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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
There was cause for celebration in Market Drayton when we opened our first shop in the town. We threw open the doors of our new community shop on Cheshire Street on Thursday (March 7). And we’re banking on it being a huge success – we have moved into the former home of the town’s branch… Read more »
