester NHS trust. As well as winning the Quiz we also took […]

After a meeting with John Parker, lead consultant at Leicester’s hospitals it was agreed to work together to raise awareness of Necrotising Fasciitis (NF). Whilst the trust has been extremely successful in awarding grants to local schools it had been struggling to find a partner to support the medical objectives of the trust. The newly […]

The KJ Trust Ceilidh which was held on Saturday 18th March 2017 was a huge success. Everyone enjoyed the dancing and we raised an impressive £1,000. Thank you to everyone that came along to dance and enjoy the evening. Click the below link to view some dancing from the evening Ceilidh 2017  

Last Saturday saw the return of the KJ Trust Quiz Night. Over 90 people attended to take part travelling from as far as Manchester and Sheffield. The evening was a huge success raising over £750. As in previous years Jenny Winning was the quiz master ably assisted by Marcia and Reg. She did a splendid […]

Alan took part in the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 24th April on behalf of the Katherine Jacobs Trust. His target was to raise £100 per mile. He is delighted to report that he has achieved his goal by raising over £2,600 to date. He finished in an impressive 4 hours 13 minutes and 25 […]

Friend of the Trust, Linda Marten organised a cake sale and raffle on Friday the 4th of April. The event took place during the morning break in the staffroom of Stonehill High School, Birstall.

On Saturday 14th March the Katherine Jacobs Trust had its biennial Ceilidh at Quorn Village Hall. Over 70 supporters of the Trust attended the event, which included barn dancing, a cold buffet and a prize raffle The dancing began promptly 7:30pm and continued well into the evening. As in previous years, accomplished professional caller Charlie […]