st wilfrids newsletter september 2010

Felpham and MiddletonSupport Group ChairmanPeggy Gumbrell recently cutthe ribbon and declared StWilfrid’s new traditionalcharity shop in Felpham welland truly open! It is the first charity shop inthe village and brings thecurrent total of Hospiceshops to nine. The shop ismanaged by MargaretDowling, who also managesthe Hospice shop inBarnham. Margaret willspend her working timedivided between the twoshops; however she knowsthat when she’s not around,sales assistant Belinda Morrisand her band of volunteers

will continue to offer a firstclass service to all theircustomers. The new shop, at 62 FelphamRoad, is open for businessbetween 9.30am and4.00pm six days a week.

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‘Peggy’ in the Middle

Pictured L-R Member of the Board, Richard Hull,Margaret, Peggy ‘in the middle’, Belinda and HospiceVice President Sandra Sedgwick.

What do 786 walkers, 30marshals, 10 stewards and15 air cadets have incommon? Well, they all tookpart, one way or the other, inSt Wilfrid’s second MoonlightWalk and so far have helpedto raise more than £86,000for the Hospice!This amazing total is madeup from walkers’ pledges,business sponsorship andregistration fees which,

together with gift aid, shouldtop the £100,000 mark. And although there was asteady drizzle for most of thenight it didn’t dampenwalkers’ spirits who, afterbeing put through theirpaces with a variety

of warm-upsessions, puttheir best footforward and setoff on a 10 milewalk around thecentre ofChichester.Many walkers welcomed thestop at Swanfield Chapelwhich gave them a chance todry off, enjoy a well earnedcup of tea and the opportunityto light a candle in memory of

a loved one before, onceagain, setting off in the rain.However, the highlight of theevening for many was thewalk through Bishops PalaceGardens which is notnormally open to members

of the publicduring the hoursof darkness.St Wilfrid’s ChiefExecutiveAlison Mooreytook part in thewalk and says,“The walk

through the gardens lit upwith glow sticks was awelcome boost near the end– quite magical in fact.” Top team prize went to theNimble Nyewood Nymphs

who raised the magnificenttotal of £3,238. Their treat isa Spa Package kindlydonated by The Sanctum atthe Westgate Leisure Centre.Phillipa Eastaugh, who raisedover £1,400 walked awaywith the top individual prize– a £100 voucher to bespent atAmoebaJewellers inEast Street.Our gratefulthanks to allthose whotook partand pleasedo join us next year onFRIDAY 17TH JUNE and helpus raise even more moneyfor the Hospice.

Light Up a Life is an annualservice which gives peoplethe opportunity toremember a loved one.This year our service willbe held in ChichesterCathedral at 6.00 PM ONSUNDAY 5TH DECEMBER.Please call 01243 755827if you would like adedication form.

Rain Didn’t DampenMoonlight Walkers’ Spirits

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Please donate todayfor tomorrow’s care

to our Autumn newsletter which contains the usual lively mixof news about the Hospice as well as news on past andforthcoming events. It’s great to have feedback on your viewsabout the newsletter so if you have favourite subjects thatyou really enjoy reading about then please do let us know. It’s important for us to have as much feedback as possiblefrom the patients and families that we support. Our patientcare volunteers are helping us to get inpatients to completesurveys about the care they receive on the ward. We askpatients for comments and suggestions to help develop theservice and some of the responses are set out below:• ‘It’s so important to keep these services ongoing. I will do

my best to encourage more fundraising’

• ‘Dispel fear of going into the hospice; place stress on thepositive life improving aspect of the hospice movement.The general public seem to regard the hospice movementas only “end of life” help rather than the safe haven whenthe going gets tough’

• ‘As far as I am concerned the hospice is already the mostwonderful place I could imagine and therefore I cannotvisualise any further improvements on service necessary’

I hope that this feedback helps inform all our supporters thatthe donations made to St Wilfrid's greatly make a difference.We greatly appreciate the support that is given to us invarious ways. Whether your support is through making a oneoff or regular donation, attending events, leaving a gift inyour will or supporting our shops – or indeed any other way– thank you all; we could not deliver our care without you. Alison Moorey,Chief Executive

Welcome...

Congratulations...Congratulations to Mr Tilbury,whose lucky ticket in ourGrand Summer Draw haswon him £2,000, and to hiswife who is going to helphim spend it! You too couldbe a winner butonly if you enterour GrandChristmas Draw.There are five greatprizes to be wonincluding cashprizes of £2,000and £500 as well asa Nintendo Wii and

Wiifit, a weekend inBlackpool and a three coursemeal for two at The Bull’sHead in Fishbourne. Thewinning ticket will be drawnat midday on FRIDAY 17THDECEMBER.

Not one to do things by halves, Ruth scoured the Internetand chose to take part in the 50 Mile Challenge which tookplace in July at Marshside in Kent. The Challenge is not arace; however participants are expected to finish the 52.4mile course in less than 15 hours. During the two years that Ruth looked after her Mum, shedidn’t really do much exercise. It took Ruth six weeks to getherself back to a level of fitness to even begin the sixmonth training in earnest! Her training varied between oneand eight hour walking/jogging sessions, five days a weekand even included a day out to Rustington from which shereturned to her home in Selsey on foot!Ruth’s sheer determination and hard work really paid off asshe completed the course in 13 hours 54 minutes! So far Ruth has raised £2,700 for the Hospice and wouldlove to top the £3,000 mark. If you would like to help Ruthreach her goal click onto justgiving.com/ruth-cleeves.

There’s no stopping her now!

When Ruth Cleeve’s mother Mary died in November last yearRuth had already decided she wanted to do something bothpractical and positive to pay back St Wilfrid’s for the care givento them both during Mary’s illness.Just like her Mum, Ruth, aged 57, is a very positive personand says, “Mum wasn’t your typical 80 year old, she was avery fit and lively person. I wanted to do something tohonour Mum who so appreciated the Hospice and let her bewho she was.”

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The Only Way is Up!It’s great news that St Wilfrid’s has been ranked 32 inthe Health Service Journal/Nursing Times Top 100 employersin the UK – 10 places higher than last year! The Hospicealso gained 21st place as one of the leading independenthealthcare employers for its high level of job satisfaction –97% of its employees agree their work is interesting, 92%feel part of a team whilst 99% say their work is worthwhile. Chief Executive Alison Moorey says, “It’s wonderful to seeour ranking rise higher this year. My thanks go to allHospice staff who contribute towards making St Wilfrid’s agreat place to work.”

This year our marathon teams did a fabulous job withthe Brighton runners raising over £5,000 and ourLondon runners topping £15,000! A great big thank youto everyone and we hope our teams for 2011 will bejust as successful. If you would like to run for St Wilfrid’splease write to Jill Dennison and say why you think weshould consider you.

To our four new Trustees Dr Alan Copsey, Jo Kroes Randell,Lis Spence and Angela Wormald who all want to share theirexpertise and ensure that St Wilfrid’s continues to provide thehighest quality end of life care to our local community. Alan has always been involved in medical education and withthe Hospice. He says “When the post came up I thought itwould be really interesting and I would be able to contribute toan organisation that I have a lot of respect for.”Jo’s father in law was looked after by St Wilfrid’s and she wasamazed at the care given to all the family. Jo’s background is infundraising and she feels she can inspire a culture of fundraisingamongst her colleagues. Lis has had a varied working life, including PR and accountancy,and took part in last year’s Moonlight Walk. She sits on the HRCommittee and believes the versatility of her skills will prove tobe very useful.With a background in HR during which time she fundraised forthe Hospice, Angela now chairs the new HR committee and says,“St Wilfrid’s has a big place in the heart of the community – Itremble to think what life would be without it!”

Welcome on Board…

Shoppers in North Street were mesmerized by abeautiful female voice singing gentle contemporarysongs to a guitar somewhere, just within earshot in thedistance… Following the music to its source, Priory Parkopened up in front of them offering a feast for thesenses. St Wilfrid’s Rainbow Day was in full swing withtempting stalls, children’s activities and games, a modelrailway and there, in front of the Rainbow, Claire Smith,accompanied by Lucy Osborn, alias Acoustic Harmony(care of the Sussex Academy of Music) who wereentertaining visitors on this mild summer afternoon.Centre stage during the afternoon was taken by theRainbow of coloured cards laden with messages of lovein memory of dear ones: emotions soared as membersof the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre sang‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’. Tricky Nicky entrancedthe children with his magic tricks whilst dynamic Olliedrummed his way into the public’s hearts with hisinfectious rhythmic drumming workshop. Aperformance by Sax in the City showed off theversatility of the sax. The Mayor of Chichester,Councillor Michael Woolley kindly drew the four GrandSummer Draw tickets and announced the luckywinners. Glasses of Pimms were raised, burgersmunched and ice creams savoured in aid of theHospice, culminating in a magnificent total of nearly£10,000 being raised through Rainbow Day. Our thanksgo to each and every supporter and volunteer whoenabled this impressive and enjoyable outcome.

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Saturday 2nd October Jumble Sale,Lavant Memorial Hall

Sunday 3rd October 25th Anniversary Wittering Walk The Shore Inn,East Wittering

Saturday 23rd OctoberCraft FairEastergate Parish Hall

Wednesday 27th October Shepherd’s Pie LunchSt Paul’s Church Hall, Chichester

Friday 20th November A Country and Western HoedownSouthbourne Village Hall

Saturday 27th November Merry QuizmasEastergate Parish Hall

Friday 10th December Thank You Christmas Party Day Hospice

Contact Jill on 01243 755827 formore details.

If you have ever wanted to do aparachute jump, now is your chance!We are looking for adventurouspeople to join Anne-Marie and DavidHopkins on Saturday 12th February 2011 at OldSarum Airfield in Salisbury – and, if you raise enoughin sponsorship, you will get toJUMP FOR FREE! Why not use it as an opportunity tocelebrate Valentine’s Day a bit differently?!Day Hospice Auxiliary Nurse, Anne-Marie and husband David,were inspired to jump after watching their son Matt ‘fly like abird in the sky’ for his 30th birthday earlier this year. Anne-Marie says, “Since completing the Great Wall of China trekfor the Hospice a few years ago I have been looking for a new challenge, and this willcertainly be one as I have a fear of heights!” No experience is necessary as all training is given. If you are interested in joiningour ‘love birds’ Anne-Marie and David, please call Julie Longman on 01243 755181 formore information.

Two days before their recent successful Ploughman’s Lunchfrom which the Witterings and District Support Groupmade £2,707, a desperate emergency arose. The usual twoclowns who tour the village were not available and neitherwere the costumes! So what did the organisers do? Theyphoned their local Community Warden Drew Allardice.Within hours he found two young men – Lewis Gillans andSam Turner to fill the gap. Early the next morning Lewisand Sam donned their costumes and, armed with acollecting box and Gregory the Gorilla, set off round thevillage. They collected £137.39 and a further £22 fromrunning their own skittle stall.The lads had such an exciting day and insist on beingclowns again next year.

Clowning around An amazing £4,660 wasraised one evening in Julywhen the Lavant ValleySupport Group entertained200 guests with adelicious supper followedby two short previews ofplays which wereperformed at theEdinburgh Fringe.The setting for the eveningwas a glittering marqueein the delightful garden ofcommittee member PennyHawker. Guests weregreeted with acomplimentary glass ofPimms and canapés onthe lawn, whilst enjoyingmusic played by localflautist Vicky Masonfollowed by a sit downsupper. The eveningconcluded with twohilarious short comediessplendidly performed by‘Castaway’.The event was thoroughlyenjoyed by everyone andthanks must go to all thecommittee membersespecially Penny Hawkerand Nina Johns who turneda great idea into reality!

Edinburgh FringePreview at Lavant!

This could be you!

By the time Liz Juniperarrived home from theSalterns Way SponsoredBike Ride she had cycled33 miles – many moremiles than required, as shehad also cycled from herhome in Bosham and allthe way back again!However, she did enjoy awarm welcome and slice ofhome made cake and

hoped the eventraised a lot ofmoney – well it

did! Top prize ofa handmadeGerman bikewent to

Dominic Gibb-Gray who raised

over £1,900 whichis a generous sliceof the £9,000 raisedfor St Wilfrid’s andMacmillan Cancer

Support.

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ArundelJill DennisonTel: 01243 755827

Barnham, Eastergate,Aldingbourne, YaptonGill KellyTel: 01243 552230

Bognor RegisChris JacksonTel: 01243 861991

BoshamBrian Currell Tel: 01243 573596

BoxgroveMia TodTel: 01243 773606

ChichesterHelen SchofieldTel: 01243 787325

DonningtonMargaret FoyleTel: 01243 785305Roy MillerTel: 01243 783472

Felpham, Middleton-on-SeaPeggy GumbrellTel: 01243 827667

FishbourneSusan BrownTel: 01243 787428

Funtington and ComptonEsther RossTel: 01243 575420

Hunston and DistrictMaggie DevenishTel: 01243 779042

Lavant ValleyNina JohnsTel: 01243 538750

SelseyBob HopeTel: 01243 604802

SidleshamLouise HarwoodTel: 01243 641047Jane PhillipsTel: 01243 641091

Southbourne Hilary GilsonTel: 01243 372187

Witterings and DistrictMarion JugginsTel: 01243 673544

Once again St Wilfrid’s Hospice Christmas Cards will be onsale in the Chichester and Midhurst Cards for Good Causes.The Chichester shop will return to the Assembly Rooms inNorth Street and is open from Saturday 2nd October –Monday 20th December 9.30 am - 4.30 pm daily. TheMidhurst shop is in Capron House, North Street and is openMonday – Friday 10.00 am – 4.00 pm from Monday 1stNovember – Friday 17th December. Christmas cards are nowon sale in all our Hospice shops.

Sunday 30th May dawned bright and sunny, delighting allgarden owners opening their gates to raise funds for StWilfrid’s Hospice and Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group. Selsey was buzzing with many people managing to get roundto all 18 gardens, sustained by the delicious teas on sale!Displays of fossils, from local beaches, and beautiful quiltsmade by the Selsey Quilters Society were much admiredalong with the Art and Photographic Exhibition produced bylocal artists. The event raised £3,500, shared equally between both charities. We’re already planning for next year, so if you’ve a garden orallotment in Selsey you’d be willing to open, do get in touchwith Ann Humphrey tel, 01243 605389.

Blooming Great!

Selsey Gardens Open Day

We now have threemembers of the Hopkinsfamily working at theHospice: Laura, who hasbeen a member of theClinical Nurse Specialistteam for the past 17 years,sister-in-law Anne-Mariewho has been workinghere for 12 years and is avalued member of theDay Hospice team and nieceCherry who recently joinedthe clinical secretary team.

Pic L-R Laura, Cherryand Anne-Marie

Talk aboutkeeping it inthe family!

A great big thank you toeveryone who threw opentheir gates as part of ourOpen Garden scheme thisyear. We were delighted withthe response from oursupporters who helped raiseover £11,000! The scheme culminated withthe opening of our very ownHospice garden which hasnow been selected to receivean award in the ChichesterDistrict Residents andBusiness Garden competition.This is a tremendous accoladefor our volunteer gardenerswho can be found tending

the garden, come rain orshine, every Tuesday morning. Our thanks must also go tothe Girlguiding Cakeham andRoman Way District. Guidingis 100 years old this year andmembers were set achallenge to gain theirAdventure 100 badge. Onewas to serve 100refreshments which theycertainly achieved helping outat the Hospice Open Garden.If you have a beautifulgarden and would like tojoin in next year’s scheme,please call Jill Dennison on01243 755827.

Southbourne SupportGroup held their OpenGarden event in May. Theweather was perfect andover 270 people walkedaround the garden andenjoyed a cream tea, raising£2,952 in the process.Thank you to all those whocame and supported us. At the Southbourne Fete weraised £168 with the help ofour good friend andsupporter, Dot Warren, andher jewellery, Beads withPassion. We were also proud to doour bit on Rainbow Day,running the very popularPimm’s Bar. Hilary Gilson.

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We do get some very funnythings donated to theHospice, but were a littletaken aback when inwalked a bananaaccompanied by members ofthe Felpham Walking Club! Auxiliary Nurses Nick Cookand Gina Baughurst escortedthe banana into theFundraising Office and, notwanting to ‘slip-up’ and makethe wrong decision, we needsuggestions on what to do with‘it’! Any ideas?

St Wilfrid’s Hospice is pleased to announce that it has beenawarded a further one-off capital grant from the Departmentof Health to complete the improvements to our inpatientunit. The grant of £79,384 is for capital improvements anddoes not support the running costs of the Hospice at all.Specifically the grant will fund improvements to our ward asfollows:-• Installing new hoists, TVs and DVDs in rooms five to eight to

bring them up to the same standard as all the other roomswhich were refurbished in 2008

• Providing new over bed tilting tables for patients in allrooms and specialist pain therapy mattresses for the ward

• Refurbishing an existing bathroom to create a modernenvironment with a new shower wet room area

• Refurbishing and refitting the ward refreshment area usedby patients and families that is used extensively and is inneed of a major uplift

The improvements will result in a greatly enhanced inpatientunit and will directly benefit patients, carers and families aswell as staff and volunteers. It will bring all our rooms up tothe same high standard and enable us to give better qualitycare, more dignity and more privacy to people nearing theend of their life.The work will be carried out in the later part of 2010 and ishoped to be completed by the end of the year.

Capital Grant

Banana-drama Five facts you maynot know aboutSt Wilfrid's Hospice1St Wilfrid's cares for people with any disease, not just cancer

We provide specialist palliative care for any life-limitingillness when patients would benefit from our care and support.Most of the patients we support do have cancer but oursupport can benefit people who are dying from any disease.

2St Wilfrid's is independent and not part of the NHS We are an independent charity and only receive 15% of our

funding from the NHS. We value the independence that StWilfrid's has but also the close working relationships that wehave with colleagues working in the NHS and other agencies.

3Our work is about hope and optimismAlthough the hope for a cure is no longer possible, we help

each and every person we support live each day to the fullest.We find out what matters to every person who is referred to StWilfrid's and do our very best to help them achieve theirwishes.

4The Hospice has a friendly and supportive atmosphere People often feel fearful about visiting the Hospice for the

first time, expecting it to be a sad and depressing place. Staffand volunteers are friendly and caring and do all they can tomake people welcome. Of course there is sadness but alsolaughter is often to be heard.

5There is no charge made to any patient or family for our services

All our services are free to patients at the point of delivery. Manypeople do make donations to St Wilfrid's as a mark of gratitudefor our support and this is a way of helping to ensure that ourservices will be here to support local people in the future. If you have never visited St Wilfrid's and would like to take atour then please do give come and visit us – you may well besurprised by what you find and we would be pleased towelcome you. Please call fundraising on 01243 755827 toarrange this.

Many thanks to Richard Smithwho recently donated a paintingto St Wilfrid’s Day Hospice forour patients to enjoy.Called ‘Summer Reflection’ andpainted by artist Sophie Knightwe are sure it will giveenormous pleasure to ourpatients, visitors and staff.

Picture Perfect

During the summer members of our complementarytherapist team visited Lordington Lavender Fields at thekind invitation of farmer and owner Andrew Elms. Theywere lucky enough to see the fields prior to harvesting. Wewish them a bumper yield of essential oil this year as it is aproduct we use at the Hospice and it is much valued for itscalming properties.

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Back whereshe started?

He’s the tops

It’s been a long journey forHelen Herniman to get towhere she is today. Helenstarted her nursing careeras an auxiliary in 1984 atSt Richard’s Hospital andleft to start a family eightyears later. Her mother,Pat Camilleri, was Matronof the Hospice at the timeand, in 1993, encouragedHelen to work here. Aftersix years she left to workwith her husband.However her heart was stillin nursing and in 2002 shesaw an advertisement towork in the antenatal clinicat St Richard’s Hospitalwhere she worked for thenext five years.

During this time sheundertook an NVQ level 3 inCare and an Open Universitycourse in Health and SocialCare. This, together with her20 years experience as aHealth Care Assistant, wasthe gateway for her to starther Nurse training. In 2007with funding fromSt Richard’s Hospital shewas able to undertake athree year full time AdultDiploma HE course at theUniversity of Surrey. Duringthis time Helen still workedone night a week at theHospice and often did Bankwork as well. Helensuccessfully completed thecourse in August and is

starting her new job as astaff nurse on Ashling Wardat St Richard’s this month.We wish her well.She says, “I am lookingforward to wearing my newshoes as a staff nurse havingspent 26 years as an

auxiliary nurse and as amature student. It’s been areal privilege to work at theHospice and I am lookingforward to returning as aBank Staff Nurse when Ihave gained someexperience.”

Our sincere thanks to JohnUbsdell who must be oneof our top fundraisers. Forthe past 14 years, John hastaken part in the CoastalChallenge and during thistime has raised over£25,000 for the Hospice.Sadly John cannot take partthis year as he is awaiting ahip operation. In 2009 Johnwas presented with a Civicand Heritage Award inrecognition of his tireless

fundraising efforts for theHospice. We wish John welland hope to see him atnext year’s challenge.

The Occupational TherapyDepartment regularly hasstudents on their practicalplacements, as an essentialpart of their Bachelor orMaster of Science degreecourses.The Hospice offers students aunique experience ofconstructive and holistictherapy input, within a wellestablished respectedpalliative team.Student James Leahy is a

valued member of our Therapy team, assessing patients onthe ward to enable their possible return back home, andorganising essential equipment/services to support both thepatient and the carer.James is also helping to maintain patients within their ownhomes, by offering practical solutions to their every dayproblems and concerns; demonstrating different equipmentand offering on going therapy treatment and support.This is James’ final placement before he completes hisBSc Hons in Occupational Therapy. We all wish him well withhis new graduate post at St Richard’s Hospital.

A REMINDER. Don’t forget our AGM on WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER AT 6.00 PM in the Day Hospice/Seminar Room. Tea andcake will be served prior to the meeting which will give supporters a chance to hear more about our recent activities.

A lady from Yorkshire called to say she had been looking atour website and seen that we collect milk bottle tops forrecycling. Our receptionist confirmed she was right, towhich the lady replied that she quite often comes toBournemouth for a holiday and will pop the two sacks oflids into us the next time she passes!

She’s got a lot of ‘bottle’

L-R Jenny Thomas,James and Chris Satturley

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Saturday 9th OctoberDinner and DanceBognor Regis Golf Club

Wednesday 10th NovemberChristmas ShoppingThe Great Barn, East Lavant

Saturday 20th November Black & White Charity BallThe Brookfield Hotel, Emsworth

Sunday 28th NovemberSanta ‘Fun’ RunFontwell Park Racecourse

All details about our eventswill be regularly updated onour website. Visit www.stwh.co.ukto ensure you’re not left out ofany of our exciting activities.For further details please callfundraising on 01243 755827.

That’s what our Day Hospice patients said when second chefTheresa Martin demonstrated a different way of serving pureedfoods for people with dysphagia.Patients with dysphagia have difficulty in swallowing or chewingfoods and it is very important the patient gets adequatenutrition. Although most foods can be pureed – they usuallyend up in the blender together, look more like baby food andare not very appealing. Our Day Hospice patients were asked to compare and taste apureed meal with, what appeared to be, a plated dinner ofmeat and vegetables. Imagine their surprise when they learntthat each item had been pureed separately, mixed with Nutrisip(a food supplement) and frozen into individual moulds prior toheating. All agreed the dinner looked far more appetising andtasted delicious.Now our patients with swallowing difficulties can choose from a‘mix and match’ menu of pureed foods which includes roastchicken, beef stew, lamb chop and even puddings which lookcolourful, tempt the appetite and are full of flavour.

“It looks good, it tastes goodand by golly it does you good!”

How to contact usAddress: St Wilfrid’s Hospice, Grosvenor Road, Chichester,

PO19 8FP

Telephone: 01243 775302

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.stwh.co.uk

Registered Charity No: 281963

Newsletter Editor: Jill Dennison

If you have any comments about the newsletter pleasecontact Jill on 01243 755827, e-mail [email protected]

A recent report claims there is almost £43mworth of coins down the back of our sofas.

Dominic Gibb-Gray has set up a justgivingpage urging people to check their sofas, under car

seats and in pockets of old clothes for ‘lost’ cash. He says, “By finding lost coins, you could help St Wilfrid’swithout it actually "costing" you anything (as it's money youdidn't know you had!) And, what's more, if you are a UKtaxpayer, the Hospice can reclaim the tax via Gift Aid, so anybooty you find will be worth even more to St Wilfrid’s. So dohave a rummage – you never know what you might find andthen click onto www.justgiving.com/dominicgg to make yourdonation.

Robin Butters joined the Day Hospiceas a volunteer driver about a year agoand has now added to this role bybecoming a duty driver. This meansthat one morning a fortnight Robin ison call at the Hospice to help inwhatever way he can. A typical daymight include picking up patients tobring to the Hospice and escortingthem home, taking equipment backto Bognor War Memorial Hospital,carrying our post and medicineorders to St Richard’s and, if it’s quiet,helping staff to count money or stuffenvelopes for mail shots.If you like variety and would like tobecome a volunteer duty driverplease give Emma Clark a call on01243 755815.

• Brian Currell and his wife Audrey for all their supportduring the last fourteen years.

• Dean Nicholas who magically raised more than £300at Confucius Restaurant

• The Park Tavern Chilli Growers who raised £415 • Angie Jarman at the Woolpack Inn whose ‘Woolstock’

event raised £563 • Kieran Bulbeck who organised a cricket match in memory

of his granddad. Although his team lost they were‘bowled over’ by the £575 raised

And to all who support us - we can’t thank you enough.

A Great Big Thank You to...

Sofa sogood


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