Topic: News

Fancy some lolly?

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  We are hoping to spread a little sunshine by giving our supporters the chance to win up to £5,000 this summer. Our annual Summer Raffle has now launched and we are asking local people to make a difference to our patients by purchasing tickets for the bumper draw. Money raised from raffle ticket sales… Read more »

Lets go quackers

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Ironbridge is set to go a bit quackers this weekend as the much-anticipated Lets Go Quackers Family Art Trail officially opens. Ten larger than life ducks will be on display at various points within the town between Saturday 5 May and Sunday 8 July before swimming off to Southwater in Telford where they will be… Read more »

Following in Jo’s footsteps

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The friends and family of a Telford woman say they will be ‘walking in her footsteps’ when they take part in a ladies-only charity walk next week. Jo Pearce, from Muxton, died at the age of 37 after losing her battle with breast cancer at the end of 2017. The mother-of-one’s friends and family have… Read more »

Super-fundraiser achieves his goal

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A super-fundraiser from Telford has achieved his goal of raising £20,000 for two charities. Deputy Mayor of Telford and Wrekin Cllr Raj Mehta set out to raise £10,000 for both our hospice and John Taylor hospice in Birmingham. The father of two set out on his mammoth fundraising efforts after being inspired by the work of… Read more »

Acclaimed author is coming to Shrewsbury

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Acclaimed author and palliative care pioneer, Dr. Kathryn Mannix, is coming to Shrewsbury to give a talk about her book ‘With the End in Mind’ on 17 May at the Shrewsbury Education Centre, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as part of Dying Matters Week. The book, which is a Sunday Times Bestseller, looks at the biggest taboo… Read more »

Stars to come out for three-day outdoor film festival

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Film fans and families are being promised a premiere with a difference when we host our first Sunset Cinema festival, in aid of our £5 million appeal. We are providing three nights of movie magic at Hawkstone Park Follies, near Shrewsbury. The showings of silver screen classics Some Like It Hot, The Lion King, and… Read more »

A legacy of love for Severn Hospice

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Gifts in wills are tremendously important to us, effectively paying for the treatment of one in five of our patients. We want to make our supporters more aware of how thinking of us in their wills can make a real difference to the families we care for. We are doing that in a number of… Read more »

Our plans race ahead

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Racegoers have helped our plans for the future get off to a flying start – by raising more than £50,000 at a special race day. More than 300 reception guests were among the hundreds more on the rails who attended Ludlow Racecourse’s charity race day in aid of our hospice last month. Now the final… Read more »

A colourful donation

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In recognition of the care his wife received Dave Garrington from Bayston Hill has presented staff at Severn Hospice with a beautiful oil painting. Dr Garrington commissioned wildlife artist Ben Waddam to create the piece depicting a local scene featuring Shropshire wildlife. The painting was presented to members of staff from the charity’s Perry Ward… Read more »

£5 million plan for future of hospice care

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Our £5 million expansion and enhancement plan of our facilities and services will take our care ‘beyond wards’ and into the future. We now care for four out of five patients in their homes rather than on our wards, with more people being looked after for longer, and with a greater range of conditions and… Read more »