We had a Ball!

Hospice News

November 2018

Welcome from the Chief Executive

Welcome to the November 2018 edition of Team Talk, where we aim to keep you up to date with what’s going on in and around Lindsey Lodge Hospice. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Karen Griffiths

Our Christmas Craft Fair was a success and Lindsey Bear made his debut!What a fantastic Christmas Gift & Craft Fair we had - a massive thank you to Cllr John Briggs the Mayor of Scunthorpe, and everyone who came to support us, to Humberside Fire & Rescue Service for bringing their engine, to our stall holders, staff, volunteers, caterers, Starbucks Scunthorpe John Leggott College for the amazing venue - and the wonderful support from their students, as well as the beautiful music performed by our clarinet group and orchestra!

We also had special appearances from Santa and our very own Lindsey Bear made his debut after Making a Difference Locally (MADL), Nisa Retail’s Corporate Foundation, donated the £1,500 needed to replace him, a huge thank you to MADL. More here

Scooter club supports our first Light up a Life campaignA huge thank you to The Lost and Lonely Scooter Club who have generously donated £500 to Lindsey Lodge Hospice and will sponsor the Christmas tree for its first ever Light up a Life Service.

The 74 members, aged between 19 and 67, voted unanimously to sponsor the tree for Lindsey Lodge service, which will be held in the grounds of its Burringham Road site for the very first time on Monday 10 December. More here

We had a night of glamour at the Hospice raising £2,000Our recent Fashion Show held at the Hospice raised over £2,000, double the amount that was raised last year! A special thanks goes to Browns in Gainsborough for their generous support with our raffle. The event was so successful we’re planning on having a similar event in Spring.Christmas Tables at The Hospice

If you’re visiting Lindsey Lodge Hospice, or eating in our Cake Lounge during the week commencing Monday 10 December, you may want to peruse our Christmas Tables! We’ll

have a lovely selection of crafts, gifts and Christmas treats available to purchase from our Reception.

Long serving hospice chaplain retiresDedicated Chaplain and former Trustee of Lindsey Lodge Hospice Revd Canon Michael Boughton has retired after over 26 years of service. More here

Our Winter Ball raises over £7,300Our Winter Ball at The Baths Hall raised over £7,300! A special thank you to the Buttrick family for their special support at the event.

We’ve launched our new website!We’re delighted to reveal our brand new Lindsey Lodge Hospice website!

Designed by Leeds-based Pixelbuilders, the new site is bright and modern and simple to navigate, with user-friendly information for our patients, carers and families, along with a section with useful information for health professionals.

It also has an enhanced fundraising and events section, which enables our supporters to donate and book onto our events online, as well as set up their own fundraising pages instead of using Just Giving - visit the new site at www.lindseylodgehospice.org.uk

News

Fundraising mums raise over £1,800Well done to good friends Chantelle Smedley and Nicola Garrod who raised over three times more than they’d planned to after signing up for our Glow Walk. Instead of asking for sponsorship they got their families, friends and local community involved raising over £1,800. More here

Brigg Office Supplies raise over £1,500 with their Black Friday SaleA Black Friday event at Brigg Office Supplies which was in aid of Lindsey Lodge Hospice which raised over £1,500. Thank you!

Fancy being part of the Great North Run 2019?Our amazing 2018 Great North Runners have raised over £8,500 to date! We now have 25 places for the Great North Run 2019. Places are going quick, so book yours now. For more information, contact Sharon on 01724 270835

Spuds & Puds raise £585A huge thank you to the Messingham Supporter Group who raised £585 with their delicious Spuds and Puds event!

NewsPopular local footballer is remembered at charity matchA charity football match held in memory of Phill Kostiuk, who passed away earlier this year at the Hospice, aged just 34. raised over £2,330. More here

We have 17 more Dementia FriendsWe now have 17 more Dementia Friends here at Lindsey Lodge to increase our understanding of dementia and inspire others to take action to support people affected by dementia. We now have 27 Dementia Friends trained to date

Five-a-side tournament raises £270A Five-a-side football tournament among British Steel departments and contractors at Premiere Pitches raised an amazing £270. More here

Isle lunch raises £1,250A huge thank you from everyone at the hospice to Sandra Bishop and staff for a wonderful lunch organised by the Isle Supporter Group which raised an amazing £1,250.

11, 12, 14, 17, 20

DEC

TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL 10

DEC

CHRISTMAS LUNCH AT THE CAKE LOUNGE

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS PRIZE DRAW

MON 10& TUE 11

DEC

REAL CHRISTMAS TREES & TREECYCLINGLIGHT UP A LIFE

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