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• Hospice Headlines - an update on what’s happening • The Hospice Lottery - shocked and over the moon• Events & Challenges for 2015 - get your diary out• FANTASTIC - our new shop openings AND volunteers• News on our new website

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Spring/Summer 2015

Happy Birthday To Us

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Welcome to the Spring 2015 edition of Focus. It feels as if Spring has certainly sprung at the hospice with the garden looking beautiful, growth in all parts of the Hospice, more patients being supported and lots of new ideas for volunteers! In July this year we will be celebrating a very special event - we will be 35 years old! It has been wonderful hearing from people across the hospice about past special events, patients that have been supported and the amazing changes to both the building and the Hospice at Home service.

Spring will also see us launching our new strategic plan 2015 - 2020 Postcards from the Future.

We have been working with people who use the hospice, partners and funders to understand what the hospice might look like in 2020. Some of the ideas were innovative - a hospice without walls; others ambitious - ensuring that every person across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire has access to hospice care when they need it and a clear message of ‘keep up the brilliant work’!

We have agreed 5 priorities: to reach more people; collaborate more with others; work better with communities; build on our current services and ensure the sustainability of the hospice, as we know our services will always be needed by those facing a difficult time in their lives. We will be launching our strategy on 20th May 2015 and on the same day will see the brand new, amazing website which we believe will help people understand better what we do and how they can help.

Meeting the needs of all those who call upon Nottinghamshire Hospice

for support is both a privilege and a challenge. I do hope that as you read this edition of Focus you will understand more about the impact we have on the lives of those we support and be inspired to help us, in your own way, to make a difference to more and more people across our city and county.

RowenaChief Executive

0115 910 1008 www.nottshospice.org

Foreword

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Our 35th birthday celebrations were off to a yummy start when Janet and Paul Hatton, Hospice staff members and volunteers, surprised us with the gift of two amazing cakes created by their talented daughter ‘Emz Baking Mad’.The cakes were enjoyed by our patients, volunteers and staff who joined the celebrations and in the words of patient, Iris Clarke ‘Here’s to another happy 35 years’!

We are delighted to announce that Sue Cooper, who has been appointed by the High Sheriff Dr Jaswant Bilkhu as his Health and Wellbeing Ambassador, has

chosen Nottinghamshire Hospice as her charity for the year, coinciding with our 35th birthday year. Sue will be working with individuals, groups and communities throughout the year to raise awareness of mindfulness and how this can improve all aspects of people’s lives.

Sue will be working with the team at Nottinghamshire Hospice, supporters and all who share our ambition to be a beacon of wellness across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Congratulations to Jas on your appointment and thank you Sue for choosing Nottinghamshire Hospice, we are looking forward to a year full of learning!

We hope that you will join us in celebrating 35 years of Nottinghamshire Hospice providing care to our local communities and consider taking part in some of our fantastic fundraising events or celebrations and help to raise awareness and increase understanding of Hospice Care.

For more information about how you can get involved, take a look at our Save the Date page or get in touch on 0115 910 1008 - we would love to hear from you.

This year is Nottinghamshire Hospice’s 35th birthday and we’ll be celebrating throughout the year with different events and activities.

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35th Birthday

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Hospice Headlines

Do a ‘Hood’ Deed

We will pay for your place in the Ikano Robin Hood Half Marathon or full Marathon on Sunday 27th September if you run for us and raise over £300 in sponsorship! Do a ‘hood’ deed, run for us and help make a difference to terminally ill patients and their loved ones by supporting our hospice. To register, please call the Fundraising Team on 0115 910 1008 or email [email protected]

Do you love cycling as a family or a group? Are you thinking about taking part in the Great Notts Bike Ride on Sunday 21st June? Then why not cycle for a great local cause and raise money for us. There are three routes on offer to suit cyclists of different abilities and ages. If you‘re a fantastic fundraiser and manage to raise over £350 we will reimburse your entry fee so call the Fundraising Team on 0115 910 1008 or email [email protected] to register today!

Good luck to friends of 35 years Peter Stephenson and Richard Vincent who are taking part in the epic 100 mile Great Notts Bike Ride to raise money for Nottinghamshire Hospice.

Peter (top) has even been training whilst on his travels: “This is a recent picture of me on my ‘training camp!’ in Khao Takiab in Thailand... you see how seriously I’m taking this with my warmer weather training! Cycling 100 miles is a tough call and this will be a real challenge but I’m absolutely determined to complete it and help aid the wonderful work that Nottinghamshire Hospice does in caring for patients and their families.”

On Yer Bike!


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Hospice HeadlinesHospice GardenOver the course of the last year, the hospice garden has been through a redesign to create a therapeutic area for patients, families and their carers to relax and enjoy outdoor treatments.

A number of local volunteers including corporate volunteers from Lloyds Bank Mortgage Team, Department for Work and Pensions, Specsavers and Experian have put a great deal of time and effort into helping transform the outdoor space at Nottinghamshire Hospice into a welcoming and colourful scented area, including a pond and waterfall feature, vegetable beds, sensory area and areas to attract wildlife.

With an increasing number of patients experiencing mobility issues, a decision was made to enhance the outdoor space to allow better access for wheelchairs along with a platform lift, ensuring that the garden could be enjoyed by all.

Thanks to a number of kind donations from local garden centres the garden is starting to bloom in colour and has already attracted frogs and newts to the pond.

The remodelling of the hospice garden still has some work to do, and maybe you can help with plant donations or offering your time in the garden or perhaps speaking with your employer about corporate volunteering? If so, please call us on 0115 910 1008 or email [email protected] to find out more about how you can help.


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Make Your Will Fortnight March 2015

We would like to thank the local solicitors listed below who generously offered their time and expertise free of charge during wills fortnight and to everyone who took part in the scheme to make or amend their will at a discounted cost. All the money raised from our wills fortnight will go towards supporting local people with life limiting illnesses and their families.

Make Your Will fortnight will return in October 2015. To register your interest please email [email protected] or call 0115 910 1008 (option 3).

In Memoriam & Legacies

Forget-Me-Not Day

This May we are inviting people to create a sea of forget-me-nots in the hospice garden to celebrate happy memories of your loved ones. Feel free to join us at the hospice on the 9th of May 11am-3pm. Everyone is welcome whether you have had a previous connection with our hospice or not.

If you would like to donate to our Forget-Me-Not Memories Appeal you can do so by turning to page 19, completing the form and returning to the hospice along with your donation.


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In Memoriam & Legacies Lottery

We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Silverman who has been a supporter of Nottinghamshire Hospice lottery for 6 years. After family members had suffered from cancer she was keen to support charities which provide vital practical and emotional support to patients and their families.

In March, Mrs Silverman was ‘shocked and over the moon’ to receive a winning cheque of £500 in the draw. She was so pleased that she decided to share her good fortune and has kindly donated

£100 back to the hospice. Mrs Silverman has said that she hopes to share some of the remaining winnings with her grandson who is due to get married soon.

Our weekly lottery costs just £1 a week and you could be in with a chance of winning up to £500. You can join by completing a membership form on our website at www.nottshospice.org/lottery or calling 0115 910 1008 (option 4).

“Thank you Mrs Silverman”


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Nottinghamshire Hospice needs your support today and always. Without the support of our local businesses, we simply could not provide free of charge round-the-clock, end of life care to the people of Nottinghamshire.

Here are just a few of the amazing Hospice Heroes who have contributed so much over the last few months. Sadly we don’t have room to thank everyone, but whatever your contribution to us is it is greatly appreciated. For more of our Hospice Heroes, see our online gallery at www.nottshospice.org.

Brookfield’s Garden Centre chose Nottinghamshire Hospice as their charity of the year during 2014/2015 and raised a fantastic total of £6,800.00 through various fundraising initiatives and gifts in kind including a donation of pots, pansies and compost for our patients to have a lovely time decorating pots and potting plants to take home, or for their windows...

We are delighted to report that David Lloyd Leisure at Aspley selected Nottinghamshire Hospice to be the beneficiary of some local fundraising by their Club during 2015.

Norwood Park Golf Centre has supported Nottinghamshire Hospice for many years hosting our annual golf days; last year Club Captains Lynne Ellis & Lee Molloy also selected the hospice for their fundraising year. The amount raised was £4,000 through many raffles & cake stalls at their Open Events, Christmas Grand Auction and Charity Golf Day in the Summer.

A big thank you to the corporate supporters of our ‘Girl’s Night Out, Charity Moonlight Walk and Disco’: our sponsor Foresters and our supporters Nottingham Forest Football Club, Stirland Paterson Group Ltd, Raynet Communications Service, A C Lasers, Stephen Blood Photography, Nottinghamshire Police and Dance Divaz. This fundraising event is set to be one of the most high profile

charity fundraising events on our calendar this year (May 16th), a great night out and for a great cause. There are still places available register at www.nottshospice.org/moonlightwalk.

We are delighted that the 2015 Radcliffe on Trent Golf Club captains, Gary Cooke and Jillian Gamble have chosen Nottinghamshire Hospice as their captains’ charity. Gary and Jillian have been inspired by the work done at the hospice for the care of adults in the Nottinghamshire area with life limiting illnesses. During their captaincy year they hope to raise £10,000 by having fundraising events and raffles.

Whether you work for a large corporation or a small local business, we’ll help you get the most out of your corporate partnership with us. Contact our dedicated Corporate Fundraiser on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) to find out more about how we can work together.

Corporate Businesses - why we need your help


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My 35 - Can you take on the Zip35 challenge?

Of course you can! Team Zip35 are looking for more thrillseekers to join them and bring the group size up to 35 - to celebrate our 35th. If you fancy taking on Europe’s biggest zip line - reaching speeds of up to 100mph - and helping the team to ZOOM past their fundraising target, call Fundraising on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) or email [email protected]. The event takes place on 18th July 2015, departing from Nottinghamshire Hospice at 8.30am. Registration is £10 the minimum sponsorship level is £300.

Hadrian’s Wall

Thank you to an adventurous group of friends who challenged themselves to walk the entire length of Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for our Sponsor a Notts Hospice Nurse appeal.

Father and son Tim and Rob Goliah along with friends Steve Gough, Andrew Henshaw and Tim Ives set off on their epic trail challenge across the World Heritage site on Friday 24th April and ittook them three long days to completethe gruelling trek.

Community Fundraiser, Richard Owen caught up with Tim and Steve to find out more about why they had chosen Nottinghamshire Hospice and what hospice care means to them:

“Because of the great work hospicesdo. My father used a local hospicethree days before he died. The care hereceived was fantastic and more helpis needed to support your local hospiceso that others in the same positionas my father and family have accessto the invaluable and compassionatesupport network that we had.” TimGoliah

“My mother was supported by a localhospice when she was diagnosed withcancer. Thankfully, she beat cancer butthe support she was provided with afterdiagnosis was remarkable.” Steve Gough

Thanks to our fantastic supporters likeTim, Steve and friends we can continuemake a huge difference to our patientsby providing overnight nursing care givingthem and their families a caring hand tohold when they need it most.

If, like Tim and friends, you would like to take part in your own challenge to raise money for Nottinghamshire Hospice, please call the fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 or email [email protected].

Challenges


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Events

Strictly All for a Good Cause

Our ever popular Strictly Learn to Dance made a return for the 8th time at the start of the year. Seven couples of budding dancers started on their journey of dramatic dance and fantastic fundraising in January, learning the waltz and the samba in time for the Grand Final at East Midlands Conference Centre on Saturday 21st March.

Everything was set for what promised to be a fabulous evening of glitz and glamour - compere ‘Dangerous Dave’ from Gem 106 was in position, the audience were in their seats and 14 nervously excited dancers were ready to take to the floor - and it didn’t disappoint! Each couple performed both dances to a thrilled audience, the judges gave their scores and the audience cast their votes. Our congratulations go to Arwen and Phil, a husband and wife team who won the overall competition on a nail-biting tie-break, decided on the couple with the highest number of audience votes!

Our thanks go to all our fantastic dancers, each of whom was asked to raise £350 for the hospice in return for their dance lessons. They were all good dancers but were fantastic fundraisers and between them raised over £8,700 which means we can provide in excess of 300 additional hours of nursing care throughout Nottinghamshire. Thank you to them all!

Have you been tempted?

We are now accepting applications for Strictly Learn to Dance 9, where our couples will learn the Quickstep and the Salsa under the careful guidance of our instructor Dawn of Wollaton School of Dancing. If you would like an application form or for more information please contact the Fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) or email [email protected]


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Saturday 16th May promises to be a sensational evening - it marks the return of the Nottinghamshire Hospice 10k Moonlight Walk! Starting and finishing at Nottingham Forest Football Club our theme is ‘Girls Night Out - Sparkle and Shine’. Men are welcome to join the walk in their very best ‘girlie’ costume or volunteer to help on the night.

Registration will take place from 5.30pm and the walk begins at 7pm starting in the Brian Clough car park. After you’ve completed the 10k walk around Nottingham you can celebrate at our post-walk party where there will be entertainment, a disco and a photo booth to record your memorable evening and a cash bar will be open.

Entry is £15.00 per person or a group discount of £125 for groups of 10. The minimum age for participation is 16. This is a sponsored event and whilst there is no minimum sponsorship amount, all we ask is that you try to raise as much as possible as each £1 raised will go directly towards patient care. So far we have heard about cake sales and match funding by employers - the opportunities are endless!

Enter today and make a difference to someone’s life this year! Together we can make every day count for our patients

as we continue to provide vital care throughout Nottinghamshire.

To join in the fun sign up online at www.nottshospice.org/moonlightwalk or contact the Fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) for a registration form.

For information about our terms and conditions and details of the route please visit our website, email [email protected] or call 0115 910 1008 (option 3).

Coming next... Sparkle and Shine in our Moonlight WalkSaturday 16th May, 2015


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Community Community Events Anna Burrows organised a fun-filled lunch event at The

Laguna Tandoori on Sunday 12th April. A bumper crowdenjoyed a delicious meal at the Indian restaurant onMount Street in the city centre, with a share of over £1,200 for Nottinghamshire Hospice through ticket sales, a raffle and an auction.

Anna holds these events twice a year to thank Nottinghamshire Hospice who cared for her mum through the Hospice at Home service.

Catherine’s Exclusive Fashions hosted a Fashion Show recently at Notts County Football Club with the aim to raise £1,500 or more for our local charity. They also pledged to donate any unsold items to our new hospice shop in Wollaton. Owner Catherine White is passionate about giving something back as our counselling and Hospice at Home nursing team were invaluable to Catherine’s mother, Betty Calladine during her illness last year.

Catherine has made a personal statement offering any support she can to raise awareness of our hospice as well as a kind ear to anyone she can help who is also going through a similar experience. Catherine can be contacted at her Wollaton Shop on 0115 9285110.

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Ladies Lunch at St James Hotel on Friday 27th March raising over £2,000. Thank you also to stall holders The Park Hairdressers and Beauty, AvÉ and Emsie’s Emporium. If you would like to put on an event like the wonderful ladies above, be it a lunch, fashion show, a coffee morning or something entirely different, please call our fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) or email [email protected].


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Andy Wallis

Thank You

On 26th January Hospice Hero Andy Wallis reached the final day of his year-long fundraising challenge, of running 5K a day in aid of Nottinghamshire Hospice, and marked the occasion by running a half marathon from his home in Stapleford to the hospice in Mapperley. Patients, staff, volunteers, family and friends were ready waiting to cheer him at the end and he was even ‘papped’ by the local press!

Congratulations and thank you from all patients, staff, volunteers and trustees, Andy, for your on-going dedication and support, completing your amazing challenge and smashing your £5k target! If, like Andy, you would like to take part in a challenge to raise money for Nottinghamshire Hospice, please call the fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 or email [email protected]

Thank you to the following groups for pledging to support Nottinghamshire Hospice throughout our 35th birthday year in 2015:

• Rotary Club of Carlton • Rotary Club of Nottingham • Tuxford Young Farmers • Aslockton Over 60s Group • Vale of Belvoir Rotary Club

If you belong to a community group and would like to find out more about how we can work together, please contact our dedicated Community Fundraiser on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) or email [email protected]

Easter Appeal

A big thank you to the Rotary Club of Nottingham and John E. Wright for supplying vans and volunteers to distribute our Easter Appeal soft toys. They’ve also offered to collect the donations and unused stock for us, so keep an eye on our Facebook page in early May to find out how much this year’s appeal has raised.

We’ll be looking for people to help distribute our Christmas Appeal soft toys in November, if you or someone you know can help us please call the fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 (option 3) or email [email protected]


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Save the dateTo sign up or find out more about any of our events and challenges, please visit our website www.nottshospice.org, email [email protected] or call the fundraising team on 0115 910 1008 (option 3)


DECEMBER TBC

Festive Fair Join us for our annual Festive Fair with fun for all the family, including a wide range of stalls selling festive gifts, food and refreshments.

JUNE 21st

Great Notts Bike RideEnjoy some of Nottinghamshire’s most stunning scenery, three different routes - each guaranteed to give you a different challenge.

MAY 9th

Forget-Me-Not DayA chance to celebrate and remember the lives of loved ones who are no longer with us.

NOVEMBER 28th

Strictly Learn to DanceGrab your partner and learn to dance in our glitzy ten-week ballroom & latin extravaganza, culminating in the exciting live grand final.

NOVEMBER 28th

Strictly KidsMove over mum and dad, it’s the kids’ turn to tango and prove that sequins really are cool!

JULY 4th

Summer FairJoin us for our annual Summer Fair with fun for all the family, including a wide range of stalls, food and refreshments.

MAY 16th

Moonlight Walk

Join our ‘Girls Night Out’ themed sponsored 10K Moonlight Walk that starts and finishes at Nottingham Forest Football Club.

MAY 30th

Nottingham TriathlonThis fast, flat course is the perfect place for first time triathletes or for more experienced racers looking to set a personal best!

JUNE 20thWater Wipeout Obstacle Race and Mud RunTake on water slides, tightropes, tunnels, hurdles, giant walls, cargo nets, and more.

SEPTEMBER 11th

Hospice Golf DayGet your entries in quickly for this ever-popular event. Enter teams of four men, ladies or mixed. Event includes an informal buffet and fabulous prize giving.

AUTUMN

Ambassadors’ BallBe one of our VIPs at a fabulous glitzy evening of fun with a sparkling drinks reception, three course meal and live entertainment!

DECEMBER TBC

Light Up A LifeBe part of our annual Light Up A Life remembrance events and dedicate a light on our Christmas tree to the memory of a loved one.

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Eastwood Shop

February also saw the grand opening of our new Eastwood shop, which despite the somewhat inclement weather, received a steady stream of customers on its first

day. So if you are in and around the Eastwood area why not pop in and have a look.

Our Eastwood shop can be found at 94 Nottingham Road, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3NP

Sutton In Ashfield Shop

On Wednesday 4th of February we opened a brand new shop in Sutton-in-Ashfield. Doesn’t it look fabulous!

Visit our Sutton in Ashfield shop at 48 Low Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1DG

Retail


We also have shops in the following locations: Bingham, Burton Joyce, Calverton, Mapperley, Radcliffe on Trent, Ruddington, Sherwood, City Centre (Parliament Street) and West Bridgford. For more information please visit our website www.nottshospice.org.

We’ve been busy opening three new shops on the Nottinghamshire high streets and we’re now proud to be part of the Sutton-in-Ashfield, Eastwood and Wollaton communities.

Wollaton Shop

Friday 10th April marked the grand opening of our Wollaton shop. VIP guest, former Notts County star Tommy Johnson cut the ribbon and welcomed the hospice into the Wollaton community.

Monica Dalby, Shop Manager commented: “The hospice shops provide a real community focus, and we are looking forward to building relations with the local community in Wollaton. We would also love to hear from anyone interested in volunteering for us.”

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Volunteers are incredibly important to Nottinghamshire Hospice, making up two thirds of our workforce. Our volunteers help us in all sorts of ways, from admin and social media tasks to direct patient support and retail. The hospice simply could not

survive without the wonderful volunteers who give up their time to support the charity.As a thank you for all the time and help, we are holding a celebration event during National Volunteers’ Week. Volunteers’ Week happens every year from 1st-7th June and is a week dedicated to recognising and celebrating the difference that volunteers make across the country.

Nottinghamshire Hospice is proud to participate in recognising our volunteers in this way as a small thank you for everything that they do for us.

Volunteers

We asked some of our volunteers what it is they enjoy about volunteering with Nottinghamshire Hospice:

Grace “I volunteer to develop new skills” Grace joined us 5 yearsago whilst studying Law atUniversity and helps processGift Aid information ontoour systems amongst other things. Grace loves thevariety the role brings andthe people that she meetsalong the way.

June “I volunteer because it brings out my creative side” June joined us 6 years ago and it wasn’t long before her creativity took over! Under the guidance of the Mapperley shop Manager June began setting up visual displays in store and loves every moment of it. “It’s great to get a chance to do the things that I like doing. Customers appreciate the displays and it gives me a buzz”

Gillian “I volunteer because I want to give something back”Gillian has been at the hospice for five years volunteering in DayTherapy. She listens to patients, chats with them and serves meals. “I enjoy being with the patients and giving them a lift, it’s really important we are here to spoil the patients too. It takes time for some patients to open up to you, but when they do it’s so rewarding.”

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WebsiteOut with the old and in with the new...

We’ve been working behind the scenes on a brand new website and we’re so excited to share it with you! Keep an eye out in late May and let us know what you think of the new design. We don’t want to spoil the surprise but we think you’ll love it as much as we do!

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