“I love St Richard’s Hospice because…all the love and care they gave in our darkest days.” This is just one of the many touching messages shared on paper hearts in our shops across the county this Hospice Care Week. As part of our activities for the annual Hospice UK campaign week, we have been asking… Read more »
Worcestershire residents are invited to the St Richard’s Hospice Annual General Meeting on Thursday 18th October. The meeting takes place at the hospice at Wildwood Drive, Worcester at 7pm and guests will hear about the impact of last year’s work and about plans for the future. Light refreshments will be served after the meeting so… Read more »
A special exhibition to celebrate the work of Worcestershire patients has been launched in the county. Severn Arts – based in St John’s, Worcester – is the venue for the St Richard’s Hospice exhibition. The exhibition – themed around snowdrops – features work by both patients and volunteers at the hospice. Mary Jenkins, Creative Therapist… Read more »
St Richard’s Community Engagement Officer, Alice Spearing, recently visited the girls’ youth group at Tallow Hill Mosque in Worcester. The girls decorated hand prints with paint and glitter and glued hospice information on the reverse. The hand prints were handed out to the community at the Mosque’s summer fete to spread key messages about our… Read more »
Hundreds of participants enjoyed a day of bubbles, foam and gunge earlier this month. The 80s Messy Madness event – organised by St Richard’s Hospice – took place at Churchfields Farmhouse Ice-cream in Salwarpe, near Droitwich. It is set to raise more than £15,000 for the charity. The 350 participants dressed up in their brightest… Read more »
Two Worcestershire friends teamed up to walk more than 25 miles in just one day. Rhys Ware and Liam Rothwell undertook the Worcester to Birmingham canal route on Saturday 11 August in memory of Rhys’ stepfather, Kevin Bainbridge. This was the first time the duo – who have so far raised £485 for St Richard’s… Read more »
A riverside event to raise funds for a local hospice has been hailed as a quacking success. St Richard’s Hospice annual Duck Race – which took place last Saturday, 11 August – raised a fabulous £2840. The event, which was sponsored by main sponsor Puddle Ducks and in association with Worcester Festival, took place along… Read more »
More than 1000 snowdrops have been installed in Worcester to create a special celebration garden. The unique snowdrops – reminiscent of the poppies planted in the grounds of the Tower of London – are part of a St Richard’s Hospice campaign encouraging people to celebrate someone or something special with a snowdrop. The handcrafted flowers… Read more »
A brother and sister from Worcestershire are celebrating after swimming the Cornish coastline in aid of a local hospice. Abigail and Joseph Gisbourne from Evesham have raised £325 for St Richard’s Hospice, swimming from Padstow to Rock. Abigail, aged 33, said : “We wanted to raise some money for the hospice, in memory of our… Read more »
A brother and sister from Worcestershire have signed up to run a half marathon later this year to raise money for a hospice which cared for their father. Jamie and Lisa Stallwood will run the 13.1miles for St Richard’s Hospice, aiming to raise £700 for its care. Their father, David, died at the hospice in… Read more »