Cumbria Community Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund This week, a further £142,293 was awarded from the Fund to projects helping families on low incomes, homeless people, isolated older people and many more get through the coronavirus crisis. St Mary’s Hospice Ulverston has received an award of £10,000 to help support the adaptation and enhancement of services …
NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the local South West Lakes agency are delighted to have nominated local charity St Mary’s Hospice, to receive a donation of more than £3000 from a national £1m ‘Agency Giving Fund’ launched by NFU Mutual’s Head Office. In light of the national emergency this country is facing, NFU …
Val Stangoe, CEO of St Mary’s Hospice and staff nurse Nikki Fisher have pledged to Brave the Shave and lose all their hair in a bid to raise funds during the Covid-19 crisis. St Mary’s Hospice is frontline in the battle to protect the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic by easing pressure on Furness General …
St Mary’s Hospice is working hard to deliver its services with patients staying on the Inpatient Unit and those being cared for at their homes in the community. Effective Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) is vital to help to protect patients, their families and St Mary’s nurses, doctors and health care assistants providing frontline care from …
We have launched a “Living Well and Staying Connected” Facebook page. This is a closed group, run by staff from the Living Well Team at St Mary’s, where we can safely support each other and stay connected as a community. It is a particularly difficult time and we feel now more than ever we need …
This Sunday 26th April, I should have been on the start line of the London Marathon, running and raising money for St Mary’s Hospice. Unfortunately, because of the Coronavirus pandemic, the London Marathon, along with many other huge events across the UK, have been either cancelled or postponed until later on in the year. The …
It is not always possible for people to be cared for at home and St Mary’s inpatient beds are vital for patients who require more support for complex needs, want respite care or those individuals who wish their end of life care to be at the hospice. On Monday 13th April St Mary’s proudly re-opened …
Our Living Well Team would like to share some gentle tips for coping in isolation during this time. Please visit our website or follow us on social media for the latest updates and to keep in touch. Click here for the latest video from the team.
Bici Café in Ulverston have decided to give something back to the community during the current ‘lockdown’ and both Ulverston Foodbank and St Mary’s Hospice will benefit from their kind donation scheme: Owners Kat and Gwill say: “It’s a month now since we closed to “eat in” customers, and we’re counting our blessings that we’ve …
The 2.6 Challenge is a simple and fun way for everyone to do their bit to help save the UK’s charities – and we’d like you to help St Mary’s Hospice. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a serious effect with the cancellation of lots of events and the loss of thousands in income through fundraising …
