Hide a Smile’s Fundraising Face Coverings
Voluntary group Hide a Smile could not stop grinning after raising £6,188 making face coverings. The donations to East Cheshire Hospice are being collected at Prestbury Village Pharmacy where masks are still available to buy. Some 19 sewing enthusiasts joined a WhatsApp group after founder Sheila MacLaren spread the word on social media over a […]
2021 Christmas Tree Collection Total
The Christmas tree collection in aid of East Cheshire Hospice raised a record £150,000 this year. Delighted co-founder of the scheme Richard Raymond said: “It’s our 21st year, so we’ve come of age with a bang.” Around 1,000 trees were collected over three days last month once lockdown restrictions were eased – a sixth of […]
Local Businesses Provide Support For Delayed Christmas Tree Collection
Loyal businesses continue to play a key part helping the East Cheshire Hospice tree collection scheme run smoothly. Cheshire Vehicle Rental has been providing vans for the last 18 years, while Bosley-based King Feeders has been lending shredders for 16 years. The mulching machines, operated by Ansa Environmental Services staff at West Park, have recycled […]
Better Late Than Never For Christmas Tree Collection
East Cheshire Hospice finally held its long-awaited Christmas tree collection last week, three months later than planned. A reduced team of 25 volunteers collected around 1,100 trees after lockdown restrictions were eased. Five vans shuttled across the region delivering trees to the Ansa recycling plant at West Park, Macclesfield. More than 6,000 trees had been […]
Anna Rains Stresses the Importance of Legacies
A long-standing East Cheshire Hospice supporter has made an emotional plea for the public to help with legacies. Grandmother Anna Rains said gifts from wills are a vital source of revenue for the Hospice. In her new role as ambassador, Anna is offering to give talks to community groups, stressing the importance of legacies and […]
Barbara Horry
Harold Horry only spent 15 hours as a patient at East Cheshire Hospice but it was long enough to leave a lasting impression on his family. They have never forgotten the care the former AstraZeneca employee received in those final precious hours before he died in 2012, aged 86. So much so that wife Barbara […]
Louise Brown’s Sunflower Cupcakes
A bouquet of colourful cupcakes whetted the appetite of East Cheshire Hospice staff. They were licking their lips after learning the delicious cupcakes, with buttercream sunflowers, were the prize in a staff raffle. Cup cakes in the East Cheshire Hospice sunflower logo Fundraiser Bethan Wade was the lucky winner of the display, delivered by neighbour […]
Rearranging the Christmas Tree Collection
Does anyone still have a Christmas tree that needs collecting? True to its word East Cheshire Hospice is keeping a promise to pick up trees registered under its collection scheme. The service had to be postponed once Cheshire went back into lockdown at the start of the year. The vast majority of donors refused the […]
Join Our Easter Eggstravaganza
East Cheshire Hospice is inviting supporters to join an Easter Eggstravaganza from March 29-April 5. A fundraising pack has ideas about how to take part, along with recipes, decorations and scorecards. It could be a bake-off style competition, or simply spending time with family and friends eating cake and drinking coffee. There is also an […]
Quizmasters’ Profiles
There is one question quiz hosts Paul Morrissey and Mark Watson cannot answer. When will East Cheshire Hospice quiz teams finally meet up again without the aid of Zoom? It is 16 months since the last quiz at Marlborough Primary School where it was always a social event as much as a test of general […]