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Our Trustees and Directors

​Trustees of the Friends of Milton Keynes Hospital & Community 

All trustees are volunteers. The trustees ensure that the charity, Friends of Milton Keynes Hospital & Community fulfils the requirements of the Charity Commission. They approve where the money is spent and how the charity can move forward. 

Under good practice as laid out by the Charity Commission the trading arm of the charity, MK Friends Shop, is a limited company as shown below.

We are always looking for new trustees to help ensure that Friends of Milton Keynes Hospital & Community can move forward and help provide those little extras for patients in the hospital and community. If you are interested please email info@mkfriends.org.uk

Directors of MK Friends Shop

LFMKH Ltd is the registered company for the MK Friends Shop and the shareholders are The Friends of Milton Keynes Hospital & Community. All profits from the MK Friends shop is gift-aided to the charity. MK Friends Shop also pays rent to the Milton Keynes University Hospital.

Directors of the Company are all volunteers and are responsible for overseeing the operations of the shop and moving it forward to cater for the needs of patients, visitors, and staff within the hospital. 

For instance, in recent years they have developed the online shop, in response to COVID, allowing direct delivery to ward patients. This has been really appreciated by not only patients but also their friends and family as they have been able to order any time. MK Friends shop was the first in the country to launch this type of service to patients in UK hospitals. Since its launch in 2020 there have been other hospitals that have launched a similar system.

We are always looking for new directors who would help us run the shop. If you think you can help then please email info@mkfriends.org.uk

We also have seven paid staff that cover all the hours the shop is open and organise the day to day running of the shop.

We have a band of over 30 volunteers who do shifts operating the tills, serving the tea and coffee and going around the wards daily in the morning with newspapers, magazines, toiletries and a range of goodies.

One-Off Donations

Your support will help MK Friends fund more items for Milton Keynes University Hospital.

Over 40 Years of Supporting Patient Care in Milton Keynes
In 2019, MK Friends celebrated their 40th Anniversary. Read about MK Friends History