We would like to take a moment to shine a spotlight on one of the schools taking part in this year’s Battle To Succeed programme. Six groups at Furness Academy are working hard on devising and implementing various fundraising initiatives, using the £30 seed funding from their corporate partner Ørsted. These ideas include selling Lego …
St Mary’s Hospice’s gardening club meets every Tuesday 10am to 12pm, from 4th April through to September. The Forget Me Not gardening club is for anyone bereaved or facing bereavement to come along, chat, learn new gardening skills, have a cuppa or simply just be. The club is run by the Family and Bereavement Support …
Throughout November and December, Team Grasmere (Grasmere WI and friends) successfully set and smashed their own squatting challenge to raise funds for St Mary’s Hospice. Tog ether, over 50 squatters each achieved an impressive 50 squats a day. Team Grasmere has raised over £2,500 for St Mary’s Hospice through this challenge while working out in …
Thursday 23rd March 2023 is the third UK National Day of Reflection. This unique day is an opportunity to remember our loved ones who’ve died, support people that are grieving, and connect with each other. This year Marie Curie is asking organisations to come together and create a Wall of Reflection. The walls will be …
This week at St Mary’s Hospice we celebrate National Complementary Therapy week! This week aims to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of complementary therapies in promoting health and wellbeing. Complementary therapies refer to a range of practices and treatments that are used in addition to or alongside conventional medicine. Here at St Mary’s …
Today — March 22nd — is the day our Government funding runs out. Which means that from tomorrow, and for the rest of the year, right up until New Year’s Eve, everything we do at St Mary’s will be paid for by our loyal and dedicated supporters. We treat patients in the hospice and their …
Mother’s Day can be hard for bereaved people, especially with all the constant reminders we see and hear of this special day. It can create a renewed sense of grief for anybody not able to celebrate the day with their loved ones in the way they did before their loss. We hope that anybody grieving …
St Mary’s Hospice is delighted to receive a very generous donation of £1000 from the talented Bay Community Singers, a community choir group based in Grange-Over-Sands. The money donated, raised from a concert in December, will pay for the equivalent of 50 bereavement sessions, 40 Hospice at Home night sits or 100 homecooked meals for …
The Rotary Club of Furness are bringing back Christmas this summer! After the weather cancelled the run in Decemeber 2022 we are hoping to see santas out in the sunshine on Saturday 24th June instead! Registrations are now open at £5 per child, £5 per adult OR £15 for a family of 4! You’ll get …
The cost of living crisis could have a devastating impact on hospices in the UK, and the people that they care for. Hospice UK is calling for immediate action from the UK Government to ensure that hospices can continue to deliver vital services to those in need. For St Mary’s Hospice, Karl Connor, said: “The …
