We’ve raised £890 on Just Giving! No, wait, add gift aid of £100 and that makes it £990 and still counting!
That’s a recent conversation at our house. Our good friend Ruth Regan died last year and her husband Kevin is taking part in Hospiscare’s sponsored Men’s Walk to thank Hospiscare for its “outstanding” support given to them both.
The donations and comments on Kevin’s JustGiving page are a wonderful testament to Ruth, Kevin and Hospiscare.
After being married for 47 years Kevin was understandably bewildered and confused by his new life alone, but the Men’s Walk...
Little Levi Brailey is ready for action! Big sister Bo helps put on his camouflage while mum Amber teaches him to salute.
He was preparing for a special event for a very special woman in his life - his beloved Nanna Ruth Regan.
Levi, 3, was spending the evening with his family, dad James, big brother Solo and granddad Kevin Regan practising donning their camo in preparation for Hospiscare’s Men’s Walk on Saturday March 12.
Already more than 400 men have signed up.
Kevin has rallied his family and friends to join him on the walk for this local city charity....
A total of 369 men have already signed up for next month’s Hospiscare Men’s Walk starting at Exeter’s Double Locks pub and finishing with a FREE pint and a pasty.
“This is a great start and we’re hoping many more will join us for a walk along the canal and then watch the Six Nations England v Wales on huge LED screens in the Hospiscare bar, relaxing with a pint and a pasty,” said main sponsor Roger Wilkinson of Wilkinson Grant & Co.
“We’re raising funds for a vital local charity so join us!”
The walk on Saturday 12 March is an eight mile route along Exeter’s...
On 28 May over 1,000 runners will be taking to the city streets and glowing for their local hospice charity.
The 5k sponsored run starts and finishes at the University of Exeter, with runners being entertained by music as they head towards the city centre. Hospiscare’s events fundraiser Celia Wilkinson said: “The run sold out very quickly last year and we’re expecting this year’s event to be just as popular, so don't miss out on your chance to take part.
“Our Neon Wonderland will open an hour before the run starts, giving you the opportunity to freshen up your face paints...
The local charity, which cares for hundreds of terminally ill patients in Exeter, is launching a new volunteering role in the city after a successful pilot project in Honiton.
Volunteers, called care navigators, regularly visit patients at home and provide a link between the patient, their carer, Hospiscare’s team and the wider health and social care system.
Pat Northcott loves her new role as a Hospiscare care navigator. Once a week she spends an afternoon with Ken and Ann Kittow at their Honiton home. “It's satisfying helping other people,” says Pat. “It's a real pleasure...
Football legends Ian Wright and Alan Shearer became Exeter Hospiscare supporters during their fleeting visit to the city covering Exeter City’s amazing draw with Liverpool.
The BBC commentators both took rides with city firm Apple Central Taxis which is donating 20p to Exeter Hospiscare for each taxi booking that it receives from any Exeter city or district hotel.
“We took both Ian and Alan to and from the Southgate Hotel during the evening and to the railway station in the morning, so together they donated a total of £1.20 to Exeter Hospiscare!” said Steve Screech, general...
Exeter Hospiscare staff have been touched by a beautiful poem written about them by a patient’s 12-year-old granddaughter. Josie Sanders wrote the poem as a way of coping with her grief after her beloved Granddad, Geoff Fletcher, 80, spent his last few days at the city hospice, run by local charity Exeter Hospiscare. Just six weeks earlier he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Geoff’s family was overwhelmed by the care they all received at Searle House Hospice and Josie wrote about this in her poem entitled: Hos-Peace-Care. “I found it easier to express my feelings in a poem rather than...
Directors and investment managers at Brewin Dolphin Exeter and Taunton office, raised a glass of orange juice to toast Hospiscare as their new charity of the year for 2016.
The wealth management company is kick-starting the New Year with a ‘Dry January’ in support of the local charity’s ‘Lose the Booze’ campaign to help raise funds.
In 2015 Brewin Dolphin Exeter office raised just under £2,000 for The British Red Cross and throughout 2016 they will raise further funds for Hospiscare as their newly elected charity of the year.
This year we have supported an amazing 2,254 patients as well as their families and friends.
What really counts though is how we look after our patients, their families and friends, not a number. Every patient, family member and friend is an individual, so I’ll let Tony, an Exeter patient’s husband, tell you of his Hospiscare experience.
“I take great comfort in knowing that my last days together with my beloved wife Dawn were so special and precious because of Hospiscare. I am passionate that this amazing charity can be there for others, because without the hospice and the...
Staff and volunteers are getting into the Christmas spirit at our Exeter hospice.
Every day grateful Exeter people are popping in to the city hospice with gifts including hampers, boxes of chocolates, biscuits, cakes, candles and flowers.
The hospice, in the grounds of the RD&E, is decorated with six Christmas trees and festive flowers beautifully arranged by our volunteer flower ladies.
Hospiscare patron Lady Clarissa Clifford visited with presents, while Marina Cornall from St David’s donated a lovely large Christmas floral display which her mother-in-law Joan...
