Businessman Paul Dodsworth has the perfect way to describe East Cheshire Hospice.
He said: “It’s like a blueprint of how to run a hospice properly.”
Words spoken from the heart by a man whose late father Peter was a patient there more than five years ago.
Paul said: “The Hospice is right up there with the absolute best and such an important part of the community.
“We need to support it any way we can.”
Paul Dodsworth (foreground) at the opening of the Estate Planning Solutions offices last September.
True to those words, Paul’s firm Estate Planning Solutions (EPS) has organised several fundraising activities.
An open coffee morning will be held at its offices on Jordangate on Saturday June 14 (10 am to 2 pm). Wife Natasha will be making cakes.
Paul and his staff are also inviting clients to join them in a Cheshire Three Peaks challenge on Saturday, September 6.
EPS marked the opening of its Macclesfield office last autumn by taking part in Will Month run by the Hospice.
Indeed, the firm donates to the charity from wills written year-round.
EPS has also helped with the Hospice’s legal clinic for patients and families and was a sponsor of last year’s Art Fair Cheshire.
Paul said: “Dad had three strokes while he was in hospital and went to the Hospice for the last three days of his life.
“The doctors and nurses caring for my dad were brilliant. Our family couldn’t have wished for better support given the circumstances.”
Peter, who was 83, spent much of his career as an account executive for leasing companies, mainly Lombard.
The family moved to Bollington in 1971 when a colour television clinched the deal, much to the delight of Paul and twin brother Ian.
Paul said: “We lived in Yorkshire initially and dad’s work brought us over here. Two 12-year-old boys refused to move unless he bought a colour TV which he did!”
Paul is managing director at EPS which he has run for more than 20 years. He said: “We had an office near Manchester Airport but wanted premises closer to home.
“It’s been a great move for us, bringing us into the Macclesfield community and on the doorstep of the Hospice.
“We’re not just will writers – we’re estate planners as well, helping people make sure their wealth ends up with the right people at the right time.”