At the beginning of February, Louise Repper and Georgina Leighton from our Private Client team met with Penny Norris, Corporate and Trust Manager of the Colchester & Ipswich Hospitals Charity and was fortunate to receive a tour of the new Collingwood Centre.

The Collingwood Centre opened at Colchester Hospital in November 2019, replacing the Mary Barron Suite and Haematology Day Unit.

After 5 years of fundraising a total of £3.25 million including a million pounds contributed by an anonymous donor, the Collingwood Centre now brings together radiotherapy, chemotherapy and haematology under one roof for the first time at Colchester Hospital.

On their tour, Louise and Georgina noticed how much more modern and welcoming the centre was and Penny advised them that this new environment would aim to provide a significantly better experience for the hospital’s patients, their families and carers.

The Cancer Wellbeing Centre has also been opened and provides counselling, support services and holistic therapies alongside the Collingwood Centre.

In previous years we have been one of the selected participating solicitors to take part in ‘Make a Will Month’ for Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity. Instead of participants paying our fees, our Private Client department would give up our time and instead, our clients would donate to the charity.

In 2019, along with another local firm, we raised donations in excess of £2,600.

Helen Firth, Solicitor, who ran the scheme here at GoodyBurrett says “We are extremely proud and privileged to have been a part of the fundraising for the hospital. It has been incredible to see the Collingwood Centre open and to know that our firm has not only helped Colchester hospital but also our local community. Make a Will Month has been extremely successful over the years and we thank our clients for being so willing to participate in our fundraising. We’re looking forward to see what the future brings with regards to our continued fundraising efforts for the Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals Charity”.

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