We are delighted to welcome the lucky winner of our annual Christmas raffle – James Benson from Barrow. Congratulations James, what a lovely surprise just before Christmas! James is pictured with St Mary’s Clare Shields who added: “Thank you to everyone who took part in our Autumn raffle and helped us raise vital funds our …
The Hospice UK Awards – supported by The National Garden Scheme – and now in their ninth year, seek to recognise the huge contribution that both inspiring individuals and innovative programmes have made to hospice and end of life care in local communities across the UK. St Mary’s Hospice has been awarded the Innovation in …
While the Inpatient Unit has been temporarily suspended, St Mary’s clinical team have allocated more hours to increase the amount of care in the community, to be able to continue to meet people’s needs: Val Stangoe, St Mary’s Chief Exec: “The number of people in our community who need access to palliative and end of …
Trustees Week: 4-8th November 2019 It’s Trustees Week – a national week celebrating our trustees! “Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They help to make the UK the sixth most giving country in the world. They play a vital role, volunteering their time and working together to make important decisions about the …
Since we announced the suspension of admission to our hospice beds St Mary’s Hospice has been continuing to deliver a wide range of services to support our community. Our commitment to reopening our hospice inpatient beds has led to an international recruitment campaign seeking medical staff with the skills we need. Here’s the latest update …
We are working hard to help fill the vital doctor role at St Mary’s to help re-open our temporarily suspended Inpatient Unit. Our senior management team shared on BBC Radio and in local media that we are ‘cautiously optimistic’ that we will be able to fill a senior palliative care position which will allow St …
St Mary’s Hospice supporters have generated almost £80,000 this year by saving in the charity’s account with Furness Building Society. The building society makes an annual payment to St Mary’s from its own funds – not the savers’ money – which is based on the total balances in the accounts; so the more supporters save, …
St Mary’s relies on the community it serves – we can’t exist without it. Local businesses play a vital role in supporting St Mary’s, including Stollers Furniture World. Stollers selected St Mary’s Hospice as its Charity of the Year to benefit from an inspiring range of community initiatives and events. Trading since 1905, Stollers is …
Our £10,000 rollover has been won! A lucky winner in Barrow! Please keep playing as your support helps us to to continue all of our vital services. And we have lots of prizes each week! You can win up to £1,000 each week and become one of the amazing people that now help us to …
A HOSPICE chief who last week announced the temporary suspension of inpatient unit admissions is to hit the road for a series of public consultation sessions. Val Stangoe said that a shortage of senior doctors in palliative care had forced the senior team at St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston to make the difficult decision. Now …
