COVENTRY University Hospital is appealing for volunteers to help staff its coffee shop and raise extra cash to care for patients.
Volunteers have manned the canteen at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, in Hillfields for 40 years.
But the service is now down to 18 volunteers – less than three-quarters of the number needed to adequately staff the coffee shop.
The store offers a vital service for 200 patients every day, including people who have had to fast before visiting the blood clinic for tests, and it raises cash to buy extra equipment to boost patient care.
The hospital site still runs blood clinics, a walk-in centre and other services, although the hospital itself has been downgraded since the opening of University Hospital at Walsgrave.
Barbara Poole, manager of the coffee shop, said: “Some mornings and lunch times we are absolutely rushed off our feet.”
“We should have three volunteers on really, but we don’t always have enough people to do that at the minute.”
Doreen Dunn, from Foleshill, has been volunteering at the hospital for 15 years and usually gives two hours, two days a week.
“I was on a day out with a friend and we were served a cup of coffee by someone else who was volunteering,” said Doreen.
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Sunday, June 14th, 2009Coffee now more costly than new laptop deals
Sunday, June 14th, 2009
PC Software
June 13th, 2009 by Rob
According to the latest findings from a popular broadband news site customers can now get themselves a laptop for less than a cup of coffee costs in a café on the high street with a new mobile broadband deal that includes a laptop.
A huge number of consumers have now been given a more cost effective way to buy a new laptop with the introduction of mobile broadband laptop deals, which allows users to spread the cost of paying for their laptop. Using these offers also allows users who normally would not have the money to pay for the higher end laptop costing ÂŁ500 or more to get them using these deals.
The monthly cost of these mobile broadband deals has dropped significantly in recent months and a great new deal being offered by 3 has reduced the cost even further, with a cost of £22.50 per month for a deal offering 15GB of data downloads and an Acer Aspire A150b laptop, which compared to the stand-alone mobile broadband package at £15 per month is only £7.50 more to take out. This difference in price for the laptop is the same as a coffee from a café each week would normally cost.
A spokesperson from the website said “With cheap laptop deals proliferating by the hour, the days of a laptop being thought of as a luxury purchase are long gone. Combining the purchase of a laptop with a mobile broadband connection can offer astonishing value. A price point of £22.50 a month for a laptop and 15GB of mobile broadband means that even in these troubled times, many people can afford to own a great laptop simply by making some small sacrifices. 3’s deal is a perfect offer for students or for anyone who wants to spread the cost of a laptop purchase.”
The monthly cost to users has been further reduced with the data usage allowance of 15GB, which according to experts who have found that most mobile broadband users only download 1.2GB of data each month on average, means that users exceeding their download limit is now something that rarely happens.
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Wed 17 Jun 2009 Summer Coffee Mornings
Saturday, June 13th, 2009South Cliff Methodist Church
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Coffeeheaven Says in early-stage offer talks
Saturday, June 13th, 2009UK-based coffee bar operator Coffeeheaven International Plc (COHC.L) said on Friday it was in early-stage talks with a potential suitor, adding that it had been approached by several potential strategic partners and investors.
The company, however, said that there was no certainty of an offer or that any offer made would be at a premium to the company’s current share price.
Coffeeheaven shares were up 13 percent at 21.75 pence at 1212 GMT on the London Stock Exchange Fri Jun 12, 2009
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