With more than 300 staff and one thousand volunteers we are celebrating our people during a national campaign in support of hospice care. This week (9-15 October) is Hospice Care Week, and we’re shining a local spotlight on the range teams from across the organisation who work every day to provide hospice specialist and compassionate… Read more »
Patients, families and visitors to our hospice are being given added comfort by kind-hearted primary school pupils who have donated specially-written poems for all to read. Thoughtful 11-year-old pupils from last year’s Class 6KS at St Matthew’s C of E (Aided) Primary School and Nursery Centre in Donnington Wood, Telford sent a selection of hand-written… Read more »
While Christmas may be 13 Mondays away, we are already getting in the festive groove. Tickets for our Christmas raffle have gone on sale with a jackpot prize of £5,000. Each year we hold two raffles – one in the summer and the other at Christmas. Support The care and support we give to thousands… Read more »
Our Dragon Boat Festival was such a success that our loyal supporters raised more than £65,000. The two-day event was held in July with hundreds of people flocking to the River Severn in Shrewsbury. And now plans are underway for next year’s festival which will be on the weekend of July 20-21. Champions The water-based… Read more »
Patients receiving intravenous medications can now do so with freedom and dignity – thanks to two members of our staff. Amanda Tormey and her friend and colleague Mel Pugh work at Apley. They both care for and support people living with incurable illness – Amanda is a creative therapist and Mel is a healthcare assistant. … Read more »
Nurses are being invited to on-the-spot interviews at our first ever jobs days. We’re encouraging those interested to come along anytime between 8am and 5pm to our sites at Apley Castle, Telford on 28 September and Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury on 29 September to meet the team and find out more about rewarding careers in nursing…. Read more »
Families attending a Christmas event to remember loved ones are being offered a free shuttlebus to take them there. Severn Hospice’s annual Lights of Love marks its 25th anniversary on Sunday 3 December and brings together families and friends for a poignant candlelit service of carols, music and readings, culminating in the lighting of a… Read more »
More patients who need specialist hospice care will be able to stay at home in future, thanks to changes we’re making to our services. We care for people living with incurable illness from across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Mid Wales of which four out of five patients are cared for at home. And from… Read more »
The mayor of Shrewsbury has officially opened the town’s newest charity shop. Councillor Becky Wall cut the ribbon at our 31st shop which is in Bicton Heath. Retired Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, who is also the charity’s president, was also present along with our chief executive Heather Tudor, head of retail Carla… Read more »
The Mayor of Great Dawley is gearing up for a marathon bike ride in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for us. On September 8, Councillor Ian Preece will begin his cycle journey from Land’s End to John o’ Groats, and he aims to do it in 99 hours. Record The traditional distance by… Read more »
