News - Spring 2013

Spring 2013

news from St Nicholas Hospice Care your local charity

Join us for the Girls Night Out 5th Birthday Party!

Hospice Care for our local community2

Gill ByattI have nothing but praise and admiration for the St Nicholas Hospice Care nursing team for the unconditional care they gave to my dear husband Fred Byatt in the last four weeks of his life last year. Also a big thanks to the after care team and David Rushton for the continued support you are still giving our family which has helped us through the past year. Well done St Nicholas Hospice Care.

Help the Hospices @HelptheHospicesExamples of hospice innovation at its best from @stnichhospice – hospice neighbours service & scheme to support the homeless #HtHconference

in this issue

3

3 Your comments

4 News update

6 ‘Reflexology is a way of connecting with people’ Volunteer Sarah Goodenough uses her reflexology skills to help patients

8 ‘It has been a very positive experience’ Malcolm and Carmel Rappaport describe their experience of the Positive Living group

10 ‘Live, love and laugh’ Georgie Turpin takes up Suzie Rush’s fundraising mantle and pays tribute to the Hospice’s ‘Pink Lady’

11 The trek of a lifetime Alex Embiricos will take on the 1,000km Mongol Derby

12 Thank you

14 Girls Night Out 2013 – Join the party! Our annual Girls Night Out event has its fifth birthday this year

We always love to hear from our community of supporters. Here are some of your comments from Facebook and Twitter.

Hello from...

We want to reach out to more and more people across the communities of West Suffolk and Thetford who need our help.

We have some exciting plans over the next year, including the development of our first St Nicholas Hospice Care Community Centre.

We are still in the early stages of developmentbut it’s an important step in making sure our services reach out to everyone who needs us.

Watch this space for more news about how we are planning to bring more services into the community.

Of course our existing outreach services will still be available right across West Suffolk and Thetford, offering everything from bereavement support groups to physiotherapy and occupational therapy (p9).

This year also marks the fifth anniversary of our biggest event of the year: Girls Night Out. We are always overwhelmed by the energy and enthusiasm of our supporters so we’re encouraging as many people as possible to ‘join the party’ (p14-15).

Thank you for your continued support. You make an enormous difference to what we do.

Barbara GaleChief Executive

www.facebook.com/stnicholashospicecare

@stnichhospice

visit www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk for more information about St Nicholas Hospice Care

Contact UsHead of Marketing and Communications (Editor)t : 01284 715584 e : [email protected]

Press and PR Officer (Key Contributing Editor)t : 01284 715580 e : [email protected]

Your comments

Jordan Hughes @JordyHughes94 Looks like I’ll be starting my volunteering at St Nicholas Hospice Care soon! Yaaaaaay! #Happy

StN

Your comments

StN

Sarah Goodenough MAR @sgreflexology Lessons in Life, Love and Living @stnichhospice so valuable!

Colin Muddimer

The team at

St Nix is simply

wonderful. Associated with

them for years now and

there is no finer charity

to support. If anyone has

any ideas about ways to

support St Nix, tell the

fundraisers, ’cos they are

working their socks off!

Well done peeps.

Comment · Like

StN

Not already talking to us?

Why not become a friend of the Hospice and

find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter? You can keep

up to date with our latest activity, news and

stories. Just click like or follow when

you find us.

Rob Warner For those that have never been to St Nicholas Hospice Care the best food is cheese scones. Believe me they are unbelievably tasty and massive. I loved going there to have a chat and a cheese scone and cuppa tea. The people that work at the Hospice are genuine, loving caring people and have loads of time for you and your families xxxxxx

Mia Cat @MiaCat6

I watched patients

making beautiful, painted

hearts for Valentine’s day

this morning

@stnichhospice

Hospice Care for our local community visit www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk for more information about St Nicholas Hospice Care 4 5

Welcome Adrian Williams

The Hospice welcomes Adrian Williams as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Following the retirement of Alastair Robinson, who had served for six years, Adrian Williams

was formally voted in as Chair in October 2012.

Adrian said: “It is an honour and a privilege to take on this new responsibility and follow in

the footsteps of my friend and colleague, Alastair Robinson.”

Welcome Adrian and thank you and farewell to Alastair.

The Hospice has won the Help the Hospices and National Gardens Scheme Award for Innovation in Clinical Practice after impressing the judges with its Stephen Project – a project to explore widening access to end-of-life care for homeless people and those who support them.

Jane Carpenter, Acting Clinical Outreach Manager, has been working

with partnership agencies to develop a service to help homeless

people receive treatment or bereavement support.

Jane said: “The work supporting homeless people is really important and

also helps us learn how to reach out to other under-supported groups.

I am delighted to receive this award and am so proud to work for

an organisation which has allowed me to develop the project.”

• The Stephen Project was funded by a £22,000 grant

awarded through a programme funded by the Burdett

Trust for Nursing and managed by Help the Hospices.

• The Burdett Trust for Nursing is an independent charitable

trust which makes grants to support nurse-led projects.

Land’s End to John O’Groats cyclists raise £6,800Three men from Newmarket who cycled from Land’s End to

John O’Groats in nine days raised £6,800 for the Hospice.

Former postman Les Trim came up with the idea

and convinced his son Alan and former colleague

Mick Adams to join him on the 901-mile challenge.

Les said he was inspired to raise funds for the

Hospice after a former colleague of his died there.

Alan added: “I was happy to reach John O’Groats

in the end. It was a tough but fantastic experience.”

Well done Les, Alan and Mick!

Points add up to pounds at our shopsSt Nicholas Hospice Care has launched a loyalty card scheme – believed to be the first of its kind for any local charity in the UK – at its nine shops across West Suffolk and Thetford.

For every pound a customer spends in store, one point

is earned. When 100 points have been accrued, the

customer earns a £1 discount on further purchases.

They can choose to continue collecting points towards

a larger purchase, or they could give the money back

to the Hospice in the form of a donation.

Ian Daniels, Head of Retail, said: “We want to reward

our existing customers for their support, but we also

want to attract more people and encourage them to

donate and shop with us.”

Hospice loyalty cards are available at our shops in

Bury St Edmunds, Mildenhall, Thetford, Brandon,

Newmarket, Haverhill and Sudbury.

For more information and shop opening hours, go to:

www.stnicholashospice.org.uk/shops

Hospice wins national award for Stephen Project

Working with care homesSt Nicholas Hospice Care is providing a free education programme to help care homes to support patients nearing the end of their lives.

The Hospice Partnerships training sessions, which have been funded by a grant from the NHS, are tailored to the individual requirements of care homes. They include debriefs, educational sessions, how to use recognised end-of-life guidance and support visits.

Sally Coldrey, Senior Registered Nurse leading the initiative, said:

The project means that more people can be cared for in their own

environment, whether at home or in a care home.

Hospice praised by Care Quality CommissionSt Nicholas Hospice Care has been praised for providing high quality care, in a report following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC regulates all care across the country, including hospices, hospitals and care homes.

Inspectors, who investigated care given at home, in the day care centre and on the hospice ward, were impressed with the positive feedback they received from patients.

One patient said: “Staff have been available 24/7 for me and my family to speak to. It feels better knowing that we are never alone.”

Another patient said: “Staff are wonderful here. They have helped me to deal with the most difficult period in my life and they have done so in a respectful way.”

Donation with a differenceKind-hearted staff at Festool UK Power Tools, of Saxham, used their carpentry skills to craft a special gift for the Hospice.

Staff made wooden benches and a table, which have been placed in the Hospice’s landscaped gardens for use by patients and their families.

The project was overseen by Festool in-house trainer Philip Beckley, who also designed the furniture and took special care to ensure the table was built at a wheelchair-friendly height.

Back from left: John Moore, Hospice Volunteer; Roy Swarbrick, Hospice Maintenance Supervisor; Phil Beckley, Festool in-house trainer; Jon Burcham, Festool Marketing Manager. Front, from left: Jenny Beverley, Festool Marketing Assistant; Liz Spillane, Hospice Corporate Fundraiser.

St Nicholas Hospice Care Acting Clinical Outreach Manager Jane Carpenter with Lord Michael Howard, Chairman of Help the Hospices (left), and George Plumtree, Chairman of National Gardens Scheme (right).

THANK YOU: Sue Long, St Nicholas

Hospice Care Community Fundraiser,

with cyclists Mick Adams, and Les

and Alan Trim

“This programme fits so well with what St Nicholas Hospice Care is doing – it is about working with the community, promoting patient choice and also fitting in with national standards of end-of-life care.”

Latest News


I started volunteering at the Hospice in November 2012. I had set up my own reflexology business and I wanted to use the rest of my time to volunteer. I wanted to use my skills in reflexology to help the people who would benefit the most.

I qualified as a reflexologist in 2006. People think reflexology is just about pampering yourself, but I’ve never seen it like that.

Reflexology treats the body, mind and spirit. It strengthens the connection between your body and your mind. When people have undergone intensive medical treatment, the mind and body can become disconnected. Holistic treatments like this are so important for healing.

I’m a member of the Association of Reflexologists (AOR), They have

done a lot of research into end-of-lifecare. Research shows this type of treatment can be really beneficial for patients, and also for families and carers.

You treat the person, not the condition. I don’t need to know what their illness is. You treat the whole person and they take what they need from it.

You can’t be too attached to the results; it’s about the process and the ‘letting go’ that happens. Sometimes I don’t get to hear if it has helped a person or not – but I do get an idea when they keep coming back asking for more treatments!

I had my first reflexology treatment 25 years ago and it was amazing. I felt all my anxiety just slip away. It’s been part of my life for a long time.

I get so much from coming here and speaking to people. Offering reflexology is a way of connecting with people. I can offer comfort and support too.

I had a preconception that the Hospice would be scary and sad and I wanted to face my fear. I couldn’t believe it when I actually came here! I couldn’t believe how much laughter there is everywhere.

Everyone here lives life in the moment – and mindfulness is so important for wellbeing. I still can’t believe how much I laugh when I come here.

There is such a sense of community around the Hospice. Volunteering here has really made me feel part of the community – and it’s made me less fearful of illness.’

If you are thinking about volunteering, give it a go. You don’t know how much it can change you. Go on – make a difference. Even something really small can make a huge difference to somebody’s life.

For more information about volunteering, contact 01284 766418 or [email protected]

Complementary therapies can play an important role for people and families living with life-shortening conditions. Sarah Goodenough, volunteer reflexologist for the Hospice, gives her time and professional expertise to help patients who benefit from her treatments. Here, Sarah describes the impact reflexology can have and her experience of volunteering.

‘Reflexology is a way of connecting with people’

Pay less tax by giving to charity

Don’t forgetour telephone advice line

Our telephone advice line is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

01284 766133

Did you know that leaving 10 per cent of your net estate to charity in your Will could reduce your inheritance tax bill?

Throughout your lifetime, any donation you make to a registered charity is exempt from tax, and this is also true of gifts left in your will. If your estate is worth £50,000 more than the amount that is allowed tax-free and you leave £5,000 to St Nicholas Hospice Care, you will only pay inheritance tax on £45,000.

If you leave at least 10 per cent of your net estate to charity, you may find that less tax is due. Inheritance tax could drop to 36 per cent instead of 40 per cent. For more information about reducing your inheritance tax bill by leaving a gift in your will to St Nicholas Hospice Care, please contact the Legacy team on 01284 755000.

Alternatively, you may want to take part in Wills Weeks this June. This is where local supportive solicitors offer their time to draw up your will free of charge in return for a donation to St Nicholas Hospice Care.

Visit www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk for more information.

There is such a sense of community around the Hospice. Volunteering here has really made me feel part of the community.


For Carmel, joining the group meant she had to adjust to being looked after, even if just once a week.

“The nicest and hardest thing at the beginning is that the Hospice says it is here for the carer as well as the patient. So you might try to help out or make a cup of tea, but you are told to sit down and relax. It’s hard to get used to, but as a carer, it is so important to occasionally rest and be told ‘well done’ – that you are doing a good job,” she says.

Each Positive Living session starts with a session on subjects including symptom management or advance care planning, where participants are invited to talk about their experiences and fears. After a break for lunch, there is a chance to relax – often with a pampering treatment – and talk to Hospice staff.

Malcolm added: “When I came this morning I didn’t feel 100 per cent well. I felt rotten. But do you know what? I feel great now.”

The Positive Living Group is for anyone who has been told they have cancer or a life-shortening illness. Carers, friends and family members are welcome.

For more information, call 01284 702525 or email [email protected]

Malcolm died shortly after this interview in February 2013. This feature is published thanks to the kind permission of his wife Carmel

“The whole weight of Malcolm’s

illness was enormous, but the

Hospice took it away,” says

Carmel Rappaport. She and her

husband Malcolm are relaxing after

lunch at the last of four Positive

Living sessions at the Hospice,

where they have been receiving

advice and support in coming to

terms with diagnosis, managing

symptoms and how to make the

most of their lives.

The Thetford couple, who have

been married 42 years, have been

attending the sessions together

following Malcolm’s diagnosis with

terminal cancer in September.

The diagnosis came as a shock,

because the couple had been

enjoying their usual active life

just days earlier.

“When Malcolm was diagnosed,

suddenly life as we knew it just

came to a halt, so coming to the

Hospice has been an absolute

pleasure,” says Carmel. “First of

all, we’ve met other people in a

similar situation, but secondly

we have enjoyed the whole

atmosphere of the Hospice.

“I don’t feel like I’ve been coming

to a hospital, hospice or medical

environment. This place is a

sanctuary.”

The couple had no awareness of

the Hospice before the diagnosis

and when Malcolm was first invited

to attend Orchard Day Therapy, he

was uncertain it was for him.

“I thought to myself that I would

go for one week only, and then I

wouldn’t go again. I didn’t want

to commit myself,” says Malcolm.

“In the event, I met such lovely

people at Orchard, with such

varied backgrounds. I made friends.

“It was a wonderful experience.

People talk to you about what

illnesses they have and there are

no secrets. Everybody wants to

share, because we’re all in the

same boat one way or another.”

After Malcolm had spent eight

weeks at Orchard Day Therapy,

he and Carmel were invited to join

the Positive Living group.

“The aim of Positive Living is to get

you to explore yourself, whether

that is your fears or anxieties,”

says Malcolm. “We talk about

important subjects. Some subjects

are delicate, but staff have a

way of asking in a very sensitive

manner about things which might

otherwise make you fearful.

“It has been a very positive

experience for everybody involved.”

Living with a life-shortening illness can raise many fears and anxieties for patients and their loved ones. The Hospice’s Positive Living group, which caters for patients and their partners or carers, aims to address some of these issues in a relaxed and informal setting. Here, Malcolm and Carmel Rappaport talk about the difference the group has made to them, and why it is so important to be pampered once in a while.

Rehabilitation – or ‘rehab’ – helps patients to manage symptoms and regain control of their lives in all stages of illness.

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy:

‘It has been a very positive experience’

Go, go, go . . . to rehab

What can our Rehab Team do?• Helptomanage breathlessness

• Supportpatientswith anxiety and low mood

• Helpto manage fatigue

• Supportpatientsinfindingnew ways to enjoy life

• RunourpopularPositive Living group

• Provideequipmenttosupport daily living(e.g.bathingequipment)

• Helppatientstomanage pain

• Offeraccupunctureasaformof symptom management

• Workonmobility and function

Where does it happen?The Rehab Team can see patients, in their own homes as well as on our ward and as part of our day services.

Physiotherapy

can help patients to

maximise and maintain

mobility, movement

and function.

Occupational therapy helps people to adapt to new circumstances and maximise independence in daily living.

As a carer, it is so important to occasionally rest and be told ‘well done’– that you are doing a good job.


‘Live, love and laugh’ The trek of a lifetime

Magical setting for Madama Butterfly

The term ‘aiming high’ is one seemingly coined for Hospice supporter Alex Embiricos, because when she starts her fundraising adventure in August she will be taking on one of the toughest challenges in the world.

Following her diagnosis with motor neurone disease (MND) in April 2008, Suzie Rush decided to undertake an epic fundraising challenge in aid of St Nicholas Hospice Care. She was inspired by the help her family had received from the Hospice as a result of her sister Rosie’s battle with MND.

After living with MND for more than four years, Suzie died peacefully at home in October 2012. Here, Georgie Turpin, family friend and daughter of Suzie’s best friend Debs Turpin, pays tribute to Suzie and her positive approach to life, and describes how she and her friends continue the legacy of fun and fundraising.

Alex, of Bradfield St Clare, is

hoping the odds will be on her

side as she takes on the 1,000km

Mongol Derby. If she wins – which

is her target – she will be the first

woman ever to do so.

The Derby, based on the ‘pony

express’ service set up by Genghis

Khan, will see Alex ride native

semi-wild Mongol ponies for about a

week, changing ponies every 40km

and navigating herself across the

Mongolian steppes.

Alex hopes her own breeding and

form will stand her in good stead

for the challenge. She is directly

related to the first British woman to

break the sound barrier while she, her

mother and her grandmother have all

won Newmarket’s Town Plate, with

her grandmother Eileen Joel being

the first woman to win it in 1925.

Her family has also had success

with top racehorses, including her

father Nick Embiricos who owned

Aldanti, which won the 1981 Grand

National ridden by cancer survivor

Bob Champion.

In addition to raising funds for the

Hospice, Alex will be supporting

the Bob Champion Cancer Trust, of

which she is a trustee, and the Injured

Jockey’s Fund.

“In October 2008, our yummy mummies (with a tremendous amount of help from Carolyn Bradburne) decided to take on the challenge of challenges – a quad bike trek from John O’Groats to Land’s End – aka The Two Pink Ladies Challenge.

Suzie Rush and her husband Mark had made it a bit of a tradition to take a rather wild adventure weekend each year with Debs and Keith Turpin.

They did all sorts, from abseiling down viaducts to bobsleighing down the Latvian Olympic bobsleigh course. So when Suzie was diagnosed with motor neurone disease early in 2008, they thought it only proper to make the most of Suzie’s mobility while she still had it.

They had a tremendous amount of fun, laughter and mischief while raising a vast amount of money for St Nicholas Hospice Care.

Our wonderful mummies inspired us – Georgie Turpin and Milly Rush, the Two Pink Ladies’ daughters – to continue with their fabulous fundraising antics. I had always wanted to arrange a ball, having seen my mother organise one when I was about 12. We, the children of the pink ladies, were discussing how lovely it would be to go to a ball, and we thought: ‘That’s it –

we’ll organise one ourselves!’ and so the organisation began...

On the night of the ball 250 people descended on Alpheton Hall Barns for the fabulous, glorious and splendiferous Two Pink Ladies Ball. The evening was jam-packed withpink fizz, bagpipes, a scrummy three-course meal, a rather razzmatazz raffle and auction, cabaret, jazz band and the up-and-coming local celebrities Tom Barber and The Nearly Boys.

Far too much fun was had to believe the evening raised a phenomenal £11,000, which was split between the Hospice (towards a new mattress, as was Suzie’s wish), and the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

Suzie sadly died just weeks before the ball, but she was involved at every stage of the planning and her presence was felt on the night. I have no doubt she was there judging each and everyone’s outfits! I think it is fair to say everyone was true to Suzie’s motto in life: ‘live, love and laugh’.”

Georgie Turpin

To sponsor Alex visit www.justgiving.com/

alexembiricos-dropzone

Tickets – priced £25-£100 (buy 10 for the price

of nine top price) – picnics and tables

are on sale now. Go to

www.theapex.co.uk

or call 01284 758000.

An everyday location in Bury St Edmunds will be

transformed into a magical, lantern-lit Japanese

garden for one night only this summer.

Charter Square, in the arc shopping centre, will be

strung with Japanese lanterns and decorated with cherry blossom, trees and glorious flowers for a one-off opera evening in aid of the Hospice.

The Hospice Special Events Committee is organising a gala black-tie performance of Madama Butterfly at

the Apex on Sunday 21 July. Co-Opera Co will perform the Giacomo Puccini opera, conducted by Martin Handley

and directed by Jacopo Spirei.

Simon Spence, of the Special Events Committee, said: “We are staging an evening of opera in the Glyndebourne tradition right in the centre of Bury St Edmunds.

“This will be the committee’s flagship fundraising event of the year and something Bury has never seen the like of before.”

Charter Square will be transformed into an eye-catching Japanese garden where guests can entertain family, friends, colleagues or clients before the show and during a 90-minute interval. Space will be available for audience members to

bring their own picnics or guests can pre-order picnics and reserve tables. The event is supported by Handelsbanken and John Banks Group.

Simon added: “We hope this event will capture the imagination of the town and be one of the social occasions of the summer, as well as raise a lot of money for a worthy cause.”

Top picture; Suzie Rush Left; Debs and Suzie

Above; Georgie and Milly,


The community

A massive thank you to all of the people who have given their time, energy, ideas and money to support our services.

Special thanks go to: Pat Wallace, Ladies Captain of Newmarket Golf Club, who raised more than £2,865; Jack Debondt for his continued support in memory of his grandparent – he swam 10 lengths of Newmarket swimmming pool to celebrate his 10th birthday and collected £109 in sponsorship; India Thompson, 14, and her brother Hugo, 10, for donating their Christmas pocket money and their DS consoles for the family room; Brockley Baptist Church; Gary Chandler for growing a beard and then having it shaved off to raise more than £1,200; Jane Kohler of Holy Trinity Church in Long Melford and all the schools that contributed to Music for Mothering Sunday.

The business community

The difficult economic climate has not prevented our wonderful business community from continuing to offer generous support to the Hospice.

Thanks to: Frames Conservatories Direct; to the Plough Inn at Hundon; to Griffith Jones for their Cash for Gold campaign; to NHS supply chain for choosing us as their charity of the year, and to Sainsbury’s Mildenhall for choosing us as their local charity partner.

Rudlings Wakelam and Robins Row both gave £250 to sponsor the Music for Mothering Sunday event. Brown and Co, in Bury St Edmunds, held a hair-raising fundraising event to raise money from staff waxing their legs.

Local media

We would like to thank our colleagues in the local media (press, radio and television) who continue to help us to raise awareness for the Hospice.

We would also like to thank the

photographers, designers and

volunteers who have helped us

to share messages and produce

information about what we do.

Lottery

The Lottery Team would like

to thank all the collectors

who continue to support St

Nicholas Hospice Care by

regularly collecting member

subscriptions – no matter what

the weather! We also thank our

scratch card outlets who continue

to promote our scratch cards to

their customers. Lastly, but by

no means least, thank you so

much to everyone who takes part

in the weekly lottery, buys draw

tickets or scratch cards – you all

play your part in helping us to

raise almost £300,000 every year

for the Hospice.

Special Events Committee

As always, we would like to thank

all members of the Special Events

Committee and the associated

mini committees. This significant

group of volunteers, chaired by Max

Milburn, continues to organise some

of the most exciting events in the

Suffolk calendar, raising thousands

each year for the Hospice. We are

grateful for the dedication and hard

work from each member that goes

into this.

Pay for a Day

Special thanks to John Chester,

who has supported us by paying

for a day. He kindly donated

the running costs for our hospice

care for one day. He nominated

18 March to be his day.

Trusts, foundations and statutory organisations

A big thank you to all of the trusts, foundations and statutory organisations that have supported our work over recent months. Without their support we would not have been able to deliver vital care and service improvements. This includes support for our Community Hospice Team, Hospice Neighbours, Nicky’s Way and equipment for our Sylvan Ward. Thank you all for your continued generosity.

Hospice Care for our local community14 15

This year marks the fifth birthday of our annual Girls Night Out event – and

we’re inviting you to join the party!

You are invited to our

th Birthday Party

at Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds

on 14 September 2013

from 7pm

Girls Night Out Case study:Helen Silver, 33, has already taken part in Girls Night Out twice and is planning to make 2013 her third year of walking.

The mum of two, of Bury St Edmunds, is a veterinary nurse at Eastgate Vets and a Slimming World consultant.

“I always walk the long route and really enjoy it. When you finish it feels like an achievement, but all for a worthwhile cause. The route might be 11.2 miles, but somehow it doesn’t feel that long, probably because of the atmosphere as you go round. And the encouragement from members of the public – who often come out of their houses to cheer and clap as you walk past – is great.

“Obviously I will be taking part again this year. I can’t wait! I’m going to try to encourage as many people I know, such as friends and colleagues, to do it.

“I have never struggled to reach my sponsorship target, because I think once you have explained what the Hospice is – that it is local, the fantastic work it does and that you would be really lucky to have not had some involvement with it – then people are keen to support you.”

The details...When is it?Saturday 14 September 2013

Where is it held?There are two circular walks available around Bury St Edmunds. You can choose the six-mile or 11.2-mile route.

RSVPUse the form attached to register and send back in the envelope provided, or go to www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk/girls-night-out-2013.

We are inviting you to...GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Join us for a fun night out this September

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Put on your pyjamas (and a pair of comfy trainers)

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Bring your girlfriends

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Bring your smartphone and camera to take pictures or ‘check-in’ at the event

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Try to raise £100 in sponsorship (easier than it sounds – we will help with fundraising tips and ideas!)

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Leave a photo or message on a memory board if you wish, remembering a loved one

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are

Follow our dedicated Girls Night Out Facebook page to join our fantastic community of women walkers! www.facebook.com/girlsnightout

All participants must pre-register. There is a £15 non-refundable registration fee, or take advantage of our £10 early-bird offer which runs until 31 May.

We hope you can join us

tocelebrateourfifthbirthdayparty

and for our best Girls Night Out yet.

You will enjoy a night filled with fun

and know that you have helped a great

local cause.

By taking part, you help us to continue

providing care and support to people

facing life-shortening illnesses.

“Girls Night Out is exactly what it says

it is – it is a fantastic night out!” said Helen.

“It’s fun and enjoyable, with a really great atmosphere. There are also always lots of treats, such as entertainment and refreshments, along the way.

Girls Night Out

We Are

Thewomen-only sponsored walk: Saturday 14 September 2013

We’re asking women from across West Suffolk and Thetford to don their pyjamas – and trainers – for our biggest party yet.Girls Night Out is a women’s charity walk around the town of Bury St Edmunds. It’s a great way to remember someone you love, to get fit or just to have a fun night out with friends – all whilst raising money for a fantastic local cause. Last year you helped to raise £100,000! As we reach the fifth birthday of the event we’re hoping you can help us to smash last year’s total.

SEE the amazing Devil’s Horsemen!

DISCOVER sheep herding!

HEARthe tract ion engines! Euston Park, Euston, IP24 2QHAdults £9, children 12 and under £3, under fives go free.

www.eustonruralpastimes.org.uk

WATCH the air show!

PLAYwith the animals!

Sunday 9 June 2013

10am - 6pm

Euston Rural Pastimes EventA fun, family day out in the beautiful surroundings of Euston Park.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sponsored and supported by:

If undelivered please return to St Nicholas Hospice Care IP33 2QY

Are your details correct?Help us to keep in touch with all of our

valued supporters and friends.

Please call 01284 766133 if we need to amend our records or preferably email us your new details (please include your old address details too) to [email protected]

If you would like to be added to our mailing list – please contact us too!

St Nicholas Hospice Care, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2QYTelephone: +44 (0)1284 766133 Email: [email protected] Web: www.stnicholashospicecare.org.ukSt Nicholas Hospice (Suffolk) Ltd.A Registered Charity No 287773 E

dite

d by

Lau

ra B

eard

sell-

Moo

re,

Hea

d of

Mar

ketin

g

1093

6 D

esig

ned

by

ww

w.b

arb

erja

ckso

n.co

m

Declaration: I confirm that I have read and accept the conditions of entry to Girls Night Out and enclose my £15 (or £10 before 31 May) non-refundable entry fee. Cheques made payable to St Nicholas Hospice Care. Full terms and conditions are available online at www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk. By signing this form you agree to all the conditions stated on our website.

Signed Date

Events and Challenges FundraiserFundraising Department

St Nicholas Hospice CareHardwick Lane

Bury St EdmundsSuffolk

IP33 2QYTelephone 01284 715583

Email [email protected] register online at www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk

Registration form

One form to be completed for each participant

Full name (Miss/Mrs/Ms)

Address

Postcode

Phone (day) (Eve)

Mobile number

Email

Tick box if you do not want to be contacted by email Team name (if part of a team)

I am going to walk (please tick appropriate box) 11.2 miles 6 miles

Emergency contact number(during event – this must be someone who is not on the walk with you)

Which size T-shirt would you like? (please tick appropriate box)

8-10 12-14 16-18 18-20 (Please choose carefully when ordering your size – we can only issue T-shirts to the size chosen and stated here)

What is your age range? (please tick appropriate box)

14-18 19-24 25-39 40-59 60+

Doyouhaveanyspecialdietaryrequirements (gluten free/vegetarian etc.)

Do you have any medical conditions we should be made aware of?

If you are between the ages of 14 and 17 you must secure parental consent, see below

Date of birth

Signature of parent or guardian

GirlsNightO

ut

We Are Apply before 31 May and pay £10 registration only

News - Spring 2013

Documents

Transcript of News - Spring 2013