Generous Corby rainbow royal call t-shirt buyers treat community hospital staff to pub lunch

The presentation was made by five-year-old Kaydyn Mcveigh to medical staff at the Corby facility
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Sales of a special t-shirt design worn by a shielding Corby schoolboy as he chatted to Prince William during lockdown have paid for a treat for all staff members of a Corby medical facility.

Kaydyn Mcveigh, who was born with cystic fibrosis, chose the garment emblazoned with a rainbow saying 'Thank You NHS' for his video call with the Duke of Cambridge.

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The special charity range had been printed by the Cath Roberston of the Corby-based Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company and raised £1,000 during lockdown.

Kaydyn and Cath visited Corby Community Hospital to present 56 meal vouchers to all the staff to gift them a meal at the Sondes Arms in Rockingham.

Cath said: "Corby people are amazing. If you need something Corby people will dig deep in their pockets and find you a pound.

"Both my grans were patients here and it's not a place that people hear about much and it gets overlooked."

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All 56 members of staff will be able to have a meal and a drink paid for by Cath's generosity.

l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5,  Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead), Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company)l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5,  Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead), Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company)
l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5, Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead), Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company)

Ward matron, Debra Tew, said: "It's lovely and really nice to be appreciated. The team will love it and the staff will be overwhelmed. I'm really grateful to Cath."

Since Kaydyn and his mum Leanne's chat with Prince William, the Exeter Primary School pupil has returned to classes and he's very excited to be back.

He said: "It's good to be back. I was very excited to see my friends. My favourite subjects are playing and PE.

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Mum Leanne said: "We feel safe. The school's done everything possible to keep us safe."

l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5, with  Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company) and  Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead),l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5, with  Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company) and  Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead),
l-r Kaydyn Mcveigh, 5, with Cath Roberston (Northamptonshire T-Shirt Company) and Debra Tew (Ward matron Corby Community Hospital) Joelen Grant (Senior Therapy Lead),

The sales of Cath's seven different rainbow t-shirts raised £1,000 and as well as paying for the hospital's treat, £180 has been donated to Motor Neurone Disease.

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