Jo Garrity’s special performance
Irish singer songwriter Jo Garrity admits her performance at Emily Smith’s funeral was the toughest of her career. Her two-hour set included Emily’s Song, written as a tribute to the friend she knew through Emily’s mum Jan Lakin. Jo – stage name Redd – taught at a school where Jan was head teacher. Jo Garrity […]
A celebration of Phyll Wood’s dedication to East Cheshire Hospice
Three generations of the same family pose for a picture to celebrate Phyll Wood’s dedication to East Cheshire Hospice. Joining her at a special presentation to mark 15 years’ service as a volunteer are daughter Jan Lakin and granddaughter Emily. The photograph was taken in November 2018. Tragically, both Emily and Phyll are no longer […]
Christmas @Home appeal goes live
East Cheshire Hospice is explaining what difference donations to its Christmas @Home appeal will make to patients. For example, £25 could pay for telephone calls offering emotional support to someone grieving around Christmas. Or a gift of £60 could fill the tank of a Hospice @Home car, helping nurses reach patients in their own homes […]
Emma Whalley completes her first marathon
Conservationist Emma Whalley is used to travelling long distances. Every summer the biologist leads three-month student expeditions to Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Running long distances did not come quite so easily, though, for Emma until her first marathon in Edinburgh. Her efforts were in memory of grandad Tom Whalley who was cared for by […]
A Dead Good Day success
Dead Good Day – that was the intriguing name for East Cheshire Hospice’s latest event. The charity’s chaplaincy team were out and about in Macclesfield town centre on Saturday making the subject of death a little less daunting. It was a family friendly event with activities such as hook a duck and a sunflower trail […]
Simon Frith completes a near 300-mile walk along the Pennine Way.
Driving, cooking, washing, walking, dog minding and providing moral support were all part of the daily routine for Becky Alvarez on an emotional journey. It was her selfless way of helping husband Simon Frith complete a near 300-mile walk along the Pennine Way. In the process, the couple raised almost £12,000 for East Cheshire Hospice […]
Bed Appeal success!
You’ve done it! The super supporters of East Cheshire Hospice have come to the charity’s aid in spectacular style. Its Bed Appeal has now exceeded its target meaning patients will soon benefit from new specialist beds. The Hospice needed to raise a mammoth £95,650 and has today announced that it has surpassed that total. Hospice […]
A heartfelt thank you to Bed Appeal donors
Pippa Williams from East Cheshire Hospice has issued a heartfelt thank you on behalf of the charity to Bed Appeal donors. Pippa, the Inpatient Unit Ward Manager, said: “I want to thank everyone who has donated so generously to our appeal. It’s so touching to see that our community have come through for us again. […]
East Cheshire Hospice re-welcomes Kim Williams
Kim Williams has gained a lot more nursing experience since she was last on the ward at East Cheshire Hospice. It was 20 years ago that Kim was a bank nurse caring for patients there. Now she has returned to the Hospice to help develop clinical services. Kim has taken up an Advanced Nurse Practitioner […]
Deputy Matron Remembered on Hospice Memory Tree
A pioneering nurse who was there when East Cheshire Hospice opened is remembered on the Hospice’s Memory Tree. Deputy matron Jean Stevenson described her time on the Hospice ward as the ‘jewel of her nursing career.’ Jean died last December, aged 83, just four months after losing her husband Christopher who was 77. Jean was […]