Fourteen bankers spent a day lending a helping hand at Hospiscare’s Enterprise Centre (HEC) recently, before bouncing, wheeling and paddling down Exeter Quay to raise money for the local charity.
The team from RBS swapped spreadsheets and suits for Ebay and second-hand clothing to spend a day alongside staff and volunteers at the HEC, processing the donations and house clearance items which are brought to the Trusham Road site every day.
The team then got together just a few days later to take part in a marathon challenge along Exeter Quay, coming up with a whole host of...
Bringing care closer – East Devon Day Hospice Appeal: Help Hospiscare build a much-needed day hospice in the heart of East Devon
Are you a master baker, a champion knitter or a green-fingered gardener? Join us at one of our open events to find out how your hobbies and talents could fund a moment of care for patients with a terminal illness in the East Devon area.
Hospiscare is launching an appeal to raise £250,000 to complete and run a state-of-the-art day hospice in Honiton. Visiting a day hospice helps patients by providing advice, complementary therapies, activities and...
Wine tasting enthusiasts are set enjoy this year’s Open Day at Pebblebed Vineyard, Topsham in aid of Hospiscare.
Pebblebed Vineyard owner Geoff Bowen will offer hourly tours throughout Sunday 8 September to members of the public, with the chance to taste the Devonshire grape at its best. Visitors taking the tasting tour will uncover the processes involved in wine-making, and reap fruitful rewards in the tasting session afterwards!
The vineyard and wine tasting tours seek to raise vital funds for Hospiscare, the local charity providing free palliative care services to those...
Palmers Whitton and Laing’s brave Pam Preston is doing a skydive fundraiser for Hospiscare.
Employees at Palmers Whitton and Laing are rallying around Pam Preston, as she prepares to skydive for Hospiscare. Pam is taking part in a ‘tandem’ sky-dive on 24 August 2013, with her employees, along with family and friends, giving their sponsorship pledges in advance of the big day.
Pam is hoping to raise much-needed funds for Hospiscare, a charity working to provide high-quality care and dedicated support to people who are terminally ill living in Exeter, mid and east Devon....
50 teams of keen golfers were greeted by glorious sunshine at the ninth annual Hospiscare Golf Day on 11 July.
Playing to take home the Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Trophy, the first team teed off on the 18 hole course at Exeter Golf and Country Club at 8.45am, and a steady flow of teams followed until the final team finished at 7.30pm.
The teams followed their time on the green with a two-course carvery before a raffle was drawn and the winners were announced.
Hospiscare Fundraising Secretary Susie Healey said: “It’s been such a great day. We’re so pleased to have had...
Four friends from Exeter will embark on a 300 mile pilgrimage next year in memory of a much-loved Exeter woman who died from cancer aged just 31.
Lesley Harper, who had lived in Exeter all her life, was referred to Hospiscare after being told in October 2011 that her cancer was incurable. She passed away just five months later on March 25, 2012.
Since her death Lesley’s family and friends have organised a variety of fundraising events to raise money for the charity that looked after her in her final weeks.
Lesley’s father, Stephen Harper, has organised a twice-...
An evening of Tango and Salsa dance organised by a local nurse has raised £2,000 for Hospiscare.
More than 60 dance enthusiasts attended the Latin dance event, held at Reed Hall, Exeter University, which featured dance demonstrations, lessons and a live tango orchestra.
The evening was organised by nurse Mo Ross in memory of her sister, Geraldine Privett, who received Hospiscare after being diagnosed with a terminal illness in 2012. Geraldine was a ward clerk at Whipton Hospital up until her illness started.
Mo said: “My sister was diagnosed in May 2012, her first...
Staff from the Nuffield Heath Exeter Hospital have walked through the night to raise money for the Rowcroft Hospice in Torquay.
Business Development Coordinator Sophie Newbolt, Out Patient Services Manager Julie Chisholm, Ward Manager Sue Bore and Staff Nurse Alison Harbord entered the 15-mile Midnight Walk as the “Nuffield Onesies”.
They raised £500 for the hospice.
Julie said: “I worked at Rowcroft as a Senior Staff Nurse for ten years. It just seemed right to do this walk for them to support the excellent work they do.”
Flower enthusiasts in Exeter are being sought to help a local charity provide a colourful and fragrant environment for its patients.
Hospiscare is looking for volunteers with a flair for flower arranging to join its flower team; arranging floral bouquets from small to bigger projects around the hospice.
The hospice, based on Dryden Road, Exeter, receives donations of flowers each week from funeral tributes and supporters of the charity, as well as a huge weekly donation from the Sainsbury’s store on Alphington Road.
Volunteers currently visit the hospice on a daily...
Golf enthusiasts will be taking to the green in July to play in one of Devon’s premier golf tournaments while raising money for Hospiscare.
More than 200 people have already signed up to take part in the Hospiscare Golf Day, being held on Thursday, July 11, where they will have the chance to take home the Marnie Burgoyne Memorial Trophy.
Now in its ninth year, the much-loved amateur tournament has raised approximately £80,000 and the event’s organisers are hoping that this amount will rise to £100,000 when they celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2014.
