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VIRGIN
LONDON
MARATHON RUNNERS FOR HOSPICE ISLE OF MAN
Pictured left to right back row is Carole Whitfield (Hospice)
Tommy Crowe, Sarah Quirk, Michael McHale and Mary Doyle, PR &
Marketing Manager for Hospice. On the front row is Matthew Dyson
and Dawne Watson. These local runners are taking part in the
Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 26th April 2010 and
are busy training and raising money for Hospice Isle of Man.
Also running for Hospice is David McHale, Michael’s brother but
he was unavailable for the photograph. As part of the build up
for the big day the runners will be upstairs at the Strand
Street Shopping Centre, Douglas on Saturday 27th
March between 10am-4pm. The runners will be running on a running
machine, kindly donated by Inter Sport, as part of their
training and fundraising endeavours.
For further information about Hospice or to support one of these
runners please contact
fundraising@hospice.org.im or ring 647434.
Local artist Jeremy Paul is pictured with Mary Doyle PR and
Marketing Manager for Hospice Isle of Man in front of two of his
magnificent pieces of artwork. A patient’s family donated this
artwork along with several other pieces – please see other
attached photographs in order to raise much needed funds for
Hospice Isle of Man. The various pieces of artwork are all
reproduced in fabric and have a reserve price. The work is on
show at Hospice Isle of Man. All interested parties should
contact Mary Doyle on 647431 or email
fundraising@hospice.org.im
Mary expressed her thanks to the patient’s family and Dr Paul
for their involvement with this unusual fundraising idea.
OSKAR’S
DREAMS CONTINUE TO HELP REBECCA HOUSE
Oskar’s Dreams continue to support Rebecca House presenting a
number of cheques to staff at Hospice Isle of Man’s children’s
unit, Rebecca House.
A
sum of £7,500 was donated towards the salary of a part-time
assistant social worker. The
social worker is required to provide a huge amount of support to
the children and their families, from when the child is
diagnosed with a life-limiting illness through the initial
assessment at home and onto to issues such as dealing with
finances, housing, psycho-social care and benefits to ensure
every aspect of support is given. They will also offer a wide
range of help and guidance, not only during the illness, but
through end of life and bereavement support.
Two further cheque presentations of £1,500 and £700 were made to
cover various educational costs for Hospice staff.
Chief Executive Margaret Simpson expressed her gratitude to
Oskar’s Dreams for their continued support and kind donations.
Karl Christian and Neil Cowhig pictured in their Top Gun night
outfits. The prison officers organised a fundraising night in
Ramsey and raised over £500 for the children’s hospice, Rebecca
House.
Chief Executive of Hospice Isle of Man,
Margaret Simpson is pictured with Stuart Christian and the
Hospice bear’s Oskar and Craig. Stuart was the lucky winner of
two Manx2 tickets from the Hospice draw for the unwanted gifts
which ran during January.
Margaret expressed her delight at the response to this year’s
draw with over 250 donations being made. ‘We are very grateful
to Manx2 for their support to Hospice’s children’s unit Rebecca
House and to the general public that gave so generously their
unwanted gifts. These gifts will be used during the forthcoming
year at our events as raffle or auction prizes and help us
continue to provide the same high standard of palliative care
that Hospice has provided for the last 27 years.’
Oskar and Craig are the bears donated by Oskar’s Dreams and will
make guest appearances at all Hospice events!
Lewis Poultney, aged 13 is pictured with his grandmother, Mrs
Patricia Stokes (left) and Mary Doyle, PR and Marketing Manager
for Hospice Isle of Man. Lewis along Nick Roberts on piano have
recorded a CD and are hoping to raise funds for Hospice. The CDs
are £5 each and available from Hospice Isle of Man
Staff at Manx Gas have raised £479 for Hospice Isle of Man. The
staff raised funds by giving donations rather than sending
Christmas cards to each other. They also held a dress down day.
Pictured left to right is Rachel Larsen, Neil Vondy, Mary Doyle
of Hospice, Liz Collins and Peter Bull
The Inner Wheel of Ramsey raised £300 for Hospice Isle of Man’s
children’s unit, Rebecca House. Pictured receiving the cheque is
Chief Executive Margaret Simpson, Ruth Bitchell and Mrs Stella
Jelski. The money was donated to Rebecca House in memory of Mrs
Jelski’s granddaughter, Hannah.
Firefighter Alan Brew of Kirk Michael Fire station
is pictured
with Specialist Palliative Care nurse Mary Green of Hospice Isle
of Man. Alan and his colleagues had held a raffle and raised
over £700 which was divided between Hospice and for the
Hyperbaric Chamber.
Shelagh Saunders, centre, was the winner of
Hospice Isle of Man’s December 500 club draw is pictured with
Donald Collings of the Fundraising Team, Chief Executive
Margaret Simpson, In Patient Manager Diane Corrin and Dr Ben
Harris. Shelagh and her husband Peter have been involved in
supporting Hospice for over 26 years and were absolutely
delighted to be a winner in time for Christmas! To find out
about Hospice’s 500 club draw contact the Fundraising team on
647434 or email
fundraising@hospice.org.im
What an Experience – A wonderful afternoon of
entertainment took place recently at our Christmas Experience.
A Victorian world was created at the Villa Marina with the
beautifully attired Hospice choir singing Christmas carols along
with the Manx Operatic Society performing a preview of their
forthcoming show Hot Mikado (tickets on sale now!).
Murray’s Road choir and Perree Bane
dancers also performed. There was also all the usual Christmas
stalls. An experience enjoyed by all that braved the horrendous
weather! The Fundraising team at Hospice would like to thank
everyone that got involved and came along. As one visitor
stated: ‘Christmas has now truly begun!.
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Pictured is Santa and Two Christmas Carol(e) s! Carole
Whitfield from the Fundraising team and volunteer Carol
Bate. Carol organised a truly magical grotto for Santa
and his very helpful elves!
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Grab a cup of coffee, relax, sit down and read all the latest
developments at Hospice Isle of Man.
Click
link
Key forthcoming events are:
The annual
Light a Life ceremony is
to be held on Sunday 6th December, 2009 at 5pm outside Hospice.
Click link to download the form
Loyd Gossman Event
We were delighted that the world
renowned food critic and rock band lead guitarist with the New
Forbidden visited the island supporting Hospice Isle of Man.
Loyd and his group played at Paramount on the
Friday night along with two local bands, Uber Room and Anna
Goldsmith - a tremendous evening was enjoyed by all who
attended.
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A gala black tie dinner was held at the
Saturday night in the presence of His Excellency Sir Paul
Haddacks and Lady Haddacks. Loyd was the main speaker at the
sell out evening along attended by chairman of Hospice Isle of
Man, John Quinn and his wife Heather, President Brian Partington
OBE and Val. Chief Executive, Margaret Simpson and her husband
Andrew were also among the guests.
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SMP Partners Limited had kindly sponsored the
arrival drinks for the evening - Steve and Allison MacGowan are
pictured with Geoff Corkish MHK OBE, Brian Partington OBE, Loyd
Grossman, Margaret Simpson, CEO of Hospice Isle of Man and Mary
Doyle, PR and Marketing Manager.
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A lovely evening was enjoyed by all the
guests with some fabulous auction prizes being donated.
Whilst on the Isle of Man Loyd visited
Hospice and was very impressed with the fantastic facilities
Hospice has to offer. He also took time out to visit the kitchen
to visit the team that feds all the patients, families and
staff.
Nepal Expedition
Two local lads, Chris Gore and Stephen Duggan, both aged 22, are
following the
Island
Peak trek for Hospice. The
trek will take 22 days in total, treking 6-8 hours a day at
altitudes of over 5000m.
They will pass through Everest Base Camp at an altitude of 5360m
on our way to the major challenge of the journey -
Island
Peak (higher than any mountain in
Europe, Africa, Australia
or Antarctica).
They will be camping on the mountain side and using climbing
equipment such as ice axes and crampons during the assent.
All going well it will take 3-4 days to reach the summit of
6189m (nearly 5 Ben Nevis'
stacked on top of each other) before the 3 day trek back to
Lukla.
To support Chris and Stephen in raising funds
click
here
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GRAB A
BAG FOR HOSPICE ISLE OF MAN
Pictured are staff from Hospice Isle of Man with
their bright new re-usable Hessian bags. These are
now available from Hospice fundraising department or
from the Share the Care shops around the
Island.
 Hospice
would particularly like to thank John Quaye (also
pictured) from Manx Independent for his company’s
support in bringing the bags to the
Island.
Grab your re-usable bag now for a minimum donation
of £5.00. Contact the Fundraising team on 647434.
For all media enquiries please contact Mary Doyle on
647431 or
marydoyle@hospice.org.im
BRIDSON AND HORROX GO THAT EXTRA MILE FOR
HOSPICE ISLE OF MAN
Hospice Isle of
Man and Bridson and Horrox are proud to
announce the launch a fabulous local calendar for
2010.
 The calendar includes some fantastic
Manx scenery taken by local photographer, Andy North
who has a terrific eye for detail. The amazing
atmospheric photographs also have the added bonus of
being able to be used as postcards which can be sent
around the world! The calendar also includes
delicious local recipes.
Mary Doyle, PR and Marketing Manager
for Hospice Isle of Man is pictured with John
Sheridan (Sales Manager) and Amanda Goss (Sales
Executive) of Bridson and
Horrox and Hospice shops
manager (Share the Care) Tina Lawton.
Mary expressed her delight with such
a great product stating: ‘The idea came about once I
saw the great work Andy North has produced of the
scenery of the Isle of Man.
I then approached Bridson and Horrox
and we were really pleased that they came on board
as our community partners by supporting us in this
manner. The end result is a stunning calendar which
includes a range of photographs and recipes a really
useful piece of merchandise to help us raise much
needed and appreciated funds – a perfect gift for on
and off the Island.’
We are also indebted to the other
local companies that have supported Hospice Isle of
Man.
The calendar costs £4.99 and is
available from Hospice itself or its Share the Care
shops dotted all round the Island.
"The value of essential support and services that Hospice Isle of Man
provides not only to patients, but to their families
and friends, cannot be overestimated," said Darren
Horrox, managing director of Bridson & Horrox, the
Island's leading printing service.
"That's why we were pleased to help Hospice produce
a calendar so beautiful that people are sure to want
to display in their homes and workplaces."
The other corporate sponsors were:
Paul & Nicola Piercy
Auto Solutions Ltd Unit 3
Helen Summerscales
Isle of Man Advertising & PR Limited - who also
sourced IFG (January) & Thomas Millar (May)
Adam Burnett
Shoprite (Isle of Man)
Ltd
Alan Lamb N K Joinery Limited
Julie McNicholl
Britannia International Ltd
Gary Quaggan
Anglo Irish Bank Plc
Dave Lang
Friends Provident Intl (IOM)
The
MSR walk and talk is 10 years old
this year – why not enjoy a lovely restful walk of
3km or 5km and raise valuable funds for your
favourite charity – Hospice Isle of Man!
Download the Walk and Talk 10 Years Flyer
Download the Walk and Talk Sponsor Form
Hospice
Isle of Man
prides itself on being at the forefront of education
in the health care arena.
 This was never more prominent than at their recent annual general meeting
when staff received their awards certificates.
Pictured left to right along with their relevant
qualifications are: Kirstie Turner DipHE in Health
Studies with Distinction; Caroline Cresswell (Level
7 – Executive Diploma in Management); Karen DeSantis
(BSc (Hons) Health Studies; Debbie Beck (NVQ Level 3
in Care); Vicki Watterson (DipHE in Nursing);
Lyndsey Christian (Diploma in Anatomy, Physiology
and Massage); Mark Warren BSc (Hons) Cancer and
Palliative Care along with Chief Executive, Margaret
Simpson and Chairman of Hospice Isle of Man, John
Quinn.
John Quinn, Chairman of Hospice Isle of Man
said: ‘It gives me great pride to be able to present
our staff with their awards today. Education and
continuous professional development is paramount to
keep abreast of a changing healthcare world and
allowing Hospice to continue to offer the continued
level of high professional care.’
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