In celebration of Hospice Care Week, Compassionate Communities is thrilled to announce the ‘Active Minds, Healthy Hearts: A Dementia Care Event,’ set to take place on Thursday, 10th October at the Barrow Leisure Centre. This special event is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the incredible services and support available in our community for people living …
Sophie Murphy-Ayeche is our specialist dementia nurse. Her post is funded by St Mary’s and she’s employed in our Compassionate Communities team, with the role supported by Dementia UK with training and development, which means she’s an Admiral Nurse — admiral nurses being the title given to Dementia UK’s specialists nurses. Sophie explains: “We work …
Gale McKinnell, aged 73, was one of the oldest participants to complete the Walk to Remember, finishing the 10-mile walk in just over two hours. The event, organised by St Mary’s Hospice, is a fundraising initiative in which participants walk to honour loved ones. Gale took part to remember her brother, Dave Huddleston, who passed …
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ST MARY’S Hospice, in Ulverston, has named its new Chief Executive. Catherine Burn will join the St Mary’s team in October, succeeding Val Stangoe, who is retiring after leading the organisation for the past 11 years. Catherine will join St Mary’s from Carlisle Mencap, a social care provider in the north of the county, where …
Here at St Mary’s Hospice, we see volunteers give up their time to help us for a whole host of reasons. Some people have been personally touched by the services and others just want to help the community. Alison Charlesworth dedicates her time each week to helping with the Dementia Cafes. But before getting involved …
A volunteer at St Mary’s Hospice has said the charity helped giver her life back after she lost her husband. Pauline Bettany, like many, hadn’t dealt with St Mary’s Hospice very much until she needed their help and services. Pauline and her husband Stewart came to rely on the hospice, and it was St Mary’s …
Just over five years ago, Caroline Faulkner had to take some time off work because she was ill, she was referred to a physiotherapist for her problems and this is how she came to know more about St Mary’s Hospice. Like many other people, Caroline just thought the hospice was a place people came to …
Jamie Williams and his family are no stranger to cancer and the impact if can have. The BAE worker recently lost his uncle Geoff to cancer and this is when he came into contact with St Mary’s Hospice. Geoff was a patient on the unit here at St Mary’s Hospice and Jamie got to experience …
A group of 14 kind-hearted people have raised more than £66,000 for an Ulverston charity. St Mary’s Hospice was over the moon to find out that the team who trekked to Everest Base Camp earlier this year had managed to raise a total of £66,720.13. This is the largest amount ever raised from a hospice-led …
