St. Joseph's Hospice Merseyside

Just a reminder that our Light up a Life service has unfortunately been cancelled this weekend due to the severe weather. Our main priority is the safety of all our families and supporters and we apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment this will cause. We will be having our Light up a Life tree blessed, and it will be switched on privately next week. It will be filmed, shared across social media, and available to view on our website. If you wish to view the Books of Dedication, they will be available from Tuesday 10th December 9.30am to 12.30pm, all the way through to the 20th December. The cancellation of the service will impact the hospice financially, if you would like to donate please visit https://lnkd.in/gDY6NuED Thank you for your continued support 💚

Important Notice! Light up a Life - After seeking advice, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel our Light up a Life service this Sunday (8 December) due to the severe weather forecast for this weekend. Our main priority is the safety of all our families and supporters and we apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment this will cause. We will be having our Light up a Life tree blessed, and it will be switched on privately next week. It will be filmed, shared across social media, and available to view on our website. If you wish to view the Books of Dedication, they will be available from Tuesday 10th December 9.30am to 12.30pm, all the way through to the 20th December. The cancellation of the service will impact the hospice financially, if you would like to donate please click the link below. Thank you for your continued support 💚 https://lnkd.in/gDY6NuED

There is still time to double your donation to the hospice through our Big Give Christmas Challenge 🌟 You have until midday on Tuesday (10 Dec) to get your donation doubled by our Big Give partners and match funders. This year, your donations through The Big Give's Christmas Challenge will fund our Comfort in Care campaign, helping us to fund brand new riser recliner chairs for our patient rooms, promoting greater patient comfort and wellbeing. Please donate using the link in the comments below 👇 and you will be able to make an even bigger difference to our patients and their families 💚 #ChristmasChallenge

Did you know by making a donation to have your Christmas tree collected, you could be providing much needed support to St Joseph’s Hospice? If you live in one of the following postcode areas, our volunteers will come and collect and recycle your real Christmas tree from the front of your property on 11th and 12th January 2025. Here are a few examples of what your donation could fund: 🛏️ £10 could pay for 2 patient rooms to have fresh clean bedding 🍽️ £20 could pay for 1 patient to receive 3 home cooked meals for one day 🔥 £40 heats the hospice for one day 💚 £60 pays for a Healthcare Assistant for one shift. They support the nurses in caring for our patients. 👩⚕️ £100 pays for a Registered Nurse for one shift. They care for our patients 24/7 and ensure they are receiving the best possible care. Postcode areas: L9, L10, L20, L21, L22, L23, L30, L31, L37, L38 Book your collection online now 👉https://lnkd.in/eqBrXySA

The Big Give Christmas Challenge has arrived! 🙌 💚 It’s #GivingTuesday and for the next 7 days, from midday today (3 Dec) until midday next Tuesday (10 Dec), you have a unique opportunity to get your donation doubled by our Big Give partners and match funders. This year, your donations through The Big Give's Christmas Challenge will fund our Comfort in Care campaign, helping us to fund brand new riser recliner chairs for our patient rooms, promoting greater patient comfort and wellbeing. To donate, visit https://lnkd.in/e7tYDTxi and you will be able to make an even bigger difference to our patients and their families. #ChristmasChallenge

Just a little reminder that this Sunday it's our Light up a Life Christmas service. Please come and join us at 4pm. It's free to attend but make sure you dress for the weather as it's an outdoor event. Refreshments will be available. If you are still planning on making a dedication to a loved one, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can enter it in our book of remembrance. Please note - for any dedications made after midday this Wednesday 4 December, the details will be added to our book of remembrance after the Light up a Life service. To make a dedication, visit our website (link in comments below), call us on 0151 932 6044 or email fundraising@stjhospice.org.uk Our Light up a Life service has been kindly sponsored by Barringtons Independent Funeral Services.

A huge thank you to all our Santa Dash runners - Sarah Street & Charlotte Matthews from Cavalry Healthcare and Pete & Nic Gough - who took part in the 5km fun run in Liverpool yesterday and raised lots of money for the hospice! You all smashed it and we are so grateful 🥇 🎅 👏 A special shout out to Pete & Nic who set off from the hospice in the early hours yesterday to run all the way in to Liverpool before doing the Santa Dash!! Pete has raised over £2k in memory of his mum Aileen who was recently a patient at the hospice 💚 If you fancy doing a charity run for the hospice, keep your eyes peeled as we will have more charity runs coming up in 2025!

NEWSFLASH!! We are very excited to announce that the National Trust has chosen us as one of the 49 recipients of a ‘Trees of Hope’ Sycamore Gap sapling 🌳 💚 This story has hit the national headlines today and it is a real honour and privilege to hear that we will have one of the saplings from this much-loved tree here at the hospice as a symbol of hope and life for our community. Nearly 500 applications were received for the 49 saplings – one to represent each foot in height that the tree was at the time of felling. The saplings are currently being cared for at the charity’s Plant Conservation Centre, and they should be strong and sturdy enough ready to plant out in winter 2025/26. The new homes for all the saplings will be in publicly accessible spaces, enabling many more people to feel part of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree’s legacy with recipients from all across the UK. Mike Parr, hospice chief executive said: "We applied for one of the saplings because it symbolises hope and fits with our philosophy of ‘bringing life into people’s days’. With 12 acres of woodland, fully accessible to our community, this is a place of comfort, peace and reflection, so it is an ideal location for one for the Trees of Hope." For the full story, please visit our website - link in comments below. #NationalTrust #NationalTreeWeek

The Big Give #ChristmasChallenge begins on Tuesday! Using their matched funding format, the Big Give Christmas Challenge helps us to turn our target of £10,000 into £20,000 to support our Comfort in Care campaign! Comfort in Care will help us fund new riser recliner chairs for our patient rooms, promoting greater patient comfort and wellbeing. You can learn more about the challenge (and donate!) by heading to: https://lnkd.in/eJ-ZbeZD #hospice #fundraising #merseyside

Wishing lots of luck to all our Santa Dash runners this Sunday! 🎅 We hope you all have a fabulous time and really enjoy the festive fun run experience around the famous Liverpool landmarks. We’re really grateful for your support Pete and Nic Gough, and also Sarah and Charlotte from team Cavalry Healthcare 💚 👏 🙏 If you’d like to sponsor any of our Santa Dash runners, we have included the links here... 🎅 https://lnkd.in/eNa6ivns 🎅 https://lnkd.in/eJ228RMA 🎅 https://lnkd.in/eNTx7cVc BTR Liverpool #SantaDash #charity #fundraising #hospice