Trustees Week: 4-8th November 2019 It’s Trustees Week – a national week celebrating our trustees! “Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They help to make the UK the sixth most giving country in the world. They play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the …
Since we announced the suspension of admission to our hospice beds St Mary’s Hospice has been continuing to deliver a wide range of services to support our community. Our commitment to reopening our hospice inpatient beds has led to an international recruitment campaign seeking medical staff with the skills we need. Here’s the latest update …
We are working hard to help fill the vital doctor role at St Mary’s to help re-open our temporarily suspended Inpatient Unit. Our senior management team shared on BBC Radio and in local media that we are ‘cautiously optimistic’ that we will be able to fill a senior palliative care position which will allow St …
St Mary’s Hospice supporters have generated almost £80,000 this year by saving in the charity’s account with Furness Building Society. The building society makes an annual payment to St Mary’s from its own funds – not the savers’ money – which is based on the total balances in the accounts; so the more supporters save, …
St Mary’s relies on the community it serves – we can’t exist without it. Local businesses play a vital role in supporting St Mary’s, including Stollers Furniture World. Stollers selected St Mary’s Hospice as its Charity of the Year to benefit from an inspiring range of community initiatives and events. Trading since 1905, Stollers is …
Our £10,000 rollover has been won! A lucky winner in Barrow! Please keep playing as your support helps us to to continue all of our vital services. And we have lots of prizes each week! You can win up to £1,000 each week and become one of the amazing people that now help us to …
A HOSPICE chief who last week announced the temporary suspension of inpatient unit admissions is to hit the road for a series of public consultation sessions. Val Stangoe said that a shortage of senior doctors in palliative care had forced the senior team at St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston to make the difficult decision. Now …
Hospice announces the temporary suspension of inpatient admissions THE chief executive of St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston, Cumbria, has today announced a temporary suspension of admissions to inpatient beds. Val Stangoe delivered the news to staff this morning, explaining the reason for the decision, which was driven by a shortage of specialist doctors. The hospice …
A group of hard working and talented NCS students have worked with our Community Engagement Manager Anne Atkinson and Fundraising Team to create a video. The students called: Team Sunflower – the sunflower a symbol of hospice care – donated their time, skills and creating to share the challenge of how much St Mary’s needs …
More than 850 people joined St Mary’s Walk to Remember on Friday night and their efforts look set to raise more than £45,000! We are celebrating our 30th anniversary year with our biggest ever number of supporters taking part in the Walk to Remember, with a whopping 850+ taking part!! On Friday 5th July, hundreds …
