To celebrate carers week 2020 we are joining forces with Furness Carers to highlight the importance of the role that unpaid carers provide to our community. Caring for someone who is unwell can be difficult at any time, but with the current coronavirus pandemic it is probably feeling a lot more worrying and stressful. With …
The Charity Governance Awards is an exciting not-for-profit initiative created to celebrate outstanding governance and trusteeship in charities across the UK, allowing large and small not-for-profit organisations to inspire and learn from one another. Charity Governance Awards: “We all know that effective governance makes a difference. By sharing examples of inspirational trustees and brilliant boards …
St Mary’s Hospice is pioneering a way of working with its Clinical Care Team to ensure a sustainable future for the hospice enabling it to continue to be there for its community and increase its reach with excellent, high quality care. Last year, St Mary’s recruitment activity – like many other hospices – was impacted …
St Mary’s Hospice, needed to update their equipment with a new oxygen concentrator, a machine that produces oxygen from air for patients with breathing difficulties. And when local LED solutions manufacturer Forge found out, owner Peter Barton stepped into action by donating two machines. Peter Barton, Forge: “We are delighted they are going to be …
We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. From this week we will be holding monthly online remembrance services in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. This is through our closed facebook group. …
St Mary’s is delighted that our four beds on our Inpatient Unit are now open and with a plan to move to eight and full capacity longer term. We understand our community needs increased Hospice at Home cover and are working to deliver that with the IPU in place too. We are always pleased to …
We understand that the current extraordinary circumstances may mean many people are unable to say goodbye to family and friends as they would wish to. From this week we will be holding monthly online remembrance services in a hope to provide a space to remember and reflect. Lynsey Lawson( Clinical Lead) explains a little more …
Cumbria Community Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund This week, a further £142,293 was awarded from the Fund to projects helping families on low incomes, homeless people, isolated older people and many more get through the coronavirus crisis. St Mary’s Hospice Ulverston has received an award of £10,000 to help support the adaptation and enhancement of services …
NFU Mutual Agents and their staff at the local South West Lakes agency are delighted to have nominated local charity St Mary’s Hospice, to receive a donation of more than £3000 from a national £1m ‘Agency Giving Fund’ launched by NFU Mutual’s Head Office. In light of the national emergency this country is facing, NFU …
Val Stangoe, CEO of St Mary’s Hospice and staff nurse Nikki Fisher have pledged to Brave the Shave and lose all their hair in a bid to raise funds during the Covid-19 crisis. St Mary’s Hospice is frontline in the battle to protect the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic by easing pressure on Furness General …
