Charity looks forward to new move We have been handed the keys to our new £5 million centre which provides better facilities for our day services. The new extension at our hospice in Bicton, Shrewsbury will house our community services and teams. And, in a first, there will be opening a café – serving everyone, not just our patients and visitors. February Once the final touches have been made… Read more »
Matron steps down after 31 years’ service She has been a calming presence for more than 30 years, but now one of our most senior nurses is preparing for her final shift. After caring for thousands of people over her 31 year-long career, Helen Duce will be stepping down from her role as Matron of… Read more »
Staff are going the extra mile to keep Christmas magical for families living with incurable illness. In the days leading up to 25 December, our hospice normally becomes a hub of festive activities as patients and relatives come together and celebrate. Choirs and school pupils usually visit wards and sing carols, families can request special… Read more »
Pounds roll in for determined Shropshire runner When a senior manager for the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business, decided to run the London Marathon, she aimed to fundraise for her local hospice in memory of a dear friend. Sian Powell from Cleobury Mortimer started a rigorous training programme, organized quizzes and raffles and… Read more »
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 »
