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News from St Leonard's

AKASH’S TANDOORI NIGHT HELPS HOSPICE

4 July 2008

Hospice Fundraiser Victoria Perry with Akash staffAkash Tandoori restaurant is offering diners a choice from anywhere on its menu – and charging just £8.95 for three courses – and it is extra-special because it raises funds for York’s St Leonard’s Hospice.

Barik Miah and his colleagues at the Akash Tandoori in North Street are holding a special fundraising evening for the Hospice on THURSDAY 10 JULY, charging just £8.95 for three courses. All the money paid by customers on the evening will be donated to the work of the Hospice.

Victoria Perry, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘Akash Tandoori is one of the Hospice’s Corporate Patrons, and a regular supporter of our work. We are delighted that they are again running a special fund-raising evening for us. We know that diners will enjoy the restaurant’s dishes, and they will know that they are helping St Leonard’s at the same time.’


SCHOOL’S EFFORTS RAISE £2,000 FOR ST LEONARD’S HOSPICE

26 June 2008

Hospice Fundraiser Sue Edwards (left) and PTA Chairman Iona Illingworth (r) with pupils of St Olave's SchoolPupils, parents and staff at St Olave’s School in York - the Junior School of St Peter’s School – have helped to raise £2,000 for St Leonard’s Hospice with a series of events that included a fundraising ball at the National Railway Museum and a Shopping Extravaganza evening.

Co-ordinated by St Olave’s Parent/Teachers Association, the fundraising efforts throughout the year have also included school fetes and fairs.

The Head of St Olave’s, Andy Falconer, says, ‘Helping our 350 pupils to realise that they have a moral obligation to help others when they can, is very important. We are very pleased with the amounts that have been raised this year and we hope they make a real difference to St Leonard’s Hospice and to the charities which we support.’ Iona Illingworth, Chair of the PTA, added, ‘Everyone has worked very hard to generate as much as possible – thank you to all involved.’

Sue Edwards of St Leonard’s Hospice Fundraising Team says, ‘St Olave’s School is one of our regular supporters, and we are very grateful that they have raised such a magnificent sum for us. Thank you to everyone!’

At the beginning of the summer holiday, a group of St. Olave’s teachers will be attempting to climb the highest peak of each of mainland Britain’s three countries as part of the Twenty-Four Hour National Three Peaks Challenge. They aim to raise money for Martin House Children’s Hospice in Boston Spa. Other beneficiaries of the school’s charity giving this year have been Svrljig - a charity for children in Serbia; the Yorkshire Air Ambulance; the RSPCA; Guide Dogs for the Blind and Barnardos.


HOTEL WEDDING FAIR HELPS ST LEONARD’S HOSPICE

24 June 2008

Wedding Fair at the Marriott HotelA beautiful dress and a handsome groom are the two requisites for any bride – and the Wedding Fair at the Marriott Hotel on Tadcaster Road in York on Sunday 20 July in aid of York’s St Leonard’s Hospice will help with at least one of those.

The Fair, which will be open to the public from 11.00 am to 4.00 pm, will include lots of ideas for helping that special day to be perfect, including wedding dresses from Susan Forth Wedding Gowns of Selby.

Other exhibitors include wedding cake designers, photographers, florists, suit hire for the groom, best man and ushers, wedding cars, makers of wedding favours and suppliers of wedding accessories and stationery.

All money raised from the Wedding Fair will go to help St Leonard’s Hospice to provide care for patients and their families. Admission to the Fair is free.

Judith Wilson, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says ‘Although we can’t perhaps, help with a handsome man, we can make sure that brides-to be have everything else they need for their special day. Our Wedding Fair at the Marriott is a brilliant opportunity to get inspiration for a wedding, and we are grateful to the staff of the Marriott and to all our exhibitors for their hard work and generous help.’


ALL SAINTS STUDENTS’ SWIMMING AND SILENCE FOR THE HOSPICE

23 June 2008

Jean Cross from St Leonard's receives the donation fropm All Saints School studentsStudents from Year 7 at All Saints School in York have taken to the water or stopped talking as they help to raise funds for the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice.

One hundred and seventy-five students took part in a Sponsored Swim, at the swimming pool of The Mount School in Dalton Terrace, or held an hour’s sponsored silence at All Saints.

The events were organised by Dave Guest, Head of Year 7 at the school, as part of the citizenship learning that the year-group undertakes each year. This year the two events raised a total of more than £1,700 for the Hospice, as part of the school’s continued charitable fundraising. Mr Guest sys, 'Thank you to all the parents, relatives and friends without whom the money would not have been donated.'

The school first started to collect funds for St Leonard’s in this way in 1994, and have raised more than £20,000 for the work of the Hospice.

Janet Morley, Director of Fundraising at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘Fourteen years of swimming and keeping silent for St Leonard’s is really amazing. We are very grateful to the school for their support over the years, and to all this year’s students who swam or were silent for us.’


SUNFLOWER TREE BLOOMS FOR HOSPICE IN ST HELEN’S SQUARE

17 June 2008

The Sunflower Tree in St Helen'sSquareA ‘Sunflower Tree’ has sprung up in York’s St Helen’s Square to celebrate the work of St Leonard’s Hospice and to mark Hospice Awareness Month.

The 12-foot tree, supplied by Vertigrow Plant Nursery in Malton Road, York, is in the centre of the square, outside the Mansion House, for a week. From its branches hang sunflower shapes coloured by visitors to the Hospice’s Summer Fair at the beginning of June, by local children and by patients in the Hospice’s Daycare.

Since 1996, when the Hospice and local children created a giant sunflower on the Eye of York, St Leonard’s has celebrated the month of June with a sunflower display in the city centre. There have been sunflowers in York Minster, the Theatre Royal, the City Library and in the Art Gallery, as well as at the National Railway Museum. This is the first time since the original display that the sunflowers will be in the open air, and the ‘Sunflower Tree’ is attracting a great deal of attention.

Janet Morley, Director of Fundraising at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘The eye-catching Sunflower Tree will help to let local people and visitors know about the work of St Leonard’s in a colourful, fun way. We are very grateful to Vertigrow for supplying the tree for us, to City of York Council for allowing us to “plant” it in St Helen’s Square, and to everyone who has coloured in the special sunflowers for us. We hope everyone enjoys it!’


'SUNBEAM’ COCKTAILS AT HOTEL DU VIN HELP HOSPICE ‘GO YELLOW’

12 June 2008

Hospice Fundraiser Victoria Perry with Bar Manager Adrien Leuillier (l) and Hotel du Vin General Manager Grant Lowe enjoy the new Sunbeam cocktailBright yellow ‘Sunbeams’ are shining at York’s Hotel du Vin as guests order a new cocktail specially created to raise finds for the city’s St Leonard’s Hospice.

Barman Adrien Leuillier has created his ‘Sunbeam’ cocktail to mark Go Yellow month, which raises awareness of St Leonard’s by encouraging all things yellow – the colours of sunflowers, the Hospice’s symbol. It consists of rum, pineapple juice, banana, ginger liqueur and vanilla syrup and lives up to its sunny name.

Each ‘Sunbeam’ sold at £5.00 will see a donation of £3.00 going to the work of St Leonard’s Hospice in caring for local people with life-threatening illnesses. The new cocktail will be on sale throughout June.

Sophie Lemm, Regional Business Manager, Yorkshire, for Malmasion and Hotel du Vin, says, ‘The Hotel du Vin wanted to think of a way we could support this fantastic local charity during their ‘Go Yellow’ month, and a cocktail seemed the perfect idea. We always like to be involved in the events that St Leonard’s organises because of the amazing work the Hospice does.’

Hospice Community Fundraiser Victoria Perry says, ‘A sunny, fantastic-tasting cocktail is a perfect way to celebrate our Go Yellow month. We are very grateful to Hotel du Vin for its support and to Adrien for coming up with such a great drink. Try one as soon as possible – they’re brilliant!’


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NESTLE BARS WILL HELP HOSPICE MIDNIGHT WALKERS

11 June 2008

Everyone who takes part in the first St Leonard’s Hospice Midnight Walk on 21 June will be able to keep their calorie levels topped up, thanks to a donation of cereal bars from Nestlé.

The company’s Customer Contact Centre Team Manager Vicky Whitelock, and Customer Relations Officer Gillian Liddell will visit the Hospice on THURSDAY 11 JUNE to hand over more than 500 cereal bars in flavours including Shreddies, Honey Nut and Nesquik to Hospice mascot Lenny Bear.

Janet Morley, Director of Fundraising at St Leonard’s Hospice says, ‘It’s important that our Midnight Walkers have plenty to keep them going on the 21 June, so we are very grateful to Vicky and Gillian, and all their colleagues at Nestlé, for donating these nutritious cereal bars. Now all we have to do is to stop Lenny from eating too many before the day!’


COLTON GARDENS AND ART HELP HOSPICE AND CHURCH

4 June 2008

Abigail and Cameron Etherton with the miniature railway at the Old Post OfficeThe gardeners of Colton are hard at work preparing for one of the major events of the village’s year – the Open Gardens and Art Exhibition on 21 and 22 June in aid of Colton Church and St Leonard’s Hospice.

Five village gardens are opening to the public on both days from 10.00 to 4.30 pm. Among them is the garden of Martin Etherton at the Old Post Office. Since he moved to the village he has created a new alpine garden with a miniature railway running through it, which is expected to prove particularly popular with children. Admission is £3.00 for all five gardens, and there will be refreshments, books, plants and St Leonard’s Hospice gifts on sale.

The Art Exhibition, which takes place in St Paul’s Church, Colton, will be open throughout the weekend, from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm on both days. Admission is included with the fee for the gardens.

Evelyn Pennington, one of the organisers of the annual Colton Open Gardens, says, ‘My late husband Clifford died at St Leonard’s, and since I’ve remarried, my new husband Alan and I have raised thousands of pounds to help the Hospice.’

Judith Wilson, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘We are really pleased that Evelyn, Alan and their friends in Colton are once again opening their gardens and organising local artistic talent for this special weekend. June is Hospice Awareness Month, and we are delighted that the people of Colton are giving so generously to St Leonard’s.'


HOSPICE LUNCHEON CLUB INVITES PAST MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE 21 YEARS

4 June 2008

Katharina Barenthien, general manager of the Marriott Hotel, with Hopsice Chief Executive Martyn Callaghan and the volunteers at the tea partyThe Luncheon Club at St Leonard’s Hospice is celebrating its 21st birthday this year – and is marking the occasion with a ‘cuppa and a chat’ at the Hospice on Monday 9 June.

The Club, which started in 1987, not long after the Hospice was opened, meets at the Hospice each month to bring together people who have recently been bereaved. Members usually attend the monthly meetings for a short time after they are bereaved.

The organisers have issued an invitation to everyone who has been a member in the past to return for the reunion, which takes place in ‘The Stables Coffee Stop’ at the Hospice (the original Day Hospice building) from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm on 9 June.

June is Hospice Awareness month, and everyone is invited to wear something yellow – the colour of sunflowers, symbol of the Hospice Movement – to mark the occasion.

Rosemary Thompson, Bereavement Care Coordinator at St Leonard’s, says, ‘The Hospice Luncheon Club has “come of age” this year, so we’d like to welcome back as many of our former members as possible for the reunion this year. They may meet old friends and there will be the chance to talk and reminisce. And we hope they will wear something yellow to support the work of St Leonard’s.’

Booking is not needed for the reunion – just turn up. There is no parking at the Hospice except for people with mobility problems. Visitors are encouraged to use the Park and Ride bus to Askham Bar, opposite the Hospice on Tadcaster Road.


‘TIE A YELLOW RIBBON’ TO HELP ST LEONARD’S HOSPICE

30 May 2008


Hospice nurses Tie a Yellow Ribbon'Supporters of St Leonard’s Hospice are being invited to ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon’ to a special tree in the grounds of the Hospice to honour their loved ones and friends.

Remembering loved ones with a yellow ribbon has become an important part of many people’s lives. Throughout the month of June St Leonard’s offers everyone the chance to ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon’ on the tree on its Tadcaster Road site, in return for a donation to help its work of caring for local people. Yellow is the colour of hope and memory, and is a colour especially associated with the hospice movement.

Each yellow ribbon carries the name of the person honoured, and will be tied in place by one of the Hospice staff. The ribbons will remain on the tree throughout June, which is Hospice Awareness Month. Hospices throughout the country will be taking part in a campaign to increase awareness of their work.

To remember someone with a yellow ribbon ask for a leaflet from one of the Hospice shops in Acomb, Haxby, Pocklington, Scarcroft Road and Tang Hall, from Hospice reception in Tadcaster Road or from St Leonard’s Hospice Fundraising Centre by calling 01904 77 77 77.

Helen Moreton, Community Fundraiser for St Leonard's Hospice, says, ‘A yellow ribbon is a very visible reminder of a loved one or a friend, and by making a donation to our work and having a yellow ribbon tied to our special tree, you will be making a positive contribution to our work of caring for local people.’

This year there is a special event for Hospice Awareness Month at St Leonard’s. On Saturday 21 June the Hospice is holding its first Midnight Walk on pavements and cycle paths around the centre of York, starting and finishing at York College on Sim Balk Lane. Walkers check in at York College between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm and set off at 12.00 midnight after a short warm-up. The Walk is led throughout. Everyone, of any age, is welcome to join in, but anyone who is 16 or under must be supervised by an adult at all times. There is a charge of £10.00 for each walker – 16 or under, £5.00 – and everyone is being encouraged to get sponsorship. For more information call 01904 77 77 77


POCKLINGTON’S ‘BAYWATCH BIKERS’ TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HOSPICE

20 May 2008

'The Baywatch Bikers' who are cycling from Pocklington to Filey and back for the Hospice, including Adele Shipley (centre) in the photo (blond hair), and Darren Jackson, Sports Centre Manager, (3rd from right).Staff and members of the Francis Scaife Sports Centre in Pocklington are to pedal their bikes all the way to Filey and back to raise money for St Leonard’s Hospice in York.

Around 20 riders – calling themselves ‘The Baywatch Bikers’ – will set off on Saturday 19 July for the coast. Among them will be gym member Adele Shipley, whose mother was cared for by St Leonard’s.

Darren Jackson, Manager of the Francis Scaife Sports Centre and one of the riders, says, ‘We’ve done quite a few charity events through the gym before, and this time we wanted to raise money for a local charity. Adele’s mum died in the Hospice so we all wanted to do something for St Leonard’s to say thank you for all the care and support she received. St Leonard’s wasn’t just there for her mum, but for the whole family, too.’

Victoria Perry, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘Biking more than 60 miles to raise funds for St Leonard’s will be no mean feat, and we hope that lots of people will sponsor ‘The Baywatch Bikers’ well as cheering them along on their journey! We are very grateful to them for coming up with this excellent idea, and we wish them the best possible weather for the ride.’

• Donations can be made on-line at www.justgiving,com/adeleshipley – or contact the Francis Scaife Sports Centre on 01759 305052.


SELBY INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION BALL HELPS THE HOSPICE

9 May 2008

 John Readshaw, Taffeline Tough (Hospice cook), Ian Bithell, Penny Deighton (Hospice cook) and Bryan Cass. Dancing the night away has helped Selby Industrial Association raise £1,350 for the work of St Leonard’s Hospice.

Selby Industrial Association, which brings together companies in the Selby area to promote their mutual interests, held a Ball at The York Pavilion Hotel in November last year. Organised by John Readshaw, Ian Bithell and Bryan Cass, officers of the Association, the evening raised a total of £2,700. The Association has divided the proceeds between St Leonard’s Hospice and Martin House Hospice for Children

This is the second year in succession that the event has raised more than £1,000 for St Leonard’s, and John Readshaw, Ian Bithell and Bryan Cass went to the Hospice to hand over the cheque to Hospice cooks Taffeline Tough and Penny Deighton, who attended the Ball.

Janet Morley, Director of Fundraising at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, says, ‘A great deal of the support for St Leonard’s comes from the Selby area, and we are really grateful that the members of Selby Industrial Association have once again helped us in our work of caring for local people and their families. ’


SEVERUS SOCIAL CLUB’S HOSPICE EVENING NETS £1000

28 April 2008

St Leonard’s Hospice Volunteer Arthur Hattee (right) receiving a cheque for £1080 from staff at Severus Social Club - (l to r) , Laura Ireland, Judy Ireland, Barbara Rhodes and Tony Ireland - not available for the picture was Sian GoldtreeGenerous members and friends of Severus Social Club in York’s Milner Street raised more than £1,000 at a special evening of entertainment and fundraising in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice.

The club lined up entertainers, including duo Flaming Pie, to perform at the club on Wednesday 16 April. An auction, which included a view of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour in harbour painted by a Daycare patient at the Hospice, a snooker cue and dancing lessons, were among the fundraising events during the evening.

There was also a Grand Raffle with prizes donated by the club’s suppliers and by local businesses, including a Nestle hamper as well as a bingo session and other fundraising activities.

The evening raised £1,080 for the work of St Leonard’s Hospice, and Hospice Volunteer Arthur Hattee will be at the Club to receive the donation, which will be used to help care for local people with life-threatening illnesses, and their families.

Judith Wilson, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘It was really generous of the Severus Social Club to arrange this special fundraising evening for us, and we are delighted that they have raised such a great sum of money. We know that everyone had a brilliant night and we thank them for giving so generously to our work.’


10,000 BEDDING PLANTS ON SALE AT HOSPICE

28 April 2008

staff in the greenhouse at HM Prison Wealstun - (l to r) Ron Roebuck, in charge of the greenhouses; Sandra Fraser, Head of Learning and Skills and David Jones, Learning and Skills Manager. Anyone looking for summer bedding plants should hurry along to St Leonard’s Hospice on Tadcaster Road in York on Saturday 3 May when 10,000 of them will be on sale to help Hospice funds.

The plants have been donated by HM Prison Wealstun at Thorpe Arch near Wetherby. As the prison is currently being upgraded they are not needed for displays this year, so David Jones, Learning and Skills Manager at the Prison, agreed with his colleagues to donate them to charity. As well as the 10,000 to St Leonard’s Hospice, a similar number is going to help Martin House Children’s Hospice.

The plant sale at St Leonard’s on Saturday is being run by the Hospice’s volunteer gardeners with the help of members of the York Ainsty Rotary Club. It opens at 10.00 am and finishes at 2.30 pm. Among the plants on sale will be marigolds, begonias, lobelia and antirrhinums.

Janet Morley. Director of Fundraising at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘With the weather about to really warm up – we hope! – now’s a good time to buy bedding plants to bring colour to your garden. And these plants from HMP Wealstun are beautifully grown and are bound to make a splash. We are really grateful to David and his colleagues for so generously donating all these plants to us – and to our volunteer gardeners and our friends from York Ainsty Rotary Club who are helping to sell them. All the money we raise will go directly to our work of helping local people who have life-threatening illnesses.’


BUTCHERS MEET TO HELP THE HOSPICE

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23 April 2008


Butchers who are helping the Midnight walk: (l to r) John Piercy from Piercy's Pork Butchers, Simon Kneafsey from M and K Butchers and Lee Bell from Ged Bell and Son ButchersThree local butchers are donating bacon and sausages to help feed the many people who are supporting the Midnight Walk in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice in June.

After an appeal in The Press, Ged Bell Butchers of Middlethorpe Grove, J H Piercey Butchers of Gracious Street and M & K Butchers of Bishopthorpe Road have all offered meat for the barbecue that will feed the walkers after their six-and–a-half mile circular walk on 21 June. The walkers will also be able to warm up with tea and coffee supplied by Betty’s and Taylor’s of York,

The Midnight Walk, which follows pavements and cycle paths around the centre of York, starts and finishes at York College on Sim Balk Lane, not far from the Hospice. Walkers check in at York College between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm and set off at 12.00 midnight after a short warm-up. The Walk is led throughout. Everyone, of any age, is welcome to join in, but anyone who is 16 or under must be supervised by an adult at all times.

There is a charge of £10.00 for each walker – 16 or under, £5.00 – and everyone is being encouraged to get sponsorship. All the proceeds will go towards the £2.75 million annual cost of running St Leonard’s, which makes no charges to its patients or their families.

Donna Woodman, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘There’s nothing better after a good walk than hot food, so we’re delighted that these three excellent local butchers have offered us supplies for our barbecue. It will really give us something to look forward to as we stride out on the Midnight Walk on 21 June!’


SOCIAL CLUB PUTS ON SPECIAL HOSPICE NIGHT

10 April 2008


A special evening of entertainment and fundraising is being planned by Severus Social Club in York’s Milner Street in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice.

The club has lined up entertainers, including duo Flaming Pie, to perform at the club on Wednesday 16 April. In addition, there will be an auction, which includes among its lots a painting of Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour in harbour, painted by a Daycare patient at the Hospice. Other lots include a snooker cue and dancing lessons.

A Grand Raffle offers the chance to win prizes donated by the club’s suppliers and by local businesses, including a Nestle hamper. There will also be a bingo session and other fundraising activities on the evening.

Non-members are welcome to the evening, from 7.30pm; members will be on hand to sign them in. Admission is free. There is on-street parking nearby.

Judith Wilson, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s, says, ‘We are very grateful to the members of Severus Social Club for arranging this special evening in aid of the Hospice, to our long-term volunteer Arthur Hattee for helping with the arrangements and to everyone who has supplied lots for the auction and prizes – especially our Daycare patient who donated the wonderful picture of the Endeavour.’


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ROB NEEDS FOOD TO COOK FOR MIDNIGHT WALK

4 April 2008

Rob, Pat and Missey with the Midnight Walk barbecueRob Marshall is ready with his barbecue to feed the volunteers taking part in the first Midnight Walk in aid of St Leonard’s Hospice on 21 June – but so far he has nothing to cook.

So Rob is appealing to a local companies to see if anyone can offer bacon, sausages and bread to feed the expected 500 walkers as they complete their six-and–a-half mile circular walk following pavements and cycle paths around the centre of York.

The Midnight Walk starts and finishes at York College on Sim Balk Lane not far from the Hospice. Everyone, of any age, is welcome to join in, but anyone who is 16 or under must be supervised by an adult at all times. Rob’s wife Pat, who is the physiotherapist at St Leonard’s Hospice, will be taking part in the Walk, along with their dog Missey.

‘I’m looking forward to cooking for the hungry walkers as they return from the walk,’ says Rob, but there’ll be nothing for them to tuck into unless a generous local company offers help – we’d all be really grateful to them.’

The Hospice’s Midnight Walk starts with walkers checking in at York College between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm. After a after a short warm-up they set off at 12.00 midnight. The Walk is led throughout. There is a charge of £10.00 for each walker – 16 or under, £5.00 – and everyone is being encouraged to get sponsorship. All the proceeds will go towards the £2.6 million annual cost of running St Leonard’s, which makes no charges to its patients or their families.

Donna Woodman, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘Rob is really keen to make sure that the walkers are fed properly after their Midnight adventure. We know that there are lots of supportive companies out there who could offer food for him to cook – please give us a ring if you can help!’

• If you can offer food for the Midnight Walk Barbecue, contact Donna on 01904 77 77 77.
• Entry forms for the St Leonard’s Hospice Midnight Walk are available on the Hospice’s website – www.stleonardshospice.org.uk – by calling the Hospice Fundraising Centre on 01904 77 77 77, from reception at the Hospice on Tadcaster Road and at The Press in Walmgate.


BREAST UNIT FACES PEAKS CHALLENGE TO RAISE HOSPICE FUNDS

3 April 2008

JAckie Frazer and her colleaguesSix friends from the Breast Unit Team at York District Hospital are challenging themselves and raising funds for St Leonard’s Hospice by attempting the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

The team, organised by Jackie Frazer and with the support of colleagues, will set out on 28 June and hope to tackle Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen-y-Ghent within 12 hours to win a coveted Three Peaks certificate. They are encouraging friends, relatives, colleagues and the public to sponsor them, with the funds going to the work of St Leonard’s.

Helen Moreton from the Hospice’s Fundraising team says, ‘Jackie and her colleagues are already in training for this great challenge, and I know they are looking forward to it. We are very grateful to them for offering to do the Three Peaks for St Leonard’s, and we wish them good luck and good weather on 28 June.’

Anyone who would like to sponsor Jackie and her team from the Breast Unit can contact the Hospice’s Fundraising Centre on 01904 77 77 77.


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AGE GAP NO PROBLEM FOR FAMILY TACKLING MIDNIGHT WALK

1 April 2008


Holly with mum Sam and Grandmother MaureenThree generations of the same family are taking part in the Midnight Walk for St Leonard’s Hospice – with 50 years separating their ages.

Seven-year-old Holly Hankin will join her mother Sam (37) and her grandmother, 57-year-old Maureen Cox on the Walk, which takes place on the longest Day – Saturday 21 June. Maureen and Sam run Fringes Hair Salon in Middlethorpe Grove in York.

‘We thought a Midnight Walk was a bit different, and we want to help raise lots of money for St Leonard’s’, says Sam. ‘We hope to get as many people as we can to sponsor us.’

The Midnight Walk starts and finishes at York College on Sim Balk Lane not far from the Hospice. The organisers hope that around 500 walkers will take part – though there will be room for more! Everyone, of any age, is welcome to join in, but anyone who is 16 or under must be supervised by an adult at all times.

Walkers will check in at York College between 10.30 pm and 11.30 pm. After a short warm-up the six-and–a-half mile circular walk begins at 12.00 midnight, following pavements and cycle paths around the centre of York. It will be led throughout. There is a charge of £10.00 for each walker – 16 or under, £5.00 – and everyone is being encouraged to get sponsorship. All the proceeds will go towards the £2.6 million annual cost of running St Leonard’s, which makes no charges to its patients or their families.

Donna Woodman, Community Fundraiser at St Leonard’s Hospice, says, ‘It’s great that Holly, Sam and Maureen are all keen to do the Midnight Walk together. We know that it will be a great adventure, and we are sure that lots of people are already looking forward to it very keenly.’