Crooklands U9’s (pictured pre-Covid) are aiming to run 1km a Day in March in order to get active and raise money to support St Mary’s Hospice. The team are all doing their runs individually at the moment with their families due to the guidelines – however at their first training session back on 30th of …
The latest business to join our #momentmakers is Stowe Family Law LLP, the largest specialist family law firm in the UK, with offices in locations throughout the UK. Their Preston branch have made a financial donation to St Mary’s to support our work. “Stowe Family Law are proud to be supporting St Mary’s Hospice, who …
Matt’s wife Jo was just 38 years old when she died from ovarian cancer. He describes the difference St Mary’s Hospice made at the darkest of times for their family: “Jo was a very special person who got on with everyone she met, and she never let her illness get her down. Thanks to the …
The team at Matt Johnson Prestige wanted to raise some funds for St Mary’s Hospice. Matt and Nicole’s son William came up with the idea of putting some sheep food in some bags on the Abbots Wood Trail. There is a charity box in the fence, so everyone is encouraged to have fun, feed the …
Did you know that this week is the first ever National Payroll Giving Week? Payroll giving operates in the UK through HMRC – donations are taken from pay before tax. A donation of £5 a month would actually cost an employee £4 from their take-home pay (if they pay 20% tax) or £3 (if they …
The hospice is one of many local charities and community groups across Cumbria to benefit from this special funding. With the money for St Mary’s being allocated to our much loved and respected Hospice at Home service. St Mary’s Hospice at Home team provides specialist end of life nursing care for adults in the last …
Barrow based fitness instructor Sinead Davey has long been a supporter of St Mary’s Hospice. Not satisfied with climbing mountains at night, she decided to use her on-line workout classes to raise funds for our much loved local charity. Sinead launched her innovative HIITSTEP classes when the country was emerging from the first national …
Amanda says “This is about my mate Kev. Kev is the same age as me. He has lived 9 lives, had some amazing jobs and done some amazing things. He is also a secret phenomenally talented artist at drawing and painting. He is a lovely, warm, funny, bear of a man, who …
We are overwhelmed with the response to the Christmas Tree Collection this year – all records have been broken. Just under 700 trees were registered for collection with over £10.3k given in donations. There has been amazing generosity from all corners of our wonderful community who never cease to amaze us with their kindness and …
As 2020 draws to a close we think this picture sums up perfectly just how grateful we are to everyone in our community that has supported St Mary’s through a difficult year for all. After a very hard frost overnight Fire Fighters from Ulverston Station volunteered their time today to lay grit, ensuring our clinical …
