Living with illness can be hard. There are different ways people find to manage illness. Some find it helps to talk with those with similar problems, learning together how to manage. Many find staying active through exercise and other activity helps. Having fun with others can also take your mind from your illness. Our experience …
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance on visiting the Hospice This guidance applies to everyone connected to St Mary’s Hospice: working, volunteering, visiting or attending hospice services, including at the Living Centre in Barrow in Furness. Whilst the risk to individuals remains low, we take the wellbeing of those using, or working or volunteering in the Hospice seriously …
St Mary’s is continuing to ask you if you would like to sign up to play our Lottery on a regular basis, with the aim of recruiting more players to raise vital funds for our hospice. Please be assured that the canvassers are fully trained and will have full photographic ID on them at all …
Ramsdens, the popular currency exchange provider and financial services business, has launched a new initiative to encourage shoppers to transform their unwanted and unused foreign currency into much needed funds for local charities. The Loose Change initiative will see each of Ramsdens’s 157 stores across the country introduce an unwanted currency collection point. Throughout the …
We are thrilled with the response to our tree recycling scheme this year – with 500 trees and £5,450 donated, this is a huge increase from last year and a flying start to 2020’s fundraising efforts. It would not be possible without the support of our corporate and community volunteers that give up their time …
L to R – Paula, Helen, Adele, Rhonda, Kim, Carol This year the nurses at St Mary’s Hospice in Ulverston have chosen to donate food to the Barrow food bank rather than sending Christmas cards. The In-patient unit staff came up with the idea and shared it amongst staff who also added to the donations. …
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 …
Millom shop led by manager June Mckeown and her fantastic volunteers hosted an extremely successful coffee morning on Saturday 23rd November in the guide hall in Millom. Included in the items for sale were Christmas decorations, new goods, cakes and a tombola. Ahead of the event a cake made by Wendy Newton which was raffled …
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 …
