Birmingham Hospice

🌟 Today, we’d like to thank Ryan Stenson, who has raised an amazing £1,606 for Birmingham Hospice by taking on the Alton Towers Half Marathon in memory of his dad. Ryan shared: "I finished in two hours and nine minutes, which I’m pretty happy with as my goal was to get under two hours and ten minutes — I just made it! Especially considering how hilly it was, people warned me it was a tougher one, but I definitely still underestimated it. Despite getting drenched at the end, it was a great day overall, and I’m glad I could do something to give back to Birmingham Hospice.” 🌟 Thanks also to the Harborne Craft Group, who raised a phenomenal £2,488 from their annual Christmas craft fayre. The morning was a huge success, with homemade gifts and cakes being sold to benefit the hospice. We are so grateful for your support! 🌟 St Dunstan’s 148 Scout Group have donated some preloved toys to help our charity shops stock our shelves just before Christmas. Your kindness and generosity will allow other children to have some lovely gifts, while supporting Birmingham Hospice at the same time. Thank you! 🌟 Thank you also to Emma Thompson, Dorothy and Alan Dews, Demi Underhill, Sarah Hawkesford, Kelly Guest-Summers and Kate Donegan, who have kindly donated toys for the children’s room in our Inpatient Unit. We appreciate this so much – it will make a real difference! Feeling inspired to support us? To find out how you can help, please visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3xXHhPJ #ThankYouThursday

Last chance to sign up to Rudolph Run! 🦌🎅🏽❤️ Don't miss the chance to get involved in the festive fun and raise vital funds for Birmingham Hospice. Each runner will receive a free set of reindeer antlers! For more information and to sign up, please visit 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZomKPx

This Christmas, we need your company's help to make every moment matter for those we care for who are living with a terminal diagnosis. Could your company give a gift of comfort, choice or dignity to help our hospice teams provide expert, specialist and compassionate end of life care? You can give your gift for between one and 12 days. For each day you give, your organisation will receive a thank you pack including a certificate, thank you letter, photo diary to proudly display in your offices and your company’s logo featured in our festive display at both hospice sites. To find out more about giving a gift of comfort, choice or dignity, please email fundraise@birminghamhospice.org.uk or visit 👉 https://bit.ly/4fChw89

Are you looking for a career in Fundraising Marketing? We have a vacancy in our team! 🎉 We’re hiring for a Fundraising Marketing Officer to join our fast-paced Marketing Team. The chosen candidate will play a vital role in the planning, implementing and development of fundraising campaigns, events and appeals. From planning campaigns and writing copy for mailings, to managing case studies and photography, as well as creating web pages and online forms, this is a varied post for a creative individual. Matthew joined the Marketing Team in March this year and said he'd learned so much during such a short time. “Whether it’s filming a video for one of our charity shops or designing adverts for a new event, everything I do expands my own experiences while helping our vital charity. Knowing that what I do helps such an important cause inspires me to get involved with even more, and I’m constantly growing in knowledge and confidence." If you have an experience in marketing, comms or PR we'd love to hear from you! Apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/3B8W1w9

With Christmas just around the corner, what better way to treat your golf-loving friends or family members than with a golf day at Edgbaston Golf Club? Join us on Friday 30 May 2025 for a day of golf, networking and fundraising for Birmingham Hospice. Tickets are on sale now for £99 - get yours today just in time for a wonderful Christmas gift! We can’t wait to see you there - for tickets, please visit 👉 https://bit.ly/44Y4MUP

We need your support! Payroll Giving is one of the easiest ways to help us provide outstanding care for individuals living with life-limiting illnesses in our community, whenever and wherever it’s needed. 💙 If your company already offers Payroll Giving, joining is easy! Just request a form from your HR department, fill it out, and your payroll team will take care of the rest. If your company doesn’t have it set up, yet but you’re eager to participate, reach out to us at fundraise@birminghamhospice.org.uk, and we’ll help you get started. Thank you for supporting our hospice teams in continuing to make every moment matter for our terminally ill patients and their loved ones.

Birmingham Hospice has opened a new therapeutic garden, providing a peaceful and relaxing space to be used by children who are experiencing grief. Over the last few months, the team at the hospice have been working hard to get The Dragonfly Garden ready at its Selly Park site, with the support of generous volunteers and donors. It features a variety of landscaping, including planted and paved areas, a water feature and sculptures, and an activity bench. The hospice’s Children’s Healing and Therapeutic Support (CHATS) Team offers both pre- and post-bereavement support for children and young people when a loved one has died, or is facing a terminal illness. The garden will be a safe space for children to use with our CHATS team to help them talk through their problems and cope with their grief. It has been named the Dragonfly Garden, as dragonflies represent transformation and resilience through times of difficulty, hardship and grief, giving hope for the future. The vision became a reality thanks to the generous support of Danni Swann, who designed the garden with the support of her company Glancy Nicholls Architects, garden landscaper Lee Linden who dated his time and £1,500 to the project and his colleague Mark Wilkes, and Unity Trust Bank whose team volunteered for a week and also donated £2,000. One of the children from the hospice’s Young Person’s Forum spoke about the garden and said: “It’s so peaceful out here, I can’t wait to sit and just think about my dad here. He would have loved this space.”

Our new shop in Marston Green needs your donations! 👚👜 Having a clear out before Christmas? Want to support a local charity? We’re looking for items in good condition to be dropped off at the shop on Station Street in Marston Green, between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday. Including: - Toys and games - Books - Clothes - Antiques and collectibles - Jewellery - Homeware - DVDS/Blu-Rays/CDS Items sold in our shops fund our vital work providing palliative and end of life care for people at the end of their lives and supporting their families. Visit our official store opening at 10am on Thursday 5 December. Check out where else we accept donations near you 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYMsK-nY

This week our Children’s Healing and Therapeutic Support (CHATS) Team has been supporting Children’s Grief Awareness Week by #BuildingHope 🙌 Health professionals from across the country joined the CHATS Team to take part in Childhood Grief Training. CHATS developed the course because there was a gap in how bereaved children were being supported. The training ensures those caring for them can access vital resources and strategies which builds their confidence when supporting a child. The training uses a creative approach, designed to help engage children through therapeutic activities with the people they know and trust 🎨 “It was a really fantastic day, which I thoroughly enjoyed and will recommend. The tips and ideas of how to approach situations were invaluable,” commented one participant at this week’s training. CHATS will be holding their next training course on Wednesday 25 January 2025 and a place on it can be booked on Eventbrite. Book here 👉 https://bit.ly/40WxZPW

Join us for a night of love, laughter and giving back at Villa Park on Friday 14 February for Birmingham Hospice's Valentine’s Ball: Hearts and High Rollers! 💖 Our services for the local community are free, but this year we need to raise more than £6.5 million to continue providing our expert care. This is a £1 million increase on last year. Dress to impress, bring your dancing shoes, and make memories while helping us support our vital hospice services. 💃 Get your tickets now before they’re gone! Sign up today on our website 👉 https://bit.ly/3TwRQAK