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Charity supporting research, education & innovation at St Mark's, the UK's national bowel hospital. RCN 1140930

31/12/2025

On New Year's Eve last year, Mark was facing an uncertain future. He now has a second chance at life. 💜

As we look ahead to 2026, patients like Mark remind us why we must keep pushing frontiers in research and education—to create a better future for everyone affected by complex, and rare, bowel diseases.

This future will be powered by our supporters.

Every donation to our seasonal appeal, no matter the size, helps transform lives. Join us in 2026, and be a part of .

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from the St Mark's Hospital Foundation team!🎄🎁⛄️💜✨

Today, as we celebrate the joy and warmth of Christmas, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to you, our incredible supporters. Our work supporting research, education and innovation at St Mark’s is only possible because of your generosity.

You have allowed us to undertake pioneering research, drive clinical improvements for patients, and improve the lives of individuals living with complex, and rare, bowel diseases.

Thank you for everything you do in support of our charity and specialist hospital.

Wishing you and your loved ones a happy, peaceful Christmas. Thank you for being part of our St Mark’s family 💜

24/12/2025

This Christmas, many people are facing uncertain futures because of complex bowel diseases. At St Mark’s, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our patients, helping them dream of a brighter future.

🎁 This season, you have the power to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people affected by complex bowel diseases by donating in support of our seasonal appeal, ✨The St Marks Difference’✨

Your donations help us take one step closer to a future where bowel disease is preventable, treatable, and ultimately curable. Let’s make a difference for patients together🌟

👉Donate here https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/st-marks-seasonal-appeal-2025 or via the link in our bio

Wishing you and your loved ones a healthy and joyful festive season 💜🎅🤗🎁✨

18/12/2025

This holiday season, there’s lots of ways you can make a difference and support St Mark’s vital work; making a difference in the lives of thousands of individuals affected by complex bowel diseases. ☃️🎁🎄

❄️ Give any amount to our seasonal appeal via the link in our bio! Every little bit helps. A big thank you to Yakult for its continued support towards this campaign

❄️ Raise awareness of bowel disease in your networks

❄️ Plan a Christmas party or other fundraising event

❄️ Share your St Mark’s story in the comments

❄️ Send this post to 5 friends

❄️ Sign up for easyfundraising and shop for a cause

Have a fundraising idea but need some support? Get in touch!
📨 Send us a DM or Email emma.klahr@nhs.net

17/12/2025

🥳 Congratulations to Silpa Chandran in the St Mark's IBD Nursing Team for her recognition at the NHS England Chief Nursing Officer Awards!

This award recognises the contributions of healthcare support workers who demonstrate the values of the NHS and build strong relationships with their colleagues, patients, and their patient's loved ones to provide outstanding care in their clinical setting.

We are so proud of Silpa's achievement. Join us in celebrating her and all the other amazing clinicians at St Mark's 💥🩺

12/12/2025

Showcasing our 2025 Seasonal Appeal: 🌟The St Mark’s Difference🌟

This festive season, make a difference with St Mark’s Hospital Foundation 🎅🎄🎁

St Mark’s has been driving advancements in cutting-edge treatments, ground-breaking research, and world-class patient care for nearly two centuries. Your support enables us to…

• Invest in research pushing the boundaries of what is possible for patients ➡️
• Fund the costs of our research fellows, the future leaders in gastroenterology and colorectal surgery🔬
• Deliver education to improve standards of care🎓
• Build toward a future free of the fear of bowel disease 💪

Patients like Mark remind us why we must keep pushing frontiers in research and education if we want to create a better future for everyone affected by bowel disease. This future will be powered by our supporters. Please consider donating to our seasonal appeal today. Thank you.

🔗Visit https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/st-marks-seasonal-appeal-2025 to give or use the link in our bio.

11/12/2025

At St Mark’s, we are at the forefront of clinical treatment. That’s the ✨St Mark’s Difference✨

Thanks to generous charitable support, St Mark’s became one of the first UK hospitals to use advanced robotics for colorectal surgery. For patients, this means less pain, faster recovery, reduced infection risk, and less visible scarring.

🔬Read more about how donations have helped advance St Mark’s vital research and clinical practice in our 2025 seasonal appeal

10/12/2025

At St Mark’s, our supporters inspire us with their generosity. That’s the ✨St Mark’s Difference✨

Following her dad’s experience as a patient, Caroline and her partner, Joe, completed a half marathon to raise money for St Mark’s. They joined our wonderful community of supporters, which includes historical figures like St Mark’s patient and novelist, Charles Dickens, as well as many other patients and their families.

💜Read about how philanthropy is powering research at St Mark’s in our 2025 seasonal appeal

09/12/2025

At St Mark’s, we measurably improve people’s quality of life. That’s the ✨St Mark’s Difference✨

This time last year, Mark was entering a new year facing an uncertain future. His struggle with Short Bowel Syndrome meant frequent hospitalisations, which took him away from family and darkened holiday moments.

After receiving surgery at St Mark’s, Mark now has a second chance at life, and Christmas with his loved ones will look very different this year.

👉You can be the reason that more stories like his are possible. Find out how in our 2025 seasonal appeal

08/12/2025

At St Mark’s, we see people, not just patients. That’s the ✨St Mark’s Difference✨

Meet Caroline and her dad, Mark.

In 2022, Mark’s life changed overnight. After emergency surgery, he was left with Short Bowel Syndrome and couldn’t absorb nutrition from food properly. For almost two and a half years, he survived only through an intravenous feeding system. In a dark and uncertain time, Mark’s referral to St Mark’s was a turning point for him and his loved ones.

✨Learn more about Caroline and Mark’s story in our 2025 seasonal appeal. A big thank you to Yakult for its continued support towards this campaign

07/12/2025

🌟Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week: James and Rob’s Story🌟

This September, Rob ran the Richmond Marathon to raise money for St Mark’s Hospital Foundation in support of his brother James who has Crohn’s Disease.

For most of his life, James struggled with symptoms of Crohn’s, experiencing severe abdominal pain, ulcers, bleeding, aches and pains throughout the body, and generalised fatigue. In 2024, he had his initial surgery, removing part of his large intestine. Unfortunately, this did not improve his symptoms, so earlier this year he made the brave and difficult decision to have the remainder of his large intestine removed, and has been adjusting to life with a stoma.

Rob’s decision to fundraise for St Mark’s came from seeing the real difference they made for his brother and others with complex bowel diseases. He shared,

“So why a marathon? To push myself right outside of my comfort zone. For James, a good day with Crohn’s was ‘just’ being uncomfortable. Most days were painful. Since his surgery he is improving day by day… Hopefully one day, James and I will run a marathon together!”

Read more about James’s story and Rob’s fundraising as he now gets ready to run the Edinburgh Marathon in May: https://www.givewheel.com/fundraising/9455/rob-runs-for-tums/ 💥🏃‍➡️

05/12/2025

We love our patient groups! 💜

This Thursday, for Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week, the St Mark's IBD Patient Panel, led by Chair, Manawar Saeed, set up a stall to increase people’s understanding of IBD and the patient support available at St Mark’s. The panel gives St Mark’s the opportunity to hear from patients about what works and what could be improved.

We were proud to join forces again with our nursing colleagues from the St Mark's IBD department and the Panel after teaming up on World IBD Day earlier this year, by sharing information about our work and giving out our awesome branded t-shirts, mugs, and water bottles in exchange for donations to the Foundation!

Join the panel today! If you're a St Mark’s patient, email LNWH-tr.patientpanelibd@nhs.net to get involved.

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https://www.stmarkshospitalfoundation.org.uk/, https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/st-marks-seasonal-appeal-2025

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