Families say Easter thank you to frontline NHS workers

The group of Brighton mums, dads and children were chatting on WhatsApp about how they could show their gratitude and came up with the idea of collecting money to buy chocolate for the Royal Sussex staff, including the research team (pictured here) who are leading on Covid-19 clinical studies, and the team at Charter Medical Centre in Hove.

The group managed to raise £770 which they used to buy chocolate 500 chocolate pizza slices at a very discounted rate from Gourmet Chocolate Pizza.

Roedean School parent Annika Mombauer came up with the idea and contacted friends from various WhatsApp groups to ask if they would donate. The response was immediate.

She explained: “The money came in and I contacted Gourmet Chocolate Pizza and they were so good. They gave us a big discount and shipped the chocolate to me for free. So, in the end I had about £1130 of Easter chocolate to give to NHS staff.

“I spoke to a fellow Roedean parent Dr Mindy Clarke who is a consultant at the Royal Sussex and we sent a lot of the chocolate to staff there. You can see from the picture featuring a lot of the Royal Sussex’ Covid-19 research team, that they really appreciated it! I also know a parent who is a GP and she said all the GP surgeries were really struggling so everyone who worked at Charter got an Easter gift. Another friend is an A&E consultant in Southend so all the staff at that hospital got chocolate too.

“I know it is only a little thing but we wanted to raise a little smile for all the NHS workers who are working so hard for all of us. It is just nice to be thought of in these awful times.”

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