Support

Thank you for your support!

Every year our 100 volunteers give 16,000 hours of their time serving 150,000 customers with 130,000 drinks, 75,000 cakes and pastries and 125,000 freshly-filled rolls. All proceeds go to buy hospital equipment and other patient benefits. 
How we help

See how we help

We give all our profits back to buy equipment and other patient benefits for the hospital.

WHAT WE’VE DONE
Visit our cafés

Visit our cafés

Delicious selection of refreshments to eat in or take away, pay by cash or card.

FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE
Become a Volunteer

Become a Volunteer

If you have a few hours to spare each week, find out about how you can help.

FIND OUT MORE
Apply for a grant

Apply for a grant

From essential equipment and patient services to help for staff training.

HOW TO APPLY

League of Friends

Support the John Radcliffe Hospital by using our cafés to buy your coffee and teas, sandwiches and rolls, cakes and buns and lots more! The League of Friends Cafés are run by volunteers and all our profits are given back to the hospital to support hospital equipment and other patient benefits.

Did You
Know...

We also welcome donations or legacies to help us with our work. You can donate here

“By being a volunteer and joining in, feeling useful, meeting friendly people, being part of a team and part of our great NHS, all feels good to me.”

2019-02-05T13:22:19+00:00
“By being a volunteer and joining in, feeling useful, meeting friendly people, being part of a team and part of our great NHS, all feels good to me.”

“I love the friendly volunteers, the lovely fresh food and the fact that you can get proper tea made in a teapot!”

2019-02-25T11:52:34+00:00
"I love the friendly volunteers, the lovely fresh food and the fact that you can get proper tea made in a teapot!"

“The League of Friends volunteers are so friendly and the tea is the best in the hospital!”

2019-02-25T11:52:57+00:00
"The League of Friends volunteers are so friendly and the tea is the best in the hospital!"

“I’m very grateful to the League of Friends for their volunteering work, for providing such a friendly service and supporting our marvellous hospital for the benefit of all of us.”

2019-02-25T11:53:18+00:00
"I’m very grateful to the League of Friends for their volunteering work, for providing such a friendly service and supporting our marvellous hospital for the benefit of all of us."

“The people who work at the League of Friends turn a simple café into an extraordinary one.”

2019-02-25T11:53:39+00:00
"The people who work at the League of Friends turn a simple café into an extraordinary one."

“They give of their time for free so that the profits are higher (reduced staff costs) and all patients can benefit.”

2019-02-25T11:54:10+00:00
"They give of their time for free so that the profits are higher (reduced staff costs) and all patients can benefit. Who needs M&S and Prêt when we have the League of Friends? They make working at the hospital more pleasurable."

“The food is well presented and good quality and very reasonably priced. You can sense how much the volunteer staff value giving good, friendly service.”

2019-02-25T11:54:30+00:00
"The food is well presented and good quality and very reasonably priced. You can sense how much the volunteer staff value giving good, friendly service."

“Who needs M&S and Prêt when we have the League of Friends? They make working at the hospital more pleasurable.”

2019-03-08T16:39:05+00:00
"Who needs M&S and Prêt when we have the League of Friends? They make working at the hospital more pleasurable."

NEWS

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Our glorious volunteers at the Oxford Spires Hotel

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