And what strange months they have been! We imagine yours have been too. A week before national lockdown began, St Mary’s Hospice recognised that those most at risk were those we saw regularly either as patients or volunteers. That’s people living with advancing illness and older people. At that point we sent all volunteers home …
More than ever it’s OK to ask for help. We are proud to be part of this video: how we are here for our community, featuring our Inpatient Unit, Hospice At Home, Family and Bereavement Support and Living Well Teams alongside essential services across our area. If you or someone you know needs a helping …
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We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. We have just held June’s online remembrance service in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. This is shared live through our closed facebook group. You can …
Tom and Sam Stephenson set themselves quite a challenge in memory of their grandad Sam McKittrick, who was a keen hiker, biker, climber and lover of the Lakes. On Sunday 14th June, in sweltering heat, they rode the height of Everest (29029ft) by biking up Kirkstone Pass 38 times in one day – AMAZING! Sam …
St Mary’s is recognising the wonderful support that carers’ give by launching a Carers’ Coffee Catch Up zoom, timed to start in Annual Carer’s Week (running 8th to 14th June 2020). Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million carers. St Mary’s has …
The Living Well Programme is re-launching.. virtually! We are excited to announce the re-launch of our virtual Living Well Programme. This previously was a 6 week face to face group programme, however, due to the current situation of the COVID pandemic, we are unable to safely facilitate this. We have adapted this service to support …
St Mary’s Hospice serves part of South Lakeland and all of the Furness Peninsula with the hospice situated in Ulverston 11 miles away from the area’s largest local conurbation in Barrow. At the Trustee Away Day in 2016 Trustees agreed as priority the finding of a way to deliver more care into Barrow for the …
Did you know that by sending your unwanted books, games , CDs and DVDs to Ziffit you can make a donation directly to St Mary’s Hospice? Whoever said charity begins at home was right- this is a simple way to fundraise for us and still stay at home and stay safe by turning decluttering into …
National Volunteers week is when we stop and take the time to say a special thank you to all those who give their time to help and support others. Never has there been a more important time to do it. Thousands of people have become volunteers during the pandemic. THANK YOU, all of you who …
