St Catherine's Hospice, Lancashire

We've got a packed calendar of events for 2025. Grab your diaries and make sure to pencil in these special dates—you won't want to miss them! Join our community in making a difference through these signature events: 🎉 Moonlight & Memories - 21 June 2025 💛 Yellow Day - 8 June 2025 🏎️ Soap Box Derby - 14 September 2025 🌊 Morecambe Bay Walk - 30 August 2025 🪂 Skydives - 22nd March and 18 October 2025 🕺 40th Anniversary Charity Ball - 4 October 2025 🎅 Santa Dash - Sunday 7 December 2025 Each event offers unique opportunities for corporate teams and individuals to support vital hospice care while building meaningful connections within our community. Full details and sponsorship opportunities coming soon. Send us a DM to be kept in the loop on any. #StCatherinesHospice #2025Events #SupportStCatherines #2025FundraisingEvents

💚 Start 2025 with purpose: Join our first 1985 Business Club event of the year We're delighted to announce our first 1985 Business Club networking event of 2025, taking place on Thursday 30 January in the Garden Room at St Catherine's Hospice. Join us from 4pm for an afternoon of valuable networking opportunities. We’ll welcome members and introduce our guest speaker (TBA), offering insights to kick-start your 2025 business connections. Refreshments will be served. Named after the year we first opened our doors, the 1985 Business Club brings together business leaders who share our commitment, compassion and drive to make things better, together. Membership benefits include: • Build profitable connections • Grow your network • Enhance your CSR and PR opportunities • Direct impact on vital hospice services • Make a difference across Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Through the 1985 Business Club, your organisation can help us continue to provide specialist care and crucial support services to patients and their loved ones. To find out more and book your place: 📧 corporate@stcatherines.co.uk 📱 07759 130954 🔗 https://lnkd.in/etgR3qKS Be part of creating positive change in our region. #BusinessNetworking #1985BusinessClub #Networking #CorporateSupport #StCatherinesHospice #SupportStCatherines

🚨Job alert🚨 At St Catherines, we’re more than just a workplace. Every day, we make a difference in the lives of patients and families when they need it most. Right now, we’re growing our team and have several exciting opportunities available. From creative roles like Copywriter and Marketing Manager to community-focused positions like Fundraising Lead, each role plays a vital part in supporting our mission. If you’re passionate about making an impact and want to work somewhere truly meaningful, we’d love to hear from you. Or, if you know someone who might be a good fit, please share this post to help us find the perfect team members. 👉 Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eP5AeY5 Together, we can achieve incredible things. ❤️

💚 Thank You Thursday 💚 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported St Catherine’s this past couple of weeks over the festive period. Your generosity and kindness are incredible! 💚 Budweiser Brewing Group at Samlesbury – your annual Turkey Day raised £322 through staff donations 💚 Our amazing Hospice Choir – thank you for entertaining shoppers at Chorley Tesco and raising a super £206 💚 Academy at Worden (Years 7–9) – your festive dodgeball competition in Santa suits raised an incredible £870 💚 Michelle and Gareth Kelly – another beautiful Christmas hamper donation helped us raise £192 in our raffle - the winner has been notified. 💚 The Euxton Singers – thank you for delighting shoppers in Chorley Tesco and donating a £400 💚 A special shout-out to Newgate Nurseries, Birkacre Garden Centre, and GT Timber Yard for distributing our Christmas Tree-Cycling leaflets. Your support means so much to us and the families we care for. Thank you for being part of our hospice community. 💚

Before Christmas, we were thrilled to welcome the Mayors of Preston, Chorley, and South Ribble to the hospice 💚 We were able to share how we’re reaching more people than ever with our care, chat about our exciting plans for our 40th anniversary this year, and highlight the ways we’re connecting with our local communities. The Mayors also visited our In-Patient Unit, spending time with our incredible staff, volunteers, and patients. We’re so grateful for the hard work our local Mayors do to support and shine a light on local causes like ours—thank you, it means the world to us! #CommunitySupport #HospiceCare

Creating positive change together: Join our 1985 Business Club We're delighted to announce our first 1985 Business Club networking event of 2025, taking place on Thursday 30 January in the Garden Room at St Catherine's Hospice. Join us from 4pm for an afternoon of valuable networking opportunities. Our Corporate Engagement Partner, James Da Costa, will welcome members and introduce our guest speakers from the Love Longridge team. Offering insights to kick-start your 2025 business connections. Refreshments will be served. The 1985 Business Club, named after the year St Catherine's Hospice first opened its doors, brings together business leaders who share our commitment, compassion and drive to make things better, together. Membership benefits include: • Networking opportunities • Business connections • CSR and PR opportunities • Direct impact on vital hospice services • Making a difference across Preston, South Ribble and Chorley Through the 1985 Business Club, your organisation can help us continue providing specialist care and crucial support services to patients and their loved ones. To book your place or learn more about membership email: corporate@stcatherines.co.uk or visit https://lnkd.in/etgR3qKS Be part of creating positive change in our region. #BusinessNetworking #1985BusinessClub #Networking #CorporateSupport #BusinessCommunity #LocalBusiness

🎄 Season's greetings from St Catherine's Hospice As we reach the festive season, we want to extend our warmest thanks to our incredible community of supporters, donors, corporate partners, volunteers and staff who have helped us make a difference throughout 2024. Special recognition goes to our dedicated healthcare and onsite teams who'll be working throughout the Christmas period, ensuring our patients and their families receive the care and support they need. Your continued support enables us to be here for local families when it matters most. Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year 💚 #HospiceCare #CareAtChristmas #CommunitySupport

🚨Job alert🚨 At St Catherines, we’re more than just a workplace. Every day, we make a difference in the lives of patients and families when they need it most. Right now, we’re growing our team and have several exciting opportunities available. From creative roles like Copywriter and Marketing Manager to community-focused positions like Fundraising Lead, each role plays a vital part in supporting our mission. If you’re passionate about making an impact and want to work somewhere truly meaningful, we’d love to hear from you. Or, if you know someone who might be a good fit, please share this post to help us find the perfect team members. 👉 Find out more and apply: https://lnkd.in/eP5AeY5 Together, we can achieve incredible things. ❤️

💚Thank You Thursday💚 As we head into the festive season, we're reflecting on the incredible kindness and support we've received not only this week, but this whole year. A huge thank you this week to: 🎄 Jo from Clayton Green's Asda for your wonderful donation of new books – the perfect gift to keep spirits bright. 🎄 The Dutch Barn Artisan Markets for raising an amazing £100 at your event at The Hunters. 🎄 Sam Edwards, who continues to inspire us all with her 12 marathons in 12 months challenge – Marathon No. 4 in Sale is now complete. Well done, Sam! 🎄 Everyone who participated in our Nature & Environment Art Competition – your stunning artwork has brought life to our calendar, and we can’t wait to deliver goody bags and calendars to our winners this week. 🎄 Loupe, Preston – Beaverbrooks Charitable Foundation and to the 15 staff who voted for their £100 each to go to supporting the hospice donating an incredible £1,500 🎄 The amazing staff at Boots Fishergate for your thoughtful donation of pampering products for our Inpatient Unit – they’ll bring comfort and care to so many. Your generosity lights up our hospice, and we’re so grateful to have you in our community. 💚 #ThankYouThursday #HospiceHeroes

Breaking down barriers: Changing perceptions of hospice care "I didn't actually want to come in," shares Linda, one of our patients. Like many, Linda was apprehensive about hospice care, worried about being in a clinical environment and away from family. But her experience tells a different story: "I arrived at St Catherine's after being in hospital for six weeks and instantly felt a huge relief. The staff were very welcoming, kind and in tune with my needs." What Linda found wasn't the clinical environment she feared, but a place of tranquillity and support: • Rooms overlooking peaceful gardens • Freedom to personalise her space with items from home • Flexible visiting hours for family • Complementary therapies to help her feel more like herself • A supportive environment where both patients and families find comfort "It's not like a hospital at all," Linda explains. "My family can visit whenever they like - my daughter comes every morning with the newspaper, my husband visits in the afternoon, and other family members come in the evening after work. Everyone at the hospice has made them feel welcome." Through the generosity of our supporters and donors, we're able to provide not just essential care, but also the additional services that make such a difference to our patients' wellbeing. "I would not hesitate to recommend St Catherine's to someone who needed their help. I don't think I'd find this peace anywhere else." Stories like Linda's help us break down the barriers and misconceptions about hospice care. If you or someone you know is anxious about receiving hospice care, we're here to have an open conversation about what to expect. #HospiceCare #HealthcareExperience #PatientCare #CompassionateCare #StCatherines