Corporate Challenge to Fund Bereavement Services
Bereavement services run by East Cheshire Hospice will benefit from the next Corporate Challenge in May. Firms and other organisations are being urged to sign up for the fun competition in which entrants raise as much as possible from a £100 start-up loan. All proceeds will go towards the expansion of the Hospice’s bereavement services […]
Warren Greveson’s Care
Vanessa Greveson has given an emotional account of how East Cheshire Hospice provided help when it was most needed. Her talented musician husband Warren died of cancer in October 2019, spending his last three weeks as a Hospice inpatient. He was 63. His health was declining when the couple moved to Macclesfield from Anglesey that […]
Review of the Year – 2020
Face shields, fundraising and a special farewell marked a year that East Cheshire Hospice will never forget. End-of-life care became much harder because of Covid-19 which prevented the Hospice from holding a single mass-participation event in 2020. Nurses showed amazing character and spirit – their brave efforts honoured during the emotional Clap for Carers tributes […]
A Challenging Year
East Cheshire Hospice is predicting a big financial loss because of Covid-19. The Hospice has been unable to hold a mass-participation fundraising event for over a year and has been forced to make redundancies. Chief Executive Karyn Johnston said: “We’ve been overwhelmed by the support from the community who’ve been incredibly generous. “Like us, they […]
Preparations For A Third Covid Wave
East Cheshire Hospice is preparing for a third wave of Covid-19 piling further pressure on the charity’s stretched resources. Chief Executive Karyn Johnston says exhausted staff face a challenging period before a vaccine hopefully ends the crisis. Reflecting on the toughest year in the Hospice’s history, Karyn said: “There was no respite for us when […]
Festive Afternoon Teas
Afternoon teas were delivered to homes as East Cheshire Hospice still made sure the festive season was celebrated in style. The tasty treats were enjoyed by members of the Hospice’s friends and family support group at their virtual Christmas party. Volunteer drivers took out the festive boxes prepared by the Hospice catering team in a […]
Second Lockdown at the Hospice
Bedside visits to patients at East Cheshire Hospice are still being allowed during the new national lockdown. There are already limited restrictions in place for visitors to the inpatient unit and these will continue over the four-week period. The Hospice will also carry on with limited outpatient services at the Sunflower Centre, while the Hospice […]
New Adult Bereavement Service
*Edit October 2021: Please note that the Covid Bereavement Service project has now ended and we are not taking new referrals for this particular programme.* East Cheshire Hospice is offering counselling to adults who have lost loved ones during Covid-19, even if they have no previous link to the Hospice. Anyone bereaved whose emotional […]
Sunflower Centre Update
East Cheshire Hospice is hoping to reopen its Sunflower Centre in September. The day care unit – the hub for the Hospice’s outpatient services –Â has been closed for three months. Clinical Director Sandra Jones said: “We’re taking it a day at a time, but we’re planning to have small groups back towards the start […]
East Cheshire Hospice Inpatient Unit During Covid-19
The absence of families around the bedsides of dying patients has been one of the hardest parts of Covid-19 restrictions at East Cheshire Hospice. Visitors have had to stay away from the inpatient unit for strict safety reasons unless a patient has been in the last days of life. Then they have been allowed one […]
