40,000 Jabs with Help of Hospice Staff
More than 40,000 Covid vaccinations have been carried out at Andrews Pharmacy this year – many of them by nurses from East Cheshire Hospice. Hospice staff have joined retired GPs and retired nurses, pharmacists and a paramedic giving jabs at the pharmacy on Kennedy Avenue, Macclesfield. Every Tuesday two nurses from the Sunflower Centre, which […]
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 […]
Neptune Shop Donates Flower Display
Patients at East Cheshire Hospice are the latest to enjoy a beautiful floral display which helped bring a splash of colour to Knutsford town centre. The arrangement now has pride of place in the lush Hospice gardens which provide a relaxing haven for patients and visitors. The flowers were donated by new furniture, kitchen and […]
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 […]
AstraZeneca 2020 Fundraising
AstraZeneca and its employees made a donation of more than £21,000 to East Cheshire Hospice last year. A total of £12,080 was raised from various fundraising initiatives, including a drive-in cinema on the AZ Campus car park on Charter Way. The company added a further £9,075, providing a welcome bonus for the charity which endured […]
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 […]
Will Week Raises £8,687
East Cheshire Hospice celebrated another successful Will Week campaign despite Covid restrictions. £8,687 was raised thanks to the support of legal firms which donated time and expertise to help the Hospice. Participants included GPW Trusts, which is now operating at Church Street, Macclesfield, and will be able to see clients there after the latest lockdown […]
Jola Designs
Friends Jayne Hadfield and Nicky Bradley took a risk opening a town centre shop after the first lockdown but the move has paid off for them. The co-owners of Jola Designs ran the business successfully from their homes before opening the Beech Lane store in September. Jayne and Nicky have chosen East Cheshire Hospice as […]
Charity of the Year 2021
East Cheshire Hospice is hoping the local business community will again rally round in 2021. The Hospice is urging companies, or any other organisations, to adopt it as their chosen charity of the year. Another way of helping is through membership of its 500 Club which sees businesses pledge to raise a minimum of £500 […]
Calvin Marketing – 25 Miles for 25 Years
Fitness enthusiast Diana Stephenson turned the 25th birthday celebrations of the marketing and public relations company she founded into a charity challenge. Colleagues at Calvin Marketing completed a series of solo activities to raise funds for East Cheshire Hospice. Each went 3.6 miles and covered a combined distance of 25 miles by either running, cycling, […]
