Oar-some foursome take on Atlantic for charity One boat, four men, 3,000 miles. That is the challenge a crew of four from Shropshire have set themselves – to row across the Atlantic and raise thousands of pounds for charity. The Wrekin Rowers have already begun their training for the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, which gets… Read more »
Charity has super plans for store’s reopening We are all ready to leap out of lockdown and step into Christmas with extra Sunday opening hours for its high street shops. The pandemic in March forced us to close all 28 of our fundraising shops until the summer. And when the second English lockdown struck, we… Read more »
We have launched a brand new Christmas product and are urging Christmas shoppers to turn virtual gifts bought from our website into real help for families living with incurable illness. We been hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic and face a £500,000 fundraising deficit. All our high street shops were closed for a second time when England… Read more »
Kind-hearted and green-fingered customers at a Telford garden centre have raised £2,000. Lakeside Garden Centre in Priorslee stocked up on ‘Rainbow’ narcissi bulbs and made the decision to sell them in aid of us. And they never guessed their venture would be such a blooming success. The packets of bulbs flew off the shelves as… Read more »
Fundraising pensioner beats lockdown by going online A well-known Shrewsbury pensioner, who has raised thousands of pounds for us, has swapped her collection bucket for a mousemat and turned to the internet to fundraise. For more than 20 years, the Beharrell family have raised thousands of pounds for us in donations from shoppers visiting Shrewsbury’s… Read more »
Latest lockdown measures have left us reeling as we have been forced to close all our shops for a second time and we face more restrictions on our fundraising. We have to raise more than £8 million a year from the public to provide our services. Devastated Our finances were devastated by the spring lockdown,… Read more »
An extra special guest arrived at our hospice this week. Pip Haywood, his mum Becki and brother Oskar dropped by after being specially chosen to receive one of our brand-new robins. Following the success of our sell-out ironwork forget-me-nots back in 2016, we have launched our seasonal hand-painted keepsakes. Presented Pip, 10 was presented with… Read more »
In the five years since his wife passed away at our hospice, Alan Cartwright has returned time and time again. And he wants to share their story of care to support this week’s Hospice Care Week. “It’s never been more important to support the hospice. I will do what I can for as long as… Read more »
Over three decades, two super supporters from Shrewsbury have raised thousands of pounds for us. Anne and Brian Hobson began fundraising 30 years ago and since then they have raised a staggering £38,000. From small beginnings, they have gone on to make wooden toys and birdboxes, organised fetes and auctions, and sold eggs and garden… Read more »
Bargain hunters will be in for a treat this month when we reopen 12 more of our community shops. We closed all 28 of our shops at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdown has meant that we lost the ability to raise £100,000 a week. But since June, the community shops have gradually been reopening. Our retail staff have worked hard… Read more »
