Sentimental Jewellery Repairs Help the Hospice
Sentimental jewellery belonging to Vanessa Greveson has been given a new lease of life through her links with East Cheshire Hospice. Items include a string of pearls given to Vanessa by her late husband Warren who died at the Hospice. Help came from jewellery expert Helen Dimmick who runs Annie’s Legacy, a fundraising initiative she […]
Helen Adamson Walks for the Hospice
Helen Adamson decided to branch out with her own fundraising once this year’s tree collection for East Cheshire Hospice was called off. She walked an average of more than six miles every day last month, raising more than £3,500 in the process for the Hospice. Helen explained: “It all started after a conversation with my […]
Claire Joins the Fundraising Team
Claire Gorton will never forget the day she started her new job at East Cheshire Hospice. Her arrival last month coincided with the announcement of the latest national lockdown. It was not the news Claire and the fundraising team she had just joined wanted to hear, especially after such a frustrating year for the charity. […]
Donations for Postponed Christmas Tree Collection
East Cheshire Hospice is hoping the public will let it keep donations made for the Christmas tree collection. Refunds are available – or trees will be collected once lockdown eventually ends – but the Hospice hopes supporters will help ease its financial plight by not asking for donations to be returned. However, it says it […]
Christmas Tree Collection Postponed
Devastated organisers have apologised after reluctantly calling off the East Cheshire Hospice Christmas tree collection. The decision to cancel last weekend’s collection was forced upon organisers after the country went into a new national lockdown. A refund will be offered to more than 6,000 customers who had registered their trees on the charity’s website www.echtrees.org.uk. […]
James Bunker – Christmas Tree Collection Volunteer
*Please note that the Christmas Tree Collection has now been postponed and some information in this article may be out of date. For more information click here.* James Bunker was not even born when East Cheshire Hospice’s first Christmas tree collection took place in 2001. But the teenager is now a key part of […]
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 […]
Christmas Tree Collection Hopes For A Bumper year
A surge in Christmas tree sales could benefit the collection service run on behalf of East Cheshire Hospice. Organisers are hoping the sales bonanza increases demand for their service on the weekend of January 9 and 10. Co-organiser Richard Raymond said: “Sales are up 25 per cent nationally and that’s reflected locally as well. Talking […]
JTAPE Competition Winner Amy Griffiths
Nurses at East Cheshire Hospice are proudly displaying the artistic skills of one of their younger supporters Amy Griffiths. The Sutton schoolgirl designed face shields which are being worn by Hospice staff. Nurses at East Cheshire Hospice wearing the face shields designed by Amy. Amy (14) won a competition run by Macclesfield company JTAPE which […]
Light Up A Life Virtual Service
The Chaplain of East Cheshire Hospice, Margaret Lillis, will deliver a Christmas message of hope during the Light Up A Life service on Saturday (Dec 5). The ceremony – streamed via Zoom and Facebook Live from 3 pm – will be even more poignant this year. Margaret said: “Our message from the Hospice to everyone, […]