holding their annual film night and

agreed to be interviewed and filmed

HOSPICE

Spring/Summer 2020

See Page 15

News and information for supporters and

volunteers of St. Joseph’s Hospice

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Join us for some fun in the sun…take a look at all the fundraising events we have lined

up this season. If you would like to participate or offer your support, please contact the fundraising team on 0151 932 6044 or email events@jospice.org.uk.

As we begin a brand new decade, it’s the perfect time to step back and reflect on the

feel privileged to offer this personal care every

“Staff excellent in every way. Cannot praise

enough. Skilled in their field, this is a special

magnificent. Nothing is too much trouble for the

wonderful staff. My wife has been treated with

am struggling to find anything that requires

you, take a look at p6 where you will find out how

For up to date news and information about our fundraising events, please follow

@JospiceUK on Twitter and Facebook and St. Joseph’s Hospice Merseyside on Linked In.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Sunday 19th April

At Formby Hall Golf Club

An afternoon for the ladies with

a delicious three-course lunch

and an afternoon packed full of

entertainment. Mini pamper

treatments will be available and

a range of stalls will be selling a

wide variety of gifts and treats.

Tickets £40

May

Participating solicitors across

Merseyside will be giving up

their time and waiving their fees

throughout May so that you can

write a Will, or update an

existing one, all in aid of

St. Joseph’s Hospice.

Friday 19th June

at The Crowne Plaza

Hotel, Liverpool

Featuring live music from

Liverpool’s own Asa Murphy and

his rock and roll band. Black tie.

Tickets £65

July

SUMMER REMEMBRANCE

For families and friends who

would like to remember someone

special. Handcrafted flowers will

be available to order soon.

Wednesday 1st July

VOLUNTEERS‘ EVENING

Annual celebration evening to

thank our incredible volunteers.

Saturday 4th July

GARDEN PARTY

Come along and enjoy our

woodland gardens and an

afternoon packed with summer

fun for the whole family,

including our annual Teddy

Bear Parade.

Saturday 22nd August

LIVERPOOL

CATHEDRAL ABSEIL

Enjoy the thrill of abseiling

off one of Liverpool’s most

iconic buildings in aid of

St Joseph’s Hospice.

LadiesDay

Will Month

MIDSUMMER NIGHTCharity Ball

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up this season. If you would like to participate or offer your support, please contact the

As we begin a brand new decade, it’s the perfect time to step back and reflect on the successes of the hospice and the care we provide to our communities.

Our nurses and carers are much loved and

respected for the way they look after our patients

and their families; always showing love, respect

and dignity to each and every person and they

feel privileged to offer this personal care every

single day and night.

It’s no surprise then that they continue to receive

incredible feedback from families and patients.

Some of this feedback is given verbally, some

choose to send cards and others leave feedback

on social media. Many also choose to leave

feedback on www.iwantgreatcare.org, the

independent patient review website. Here is just

some of the feedback we have received recently:

“Staff excellent in every way. Cannot praise

enough. Skilled in their field, this is a special

place and we were made to feel like it was all

about us, not just mum! Thank you from the

bottom of my heart.”

“The care shown to our family is nothing short of

magnificent. Nothing is too much trouble for the

wonderful staff. My wife has been treated with

dignity and love always (quite overwhelming). I

am struggling to find anything that requires

improvement just keep doing what you’re doing;

the experience is wonderful.”

We introduced three brand new events in 2019; a

Midsummer Ball, a summer remembrance event

and a Christmas Market. We were delighted with

the success of these events as they helped us to

engage with our wider communities and local

businesses. We’re really looking forward to

repeating all three events in 2020!

I hope you enjoy this Spring/Summer edition of

Your Hospice, which includes an interview with

inspirational hospice supporter, Myra Lovelady,

who has raised an incredible £73,000 for the

hospice over the last 45 years (p5). If this inspires

you, take a look at p6 where you will find out how

you can help us by collecting money at big events

and busy locations across Liverpool and

Merseyside. We also have a spotlight on our new

tea round volunteers (p7) and a feature on our

newest shop in Walton Vale (p14).

Happy reading!

Mike Parr, chief executive

Welcome...

special. Handcrafted flowers will

off one of Liverpool’s most

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YH HospiceNews...

You might think that being at the hospice on Christmas Day would be quiet, sad and lonely but our

staff, patients and families feel very differently. Every year, thanks to one very special volunteer, our patients receive a very special visitor and our nurses and carers have a great time too.

Our bee hives will be buzzing

again this year and we hope to

have even more hospice

honey available to purchase.

Keep an eye out on our

website and on social

media for updates.

Hospice honeyback in 2020

Christmas at the hospice

We’re onThe hospice now has its very

own YouTube channel, called ‘St. Joseph’s

Hospice Merseyside’.

To kick it off, we produced four brand new films at the end of last year, featuring our patients,

families, volunteers and staff.

These films will help future patients and families to find out about the services we provide and what it is like to be cared for at the hospice.

They will also be used to recruit volunteers and

to generate fundraising support and

sponsorship from our communities and local

businesses. The films can also be accessed from our website www.jospice.org.uk.

A special range of

jewellery, which is designed

around a loved one’s fingerprint, handwriting or an impression of their hand or foot, is now

available from the hospice.

The beautiful range of hallmarked pendants,

keyrings, cufflinks and lockets is available in a choice of solid silver, gold and rose gold.

Liverpool business, Recollections Bespoke

Jewellery, is working with the hospice to provide

the unique range of keepsakes and, for each

item purchased, 20% is donated to the hospice.

For more information, speak to the fundraising

team on 0151 932 6044.

FingerprintJewellery

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Long term support is incredibly valuable to the hospice and Myra Lovelady, from

Litherland, has been fundraising for the hospice for 45 years. During that time, she

has raised an impressive £73,000.

How has she done it?

Back in 1975, Myra and her husband Joe

responded to an appeal from hospice founder, Fr

Francis O’Leary, asking local churches to set up

their own 200 Clubs. Joe, who went to school with

Fr OLeary, and Myra, along with their friends

Tommy Hunt and Joe Traynor, set to work straight

away.

They agreed they would charge £1 per month to

join the club and they would reserve £60 each

month for their prize fund. If they could recruit

200 members, this meant they would raise £140

per month for the hospice.

Many of the congregation at their church, English

Martyrs in Litherland, signed up straight away,

along with friends and neighbours, and their 200

Club very quickly reached 200 members

But this isn’t the only way that Myra has support-

ed the hospice. She and Joe generously asked for

donations instead of gifts for their Ruby Wedding

party in 1997, which was held at the hospice in

what is now St. Francis House but, at the time,

was an education centre. They raised a fantastic

£1,500.

Sadly, Joe passed away in 1999 but Myra carried

on with the 200 Club. She also sold hospice

Christmas cards to local schools and on her 70th

birthday, in 2003, she again asked for donations

and raised a wonderful £1,300. The 200 Club is

still drawn every month at the L21 Club in

Litherland and the winners are published in the

English Martyrs Church newsletter. Thanks to

Myra’s hard work, and the new members she has

recruited from her Moss Lane Bowling Club, the

200 Club still has an impressive 176 members!

Myra said: “Father O’Leary was such a character

and he worked so hard for the hospice so it’s

been a privilege to be able to support it for so

many years. Joe would have been really proud to

know that I have managed to continue running

the 200 Club all these years and I will continue to

run it for as long as I am able because the

hospice is a special place and they rely on this

kind of support to keep it going.”

If you would like to find out more about starting

your own 200 Club or community support

group, please contact the fundraising team on

0151 932 6044 or email events@jospice.org.uk.

Our generous community

staff, patients and families feel very differently. Every year, thanks to one very special volunteer, our

Pictured (l-r): Myra Lovelady with

hospice nurse, Sandra Hobin

To kick it off, we produced four brand new films

families, volunteers and staff.

These films will help future patients and families to find out about the services we provide and

businesses. The films can also be accessed

around a loved one’s fingerprint, handwriting

keyrings, cufflinks and lockets is available in a

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YH VolunteerNews...

There are loads of great ways you can help

the hospice so there’s sure to be a role that

suits you and your availability.

At the moment, we are looking for some new

volunteers to go out and about in the

community and attend a range of big events,

collecting donations for the hospice.

Our bucket collectors always work in pairs

and will go to busy areas, like train stations

and shopping centres, as well as to large

events like the Aintree races. This year, we

will also be trialling contactless donations so

it’s a great time to get on board. This is a

really fun way to help and it’s a great way of

getting out there and meeting people.

If you have a few hours to spare on an ad

hoc basis and would like to do something

to help us, please get in touch.

Street Collections

Our annual Volunteers’ Evening will

take place at the hospice on

Wednesday 1st July.

This is a very special occasion when

we say thank you to all our volunteers

and treat everyone to a well-deserved

buffet and a few glasses of wine.

We will also present awards to

long-serving volunteers. We hope to

see as many of our volunteers there as

possible and we are keeping

everything crossed that the rain stays

away this year!

VOLUNTEERS’ EVENING

Sandra Ellis, from Maghull, was one of our first tea

off their chests and I’m here for them to do just

To find out more about volunteering

We need more shop volunteers – see page 14

buffet and a few glasses of wine.

Last year, we introduced a new

volunteering role to the hospice, our tea round

or patient buddy volunteers.

We now have four volunteers in this role but we

need even more. If this is something that would

appeal to you, please get in touch.

Sandra Ellis, from Maghull, was one of our first tea round volunteers. She gives up a few hours on a

Wednesday afternoon to spend with our patients

and their families and says that, surprisingly, she

doesn’t actually make much

tea.

“Sometimes no one

wants tea but they

usually like to talk

so we often just

enjoy having a

chat. You really get

to know the

patients and their

families and they enjoy

seeing a familiar

face.

”I always bring in some chocolate for those

patients who are allowed it, and that always goes

down really well. Some patients don’t have family

close by so it’s lovely to be there for them.

“We chat about all sorts and I never ask

anything personal or about their illness but

sometimes they do want to share and get things

off their chests and I’m here for them to do just that. It’s sad sometimes and I know they’re very

poorly but I feel really privileged to be able to get

to know them and spend time with them.”

To find out more about volunteering at the hospice, call Helen for a

friendly chat on 0151 932 6043

or email: Helen.Pattie@jospice.org.uk

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Challenge yourself in 2020

YH Fundraising News...

New decade, new you? Are you looking for something to get your teeth in to this year?

Something you can look back on with pride and a real sense of achievement?

At the hospice, we will have to raise £3million in

2020 to continue caring for our patients and

their families but, sadly, there are more people

living in our communities who would benefit

from hospice care and so, ultimately, we need

your help more than ever.

There are so many ways you can help us, from

joining our lottery (page 13) to attending one of

our fundraising events (page 2). Another great

way would be to take part in one of the many

challenge events taking place across

Merseyside in 2020 and raising sponsorship for

the hospice through Just Giving or Virgin

Money.

There are loads of local events you can register

for - from the Rock N Roll Marathon to Tough

Mudder and the Scouse 5k!

Have a look at the Challenge Events page on

our website for some ideas then get

registered and get fundraising!

We have a number of spaces available for stall holders to sell goods and

products at our Garden Party. If you make or sell tasty treats or crafts then book

your stall fast as it’s first come, first served! There is a small donation of £25 per

stall and public liability insurance will be required. Call the fundraising team on

0151 932 6044 or email events@jospice.org.uk.

Stall holders needed If you have anything to donate, please drop it off at the hospice in Thornton or at any St. Joseph’s

New, unopened bottles for the Bottle Tombola (anything

Our summer remembrance event will be back this year and our special hand-crafted flowers will be available to Everyone who orders a flower will be invited to attend a special summer remembrance

service at the hospice in July when they will receive their flower to take home.

Night Ball.

LIVE Rock ‘N’ Roll music from Asa Murphy

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living in our communities who would benefit

our website for some ideas then get

Summer Remembranceyour stall fast as it’s first come, first served! There is a small donation of £25 per

If you have anything to donate, please drop it off at the hospice in Thornton or at any St. Joseph’s Hospice shop across Merseyside. A full list of shops can be found at www.jospice.org.uk.

This year’s Garden Party will take place on Saturday 4th July

along with our annual Teddy Bear Parade. To make this event a

great success, we need your help. Could you donate any of the

following?

New, unopened bottles for the Bottle Tombola (anything in a bottle e.g. wine, bubble bath or juice)

Prosecco for our Prosecco Tent

Teddies for our famous Teddy Tombola

Any unwanted gift sets or new, unopened toys

Gift bags for the Grab a Bag stall

Summer Garden PartySummer Garden Party

Our summer remembrance event will be back this year and our special hand-crafted flowers will be available to order later in the spring. Everyone who orders a flower will be invited to attend a special summer remembrance service at the hospice in July when they will receive their flower to take home.

Come and dance the night away on

Friday 19th June at our Midsummer

Night Ball.

We’ll be back at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in

Liverpool with our host, Ronnie Orr, and

LIVE Rock ‘N’ Roll music from Asa Murphy and his band. Tickets cost just £65 and

include a welcome drink and a delicious

three-course meal. To pre-order your tickets,

contact the fundraising team. Sponsorship

opportunities are also available for

businesses who would like to support the

hospice and be featured in all the event

publicity.

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YH PersonalStory...Paula Morgan, from Crosby, kindly offered to share her story, and that of her mum

Dee, so that others can see the impact that the hospice has on the lives of our

patients and their families.

Paula, and her brother Shaun, grew up in

Waterloo with their mum Dee. When Paula was

10 years old, Dee was diagnosed with cervical

cancer and received radiotherapy treatment.

Back in 1982, this treatment was not as

sophisticated as it is today and, whilst it did cure

her cancer, she experienced many years of ill

health as a result.

Paula explains: “My mum struggled for a lot of

her life with muscle wastage in her legs and

kidney failure. She also had a triple

heart bypass. A friend of the family

was diagnosed with cancer around

the same time but, sadly, didn’t

survive. So, despite these health

difficulties, we have always been so grateful that we had another 37 years

with our mum.”

In June last year, Dee fell whilst

getting out of the bath and banged her

head. It wasn’t serious and she was

treated for the bump but, while she

was in hospital, the doctors discovered

an infection and, more worryingly,

sepsis. This got worse and eventually,

over the August Bank Holiday weekend,

she went back to Aintree Hospital.

“The treatment my mum had received

back in the 1980’s continued to affect her health. She needed to have a stoma

fitted and after a biopsy they discovered the cancer had returned”, recalls Paula.

After a few more tests, we were told it

was terminal and my mum really wanted

to transfer to St. Joseph’s Hospice.

Paula said: “Fortunately, Mum was transferred to

the hospice within a week and we were welcome

with open arms from the very beginning. Once

mum was there, everything changed. It was the

best possible place she could have been. I live in

Crosby with my daughter, Jessie, who is seven, so

it was close to my home and my work too. I used

to visit my mum during my lunch hour and then

I’d go back after school with Jessie.

all the staff was unbelievable and this really

The Kenny FamilyPaula Morgan, from Crosby, kindly offered to share her story, and that of her mum

difficulties, we have always been so

back in the 1980’s continued to affect

fitted and after a biopsy they discovered

Dee was at the hospice for six weeks

before she died on 16th November 2019 but

those six weeks were very special to Dee’s

children Paula and Shaun.

“The relationships we formed with the nurses and

carers were really important because they were

there for us as well as for mum. Mum always said

she was happiest when it was just the three of us

– my mum, my brother and I – and, during those

six weeks, we spent many hours, just the three of

us. And that’s how it was at the end too, with us

holding her hand, and I know that is what she

would have wanted.

“My daughter Jessie also loved being at the

hospice with her grandma. Jessie was made very

welcome and it wasn’t a frightening experience

for her at all. It was a very comfortable and

homely place for her to spend time with her

grandma.”

One evening, about three days

before my mum died, Jessie said

she didn’t want to go to her

swimming lesson. She’d had a

tiring day at school and just

wanted to see her grandma, so

they abandoned swimming and

went to the hospice instead. Paula

recalls: “I had Jessie’s pyjamas in

the car to put on after her

swimming lesson so I warmed

them on the radiator in mum’s room

and she put them on and snuggled

up in bed with her grandma. It was

the most wonderful evening. Sadly,

that was the last time they saw each

other and I honestly think that my

mum knew that she was saying

goodbye to Jessie.”

Paula says the most special thing

about the hospice is the dignity and

respect shown, right to the very end:

“The end of your life is never going to be easy or

nice but the care my mum received was

everything you would want for yourself and your

loved ones. The dignity and respect shown by

all the staff was unbelievable and this really helped us with the grieving process too. We

shared this special time together and we feel

privileged that we had the time to say our

goodbyes.”

If you would like to share your family’s

experience of the care they received at the

hospice, please email

lindsay.colbeck@jospice.org.uk.

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Please return with your form and payment to the Lottery Office, St. Joseph’s Hospice, Ince Road, Thornton, Liverpool

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YH ShopTalk...ALLERTON

174 Breck Road, Anfield,

COUNTY ROAD

KENSINGTON (FURNITURE)

NETHERTON

WALTON VALE

WARBRECK (FURNITURE)

The hospice has opened a brand new shop in Walton Vale. It’s a

fantastic location, right next door to Home Bargains.

The shop is being managed by Vicky Jones, who

joined the hospice in January after running her own

florist shop in Ince Blundell for 20 years.

Vicky is being supported by a new team of

volunteers who help out in a range of roles, sorting

donations in the back, as well as on the shop floor,

helping and serving customers.

Our new Walton Vale shop, which used to be a Learn

Direct facility, has been given a new lease of life and

now sells women’s, men’s and children’s clothing,

shoes and accessories as well as toys, nursery

furniture, books, DVDs and vintage records – all to

raise valuable funds for the hospice.

After 20 years working with flowers, Vicky wanted a

complete change and felt she wanted to use her

retail skills in a more meaningful way: “This is a really

exciting move for me. It’s completely different but

there are also a lot of similarities. I really enjoy

working with our volunteers. We already have a few

and they’ve proved to be invaluable to me. I want to

build a strong team of volunteers here and would

urge anyone who lives close by and would like to

help, to drop in and say hello.

Gill, a volunteer at the Walton Vale shop, said: “I am

really enjoying volunteering in the shop. It’s really

convenient and it’s a great way to give something

back to society and support an important local

charity.”

We urgently need more volunteers for this

shop and others. If you can spare a few

hours a week to support our hospice

shops, which generate important funds

for the hospice, we’d love to hear from

you.

We will continue to offer our existing free collection service, for

pieces of furniture that we can sell, but now we also offer a

New Walton Vale shop

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WHERE AREOUR SHOPS?

ALLERTON75 Allerton Rd, Mossley Hill,

Liverpool L18 2DA

0151 722 6056

BRECK ROAD

174 Breck Road, Anfield,Liverpool L5 6PX

0151 306 4894

COUNTY ROAD15-23 County Road, Walton,

Liverpool L4 3QA

0151 306 6440

CROSBY

5-7 Crown Buildings,

Crosby, Liverpool L23 5SR

0151 932 1506

FORMBY

Unit 3 Chapel Alley,

Formby L37 4DL

01704 832 595

KENSINGTON (FURNITURE)308 Kensington, Liverpool L7 2RN

0151 260 0588

MAGHULL

12 Westway, Maghull,

Liverpool L31 6BR

0151 520 0231

NETHERTON28 Marian Square, Netherton,

Liverpool L30 5QA

0151 525 8433

SOUTHPORT

631 Lord St, Southport PR9 0AN

01704 549 615

WALTON VALE61 Walton Vale, Liverpool L9 4RQ

0151 525 3325

WARBRECK (FURNITURE)53 Warbreck Moor,

Liverpool L9 4RW

0151 525 3072

florist shop in Ince Blundell for 20 years.

donations in the back, as well as on the shop floor,

After 20 years working with flowers, Vicky wanted a

exciting move for me. It’s completely different but

As our supporters will know, we’re always on the lookout for

furniture donations for our shops but, until now, we have only

been able to collect good quality items that we can sell.

However, the people of Merseyside have told us that they would

love us to provide a full, professional house clearance service

and so we have launched one.

We will continue to offer our existing free collection service, for

pieces of furniture that we can sell, but now we also offer a

professional house clearance service (quotes available on request).

Many of our families need help when they have lost a loved one and

tackling the emotional task of clearing out a house which is full of

memories, is often too much for them.

Our new house clearance service is run by our van drivers

and their volunteers who will go in and empty every single

room and take it all away, where possible, for recycling.

We do have to charge for this service, however, all

proceeds go towards providing care for our patients

so it’s a great way to support the hospice.

For a house clearance quote, or to

arrange a free furniture collection,

call on 0151 525 3072.

New houseclearance service

We need strong volunteers to provide labour for our furniture collections and house clearance service. Call 0151 932 6043.

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A big thank you to everyone who has donated money, time or goods to

St. Joseph’s Hospice over the last six months. Here is just a snapshot of the

generous individuals and businesses from across our communities…

Betty Fletcher, and everyone who

goes to St George’s Church Bingo in

Maghull, for their continued support

and a further donation of £1,000.

Barringtons Independent Funeral

Services for sponsoring our

Christmas Tree and our marquee for

Light up a Life.

Crosby Lions, Rotary Club and

Crosby Soroptomists for supporting

the running of our Christmas Market

and Light up a Life events.

Graham J Clegg Funeral Services for

donating the mince pies for Light up

a Life and sponsoring the

programme.

The children from St Mary’s

Preparatory School who sang at our

Light up a Life Service.

Holy Family Catholic High School for

supporting our park and ride service

to the Christmas Market and Light up

a Life Service.

Plaza Cinema in Waterloo for

holding their annual film night and

raising £1,000.

Liverpool FC Former Players Club

for their generous donation of £3,000.

All the local businesses and

volunteers who gave their time to

collect Christmas Trees, and Joe

Wright Landscapes for

recycling the trees.

John Lewis Plc in Liverpool for a

donation of £1,200 and an incredible

supply of Quality Street, which we will

use at our events throughout 2020.

West Lancashire Cemetery &

Crematorium for donating £1,500

from their metal recycling scheme.

Barclaycard, Barclays, Experian &

HSBC for Match Funding donations at

our Christmas Ladies Day event.

A big thank you to everyone who

agreed to be interviewed and filmed

for our new hospice videos, including

our patients and families; volunteers,

Gillian Mercer, Karen Hinds, Susan

Fay, Vicky Wright, Su Cotton and

David Winsland (Crosby Lions); plus

David Barrington (Barrington’s

Funeral Directors); and of course

our wonderful nurses and carers.

YH ThankYou...

Thanks to all our donors and volunteers for their continued support.