St. Gemma's Hospice

Will you give the gift of a Christmas Wish? ❄️ St Gemma’s Hospice is a place of peace, light and love where Christmas wishes can come true with your help. 💜 £10 could help a patient staying at the hospice to have a festive meal with their loved ones. 💜 £50 could provide specialist support to a child missing their loved one. 💜 £250 could fund a visit from our community team to enable a patient to spend Christmas in the place they most wish, in their own home with those they love. Will you help to make what could be one of our patient’s final wishes come true this festive season? Please give what you can at https://lnkd.in/eRfUQBqz #ChristmasWish #GivingTuesday

We hope you all had a fantastic time at our Winter Ball last week 💃 ✨ Want to join us next year? 2025 Winter Ball tickets are on sale now! 📅 Friday 29th November 2025 📍 New Dock Hall, Royal Armouries Conference & Events 🎟️ Tickets on sale now at https://lnkd.in/eJ6mi2iB

We cannot wait to see all of our wonderful supporters at our Winter Ball tomorrow evening 🙌✨ Our flagship event raises thousands of pounds for the Hospice every year and we're incredibly grateful to everyone for your continued attendance. p.s if you can't make it this time but would still like to support the event, you can bid on one of the fantastic prizes in our Silent Auction at https://lnkd.in/esARPyGg

We've been doing some filming in our Young People's Cabin over the last couple of weeks for something very exciting to do with a certain award-winning young fundraiser 🤔 📺 Watch the The One Show at 7pm tonight to find out why!

Thank you so much team Sacco Mann 🙏 These donations will mean the world to patients and families celebrating special occasions at the Hospice 💜

Give the gift of time this festive season! We have 3 impactful one-off volunteering opportunities coming up - perfect for individuals and groups: 1️⃣ Look after a festive stall at our Christmas Tree Sales, serving customers and restocking items 📅 5-7 December 🕘 Join us for a few hours between 4pm - 7pm (on 5th & 6th) or 9am - 4pm (on 7th). 2️⃣ Help customers with bag packing and collect donations at Marks & Spencer's, Moortown 📅 Any date(s) between 17th - 21st December 🕘 Various times available to suit you. 3️⃣ Collect Christmas trees from across the city and take them to recycling sites to support our Christmas tree collection 📅9th - 16th January 2025 🕘 Starting off with breakfast, you'll be given your route and set out for the day from Leeds Golf Centre, Wyke. Bring a van or one will be provided! These are all great opportunities to get involved if your employer provides an employee volunteer day ✨ Contact us on Corporate.Volunteering@st-gemma.co.uk to sign up today!

The St Gemma's Academic Unit is an international leader in palliative care research, learning and teaching, and evidence-based practice with the goal of improving patient care for all. We recently published our annual Academic Unit of Palliative Care report for 2023/24, summarising our achievements throughout the year: https://lnkd.in/ebSJ4HPW Each year, we publish several reports documenting the work of the Hospice, including our financial statements, ensuring the organisation is run transparently, effectively and legally. All of these publications can be found on our website at https://lnkd.in/ewCPzYdi

Light up a Life is one of our biggest fundraising initiatives of the year and truly a team effort 🙏 Now our beautiful trees have arrived, the Hospice maintenance team are busy adding thousands of lights - ready to be switched on at our Light up a Life service on 8th December ✨ If you'd like to dedicate one of these lights in memory of someone special, please visit https://lnkd.in/eiBzzr-h ✨ Make your dedication before Thursday 28th November to ensure your loved ones' names are displayed on the roll of honour at the remembrance ceremony.

"I will never forget the love and care my husband received during his stay at St Gemma’s. He asked if he could have a few friends in one evening, and snacks and drinks were organised. Our friends were amazed at the care we all received. Sadly, he died the following evening. But what a gift of love we were all given." Our commitment and compassion are free, but we need to raise over £20,000 every day to run all of our services at St Gemma’s. As a charity, we can only do this with your help. Whether you sign up to one of our Santa Dash park runs or donate and dedicate to our Light Up a Life appeal, you'll be helping to support local patients and families at the most difficult time in their lives. ➡️ Find out more about our festive fundraising campaigns and events at https://lnkd.in/envsNgrJ

It's such a privilege to support local families, and everyone who plays Local Hospice Lottery Ltd in support of St Gemma's makes a huge contribution towards our continued care. Thank you 💜