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Final straight for river festival

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12 July 2024 Dozens of teams are poised to make a record-breaking splash when they take part in our flagship fundraiser next weekend.  We are marking its 35th anniversary this year and is hoping the milestone will inspire teams taking part in its Dragon Boat Festival to raise even more sponsorship.  Held on the river… Read more »

Smiling members of Severn Hospice personnel stand together holding a sign that says "We're stepping it up!"

Join us for an extra-large step challenge this September

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10 July 2024 Will you join our step challenge to support our care and help us mark our 35th anniversary? Every year, our nurses and care teams walk an average of 10,000 steps a day while providing specialist support that means so much to local people who need it. None of this would happen without… Read more »

Club’s incredible charity support

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1 July 2024 Visitors to our hospice can access a newly created woodland area thanks to a generous donation from a Shropshire support group.  Shrewsbury and District Breathing Club recently made a generous donation to us which has allowed us to create a calm and beautiful woodland area at our hospice site in Bicton for… Read more »

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Cheers to volunteers

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03 June 2024 Our volunteers will be tucking into thank you treats all this week as part of a national celebration to recognise the contribution they make to local communities. This year we are marking our 35th anniversary, so our support for National Volunteers’ Week this year has even more significance. Volunteers have been central… Read more »

Charity joins forces with veterans’ organisation

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03 June 2024 We are working with a Shropshire Council-run veterans’ organisation to provide a ’safe space’ where former members of the Armed Forces can meet to swap information and ideas.   Our community engagement lead Deb Wallace has liaised with Sarah Kerr, Shropshire Council’s Armed Forces outreach coordinator following a successful collaboration when we signed… Read more »

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Welcoming visitors at our open gardens

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14 May 2024 Gardeners and plant lovers are being invited to two special days this month as we open our gates to our award-winning gardens. The hospice sites at both Telford and Shrewsbury will be open for visitors to explore and enjoy our extensive grounds that have been designed especially to create a comforting, calming… Read more »

Shop team standing outside of shop with large 10th birthday balloons

Lawley shop celebrates tenth anniversary

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Loyal customers of our Lawley shop have been thanked for raising more than £1 million for hospice care as we celebrate our tenth birthday in the town. Severn Hospice supporters, volunteers and local shoppers joined the birthday party to mark a decade since our doors opened for the first time. We have to raise £2… Read more »

Festival looking ship-shape for charity 

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Preparations are well underway for our headline fundraising event which takes place in Shrewsbury later this year.  Things are shaping up well for our Dragon Boat Festival when a more 45 teams will take to the waters of the River Severn.  Oar-some The oar-some event raises thousands of pounds each year. Sponsored again this year… Read more »

Gold Bond runners limber up for Marathon

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A dozen athletes will be running the London Marathon this month for Severn Hospice.  Amongst those taking on the April 21 challenge is Verity Jones, from Shrewsbury. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 – exactly a week after her sister Maxine had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  Despite rounds of chemotherapy and extensive… Read more »

Pontesbury Dental Practice celebrate reaching the top of Earl's Hill in Shropshire whilst taking part in Severn Hospice's Pontesbury Potter challenge on Saturday.

Hundreds raise vital funds and brush off their boots for charity

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More than 400 people took to the Shropshire Hills and stepped up in support of our hospice on Saturday.  Pontesbury Potter is our longstanding fundraising event and helps raise thousands of pounds towards our care for local people living with incurable illness.   Inspirational The event, which started at Mary Webb School and Science College, raised… Read more »