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OAKHAVEN MATTERS
September 2017
Legacies are so important...
Race to Scotland
Thank you toMr & Mrs Williams See why on page 3
Income from legacies has always been
an important source of funding for us
here at Oakhaven. As an organisation
we are very reliant on this form of
income to make up the shortfall
between the cost of running our
services and fundraising initiatives
and donations.
In addition, so much of the vital development
of our services would simply not have taken
place without legacy income. Initiatives such
as our very successful Hospice at Home
service and the redeveloped and refurbished
Day Hospice building at Pennington Chase,
plus our new In-Patient Unit link building
would not have happened without being
underpinned by legacy income.
This last financial year though has been a
poor one in this respect with both the
number of legacies we have received and the
amounts received quite significantly down,
which has seen us having to dip into our
reserves. All well run charities have reserves
of course for the proverbial 'rainy day'; it is
simple prudent good housekeeping.
While this current financial year is showing a
better return on legacies so far, it is very
important that we maintain the drive and
constantly remind our supporter base of the
importance of legacies to us. Consequently,
our supporters will notice more frequent
reminders over the coming years just to
reinforce that message.
We are always so grateful to those kind
people who leave us a gift in their will; it is a
wonderful and poignant gesture and makes
such a difference. It can also be great news
for the other beneficiaries, as a gift to charity
in a will, can have benefits in the potential
reduction of the amount of inheritance tax on
the balance of the deceased's estate.
That leads us of course to the big question –
will you consider leaving us a gift in your will?
It will ensure we really can continue to
“Make every moment matter”.
Making every moment matter
Ken Fowler’s amazing Race to
Scotland for Oakhaven; Land’s
End to John O'Groats by dinghy
was inspirational.
Full story inside on page 8
You will see further on in this newsletter
that we have not received as many
legacies this year as we have in the past.
Legacies of any size are vital for
Oakhaven Hospice - they help us to
continue providing all of our services free
of charge. Leaving a legacy in your will is
the perfect way to help to make a
difference and to leave something of
real value to the whole community. It is
also a very tax-efficient way of giving, as
gifts to charity are exempt from
Inheritance Tax. If you pledge at least
10% of your estate to charity, you will
also benefit from a lower rate of
inheritance tax on the remainder.
There are many challenges that have
been achieved for Oakhaven by our
supporters and all of them are special
to us. I would like to mention in particular
the supreme effort made by Ken Fowler,
who single handedly sailed his RS Aero
dinghy from Land's End to John
O'Groats and has, so far, raised over
£30,000, to be split equally between
Cancer Research and Oakhaven.
Recently, our Bereavement Cookery
course was featured on BBC South
News and is a part of the development of
the health and wellbeing aspects of our
community engagement work. In
addition we are developing services in
The Coates Centre for support groups
specifically for patients with a Brain
Tumour; Dementia; and Heart Failure as
well as other life-limiting conditions.
We are developing our Neighbours'
project and expanding this community
work over the coming months. The
proposals are in the early stages,
however, it is hoped that a revised
scheme could be operational by the end
of the year.
We have recently opened the “Eatery”
café for staff, volunteers and visitors. We
are very grateful to our sponsors for
providing the catering equipment,
carpentry skills and time to create this
new area. I would also like to thank the
volunteers who man the counter and the
till. This new facility has brought in
additional revenue already and is proving
to be very popular.
Last year, 'força strength against cancer'
launched 'Nourish by força'. The aim is to
provide delicious meals to local people
undergoing chemotherapy treatment at
Oakhaven Hospice. All meals are freshly
prepared on site by the Oakhaven
Hospice catering team; vegetarian
meals are on offer and most dietary
preferences can be catered for. All meals
are financed by 'força' – strength against
cancer. We are now in negotiations with
'força' to provide meals for our Day
Hospice patients.
I remain extremely grateful for the
tremendous level of support we
receive from our donors, sponsors,
volunteers and staff, without whom
none of our services would be
possible.
We are very proud that all of the services that the hospice offers
are free for people to access. The annual cost of providing these
services is over £4 million. Almost all of this cost is raised through
the support of the local community and we need your ongoing
support. This could be from shopping in our retail outlets,
attending events, playing the Hospice Lottery, leaving a gift in
your will (a legacy), corporate partnerships, donating and your
community events and challenges.
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Andrew Ryde
Chief Executive
Andrew Ryde
From the Chief Executive
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Thank you! Thank you to New Forest Ice Cream and LymingtonPrecision Engineers who each nominated Oakhavenfor the Rubicon People raising £400.
Fat Face of Lymington donated a percentage oftheir Black Friday sales raising £541.
Totton and Eling Bowls Club raised a fantastic£1,950 for us over the last 12 months.
Thank you to The White Hart in Lymington whocontinue to hold a quiz night for us every Monday.
Lisa's Larder “Live Lambing” raised an amazing £1,939.
Thank you to Oscar and the team from BournemouthUniversity who recently held a charity golf day atBrockenhurst Manor Golf Club raising £850 for Oakhaven. Well done!
Thank you to the mystery donor who won £100 at theWheatsheaf Quiz night and put it all in our greencollection pot! How very generous.
Our Christmas Toys are always popular and thankyou to all the venues who sell the toys for us,2016 toys raised £2,714.
Thank you to Christine Cole and all her clients atImages Hair Studio who bought pink ribbons todecorate the salon's Christmas tree & raised £420.
Waterside Square Dance Club raised £175 thank you!
Sharp Hair in Lymington raised £530 from theirChristmas Lucky Dip, many thanks to alltheir generous clients.
Chris White not only trained for the Cambridge halfmarathon but he gave up alcohol too, raisinga fabulous £1,180.
New Milton Conservative Club raised £1,201 fromtheir recent fashion show – well done ladies!
William Gilpin school teachers completed a gruelingmini triathlon and raised £300.
Abi Hamilton ran the Brighton marathon andraised an incredible £821.
Fernhill Lodge in New Milton
raised £1,673 over the past year
for us – thank you gentlemen.
The Mayflower pub raffled a
fantastic chocolate Easter Egg
raising £550
Emily White cut her hair off for
The Little Princess Trust and
raised £470 for Oakhaven too.
Mr & Mrs Gary & Jennifer
Williams decided not to have
wedding favours at their
reception, but instead to leave
this poignant message at each
place setting for their guests.
The happy couple donated
£150 to Oakhaven; food for
thought for others getting
married perhaps? What a really
lovely idea.
A fabulous music quiz with
David Diddy Hamilton and Mike
Reid was held at Walhampton
Arms. We raised £580.
The flower arrangers from the
Churches of Milford on Sea and
Everton alongside the Milford
Floral Art Club held a stunning
"Inspirations" display of
arrangements in All Saints
Church raising £2,542 which was
split between Oakhaven and the
All Saints Building Repair Fund. A
very big thank you to everyone
involved for all your hard work
and to all those who attended
and so generously supported.
Joanna Mitchell and
Richard Spencer became
Mr & Mrs Spencer, rather
than wedding gifts they
generously had donations
to Oakhaven amounting
to over £2,825.
We received £1,000 from the South Central Area of Freemasons charity presentation night. Thank you to Beach Lodge and Wilfrid Attenborough Lodge who each nominated Oakhaven.
The Inner Wheel Club of Hythe and District raised £970 from their recent afternoon tea event.
Thank you to Redrow Homes who held a silent furniture auction raising £1,142.
Many thanks to everyone at 1st Pennington Brownies who raised £80 for us.
Our Spring Oakhaven quiz was a roaring success raising £1,250. Congratulations to winners Scrambled Eggheads – look out for our November Quiz.
We did it again! Team Oakhaven Clubbercised
this time with the fabulous Vicky Boothroyd's
Fitness Fun. Vicky and Jess put us and 60
others through our paces in a 45 minute club
dance class, raising £775. Great work ladies!
Greg and Steph Harbut
ran the Brighton
Marathon and raised a
fantastic £1,532.
Thank you!
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RNLI Calshot donated £301, the
proceeds from their Christmas
party raffle.
A big thank you to the Rotary
Club of Lymington and its
outgoing President Adam
Ogilvie for wonderful support
over the last 12 months and a
super cheque for £2,000.
Paul Snell ran the London
Marathon in a fantastic time of
4h 39m and raised over £800
in memory of his running
buddy Bill – thanks and very
well done Paul.
Thank you to everyone who
attended the recent quiz
and cabaret show held by New
Milton Friends Group raising
£300. Graham "Rocky" Fearis
the groups Chair Person
recently popped in to present
the cheque to us.
Jackie Baybut and Jo Donavon
trekked the Himalayas and
raised £3,217; what an amazing
achievement .
Congratulations to Kelvin
Howard who took part in the
Ultramarathon across the South
Downs. Kelvin ran 53 miles (yes
53!) in only 15 hours 47
minutes, despite injuring his
ankle at mile 11 he persevered
and got to the end raising over
£930 so far for Oakhaven.
Well done!
Keith’s Story...
The training went surprisingly well and fundraising was much
easier in the internet world than when I last traipsed round with a
form and had to go up to people asking for money. I decided that
as this was important to me, I would email as many friends,
colleagues and clients as I could. They didn't have to say "no" if
they didn't want to help, just not reply.
I was amazed by the response. So many people said they had
been through a similar experience and how much hospice care had
helped them and their families at such a difficult time. At that point
though, I did not yet fully appreciate quite what they meant.
A few short weeks later, I understood only too well. When Dad
spent his final days in the amazing care of Oakhaven, I discovered
two unexpected benefits of having done the Oakhaven half
marathon. The first was when Dad suddenly asked how we were
paying for all the expensive care he was receiving. I was able to say
that our friends and family had already made a contribution.
The second was that my email about fundraising subtly told
everyone I knew that Dad was ill. So, when I had much more
upsetting news, and had to take time off work, no one had to ask
why and I already had their sympathy.
“ The run was hard and the weatherwas terrible, but I was very glad to be able to say I had done a bit to helpOakhaven, given the massive amountthey did for my Dad and my family. I'm very proud to have raised justover £6,000.
“Goodbye Julie & Roger
It really was the end of an era when the fundraising team said a
sad farewell to Julie Eyre and Roger Old; this intrepid pair had
been the departments collection box counters for 18 and 15
years respectively.
At a presentation to the two of them Jill West, Community
Fundraiser, thanked them for their outstanding contribution to
Oakhaven and calculated that they had counted in the region of
£200,000 over those years.
Good luck Roger & Julie and thank you for everything;
we will miss you.
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In January a number of local businesses signed up for the
challenge and were each given £100 by The Beaverbrook
Foundation. They were asked to multiply that sum over
the following six-months by devising and implementing
fundraising ideas and donating the profit from them back
to the hospice.
“The Challenge was a great way for businesses to show
entrepreneurial flair, bond with teammates and improve
organisational and communications skills” said
Oakhaven's Head of Fundraising & Communications Mike
Denny. “There were some marvellous, creative ideas
including a sponsored weight loss programme, rides in an
Aston Martin, competitions, a spring fayre, recycling,
raffles and BBQs to name just a few”.
The Challenge has raised £14,000 to date and some of
the participating businesses got together at Oakhaven
recently to hand over their profits. “We would like to
extend our thanks to all the companies who took part and
to The Beaverbrook Foundation for supporting us” said
Mr Denny. “We are now looking for more local companies
and business to take part in the £100 Challenge 2018
which will kick off in January, again supported by The
Beaverbrook Foundation.”
The 2017 participants were New Milton Sand & Ballast
who won the prizes for top fundraisers and best
teamwork, True Savings (Rob Barras) who won the prize
for connecting with the community, The Roman Group
who won the prize for the best innovative idea, Banco
Fleet, Diamond & Son Funeral Directors, Rosie Lea Tea
Rooms, The Three Tuns (Bransgore), Two Counties
Cleaning, Kew Electrical, Eric Robinson Solicitors,
Freedom Childcare and Beach Huts 'n Boats.
If you are interested in taking part in the
£100 Challenge 2018 please contact David
Watson on 01590 613038 or email him on
The first Oakhaven/Beaverbrook Foundation£100 Challenge was a big success!
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Coates Centre Celebratesits 3rd Birthday !
In 2014 the Coates Centre was opened as a place from
which Oakhaven could connect more extensively with
the community and become a focal point for the
community to engage with Oakhaven. By doing so, it
extends Oakhaven's reach beyond palliative care and
into the realms of living well.
In the first year of opening, the Centre had around 1,500
visitors, today this has risen to over 4,000, many of
whom take part in the wide range of wellbeing and
social activities that are on offer. There is an increasing
number of people who are living with a life-limiting
illness, caring for someone with complex needs, are
elderly, bereaved or simply lonely - and the Coates
Centre welcomes them.
The Centre prides itself on being open to all those
impacted by illness, with no referral required and you
can live in any postcode area. The Centre provides a
place where you can meet and gain support from others
in a similar situation. A range of new Support Groups
have been developed in the last twelve months in
collaboration with local organisations. These have
proven very popular and include Respiratory, Advanced
Cancers, Heart Failure, Brain Tumours and Dementia.
Speaking about the future of The Coates Centre, Carol
Canning, Head of Support Services, said “Public
expectations of health and social care services are
changing. Government provision is moving toward
positive 'strength' based thinking, for people to feel in
charge of their own lives.
The future success of The Coates Centre and
Oakhaven's overall engagement with community is to
focus on collaboration and partnerships that enhance
existing links and forge new ones. By doing so,
Oakhaven can develop a community where living life
well matters most and, at the time of need, also provide
the very best of care, making every moment matter.”
In a year packed with 25th Celebrations for Oakhaven,there is another smaller but significant milestone tocelebrate... In October, it will be three years sincethe opening of The Coates Centre.
thecoatescentre.co.uk
*It’s not all about tea and cake! Last year in numbers...
• 4,000 visitors to The Centre
• 2,500 took part in activities/groups
• 1,500 called in to The Hub
• 15% travelled more than 10 miles
• 20% came for a chat, 1 in 5 stayed over an hour
• £11,194 donations received – thank you!
• 12,000 brochures distributed to 200 locations
And, we estimate we get through 1,150 cups of tea 385 cups of coffee and 200 slices of cake every month!
*2016/2017
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Ken Fowler’s Epic Race to Scotland
With glorious scenery and many
adventures along the way, including
becalming twice and being rescued by the
RNLI and encounters with seals, dolphins
and whirlpools, Ken completed the
challenge in June. Alongside Ken were his
support crew Ian and Jane Pike who were
invaluable to the challenge.
Raising over £35,000 to be split between
Oakhaven and CRUK, it was an amazing
achievement and ended with a
presentation evening by Ken at the
Christchurch Harbour Hotel, where he told
the whole Race to Scotland story – a
fascinating tale!
Thank you to everyone who so generously
donated to Race to Scotland and in
particular to Ken’s sponsors Garmin, YB
Tracking, RS Sailing, Wolfden Creative,
Polar Digital, Grapefruit Graphics, ICOM,
Overboard, Rooster Sailing, Zest
Boatworks, Halcyon Yachts, Morgan Sails,
HOLRX and Harken who all so generously
supported this epic challenge.
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Ken sailed over 900miles up the coast in a small RA Aero dinghy - only 4 metres long and weighing just 30kg.
A number of people have done crazy things to raise money for
Oakhaven with many setting out on really extreme challenges
but Ken Fowler’s “Race to Scotland” project was truly
inspirational. He was not the first to travel from Land’s End to
John O’Groats but he was certainly the first to do it for us by
sea. His plan to sail over 900 miles up the coast in a small RS
Aero dinghy - only 4 metres long and weighing just 30kg -
captured the imagination of us all.
Ken had just 30 days to complete the challenge as he had to be back at
his ‘day-job’ as an Air Traffic Controller, having taken his entire years
annual leave to undertake the adventure. Inspired by the loss of his late
father when he was just 24 and the more recent loss of his mother-in-
law - both of whom he had pictures of in the dinghy - Ken took on this
epic challenge with gusto and determination.
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Volunteers – we couldn't do it without you!Hospices have always (traditionally)
relied heavily on volunteers. Today
there are 125,000 volunteers in
hospices around the country,
contributing in excess of £112
million in terms of the value of their
work. In 2016, our 440 volunteers
gave approximately 88,878 hours to
Oakhaven, saving the Hospice
about £676,560 in labour costs.
Volunteers are in every department,
supporting patients, families,
visitors and staff.
Administration
There are admin volunteers supporting
Counselling, Finance, Community
Engagement, Physiotherapy,
Complementary Therapy, Day Hospice,
HR, Fundraising, the Clinical team,
Chaplaincy, Education, the Coates
Centre and of course, Volunteer
Services. Each of these teams relies on
their admin volunteers to take on some
of the day to day tasks that are so
time-consuming, freeing the staff to do
other things.
The Coates Centre
Our Coates Centre volunteers keep the
Centre open Monday-Friday 9-5. They
offer support and information to anyone
who pops in. Some visitors are recently
diagnosed, others are living with a
terminal condition, while some are
supporting a loved one through a serious
illness. If you've seen a Coates Centre
brochure in a local surgery, library or
shop, a volunteer put it there!
Patient-Facing
This is probably the most visible group
of volunteers at Oakhaven - volunteers
who directly support Oakhaven patients
and families.
Retail and Fundraising
Whether marshalling, manning stands,
selling cakes, toys, cards or tickets,
counting money, distributing and
collecting donation tins or jumping out of
airplanes, fundraising volunteers are vital!
Within fundraising, we also have
volunteers who act as ambassadors for
Oakhaven. They accept donations on
Oakhaven's behalf and give talks on the
work that we do.
Our shop volunteers, meanwhile, are
hard at work in our six shops sorting and
cleaning incoming donations (not always
a pleasant task!), arranging merchandise
displays, and serving customers.
Gardening, Maintenance, Kitchen
Our volunteer gardeners can be found
hard at work in the Hospice grounds on a
Wednesday morning, in fair weather and
foul, keeping the place beautiful for
everyone who comes here.
We also have volunteers supporting the
Facilities and Physio teams. These
volunteers clean physio equipment and
get it ready for reuse, repaint and fiddle
with (technical term!) the garden
furniture, paint and decorate, do repairs,
maintain the Oakhaven vehicles, and are
generally very handy people to have
around! And finally, we’d like to mention
the volunteers helping in the kitchen,
supporting the Catering Team with
preparing salads, sandwiches and other
bits for the Eatery.
To all our volunteers, thank you - we
couldn't do it without you!
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If you would like to support Oakhaven
as a volunteer, please contact Volunteer
Services on 01590 646447or email
There are volunteers in:
• IPU and Pennington Chase receptions
• The Ward
• The Eatery
• Day Hospice (including Carer Respite,
• PAT dogs and Drivers)
• Complementary Therapy
• Acorn Project
• Neighbours
• Bereavement
• Cookery & Lunch Club for the Bereaved
• Chaplaincy
• Counselling
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Events Round-Up...
We celebrated Father's Day with a difference this year as 40
brave individuals took on the challenge of abseiling 100
metres down the side of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth.
There was glorious weather to make the most of the stunning
views over the Solent and Dockyards.
With nerves and excitement in abundance we had a great day
raising just over £19,000 for Oakhaven.
Thank you to everyone who took part and to all the generous
family and friends for sponsoring them.
If you fancy taking up the Abseiling Challenge for
2018 contact Jill on 01590 613039 or email her at
Abseiling Challenge
With a full field of 28 teams for the
Oakhaven Golf Day held at Barton-
On-Sea Golf Club the day was filled
with good golf and a lot of humour.
As the participants sat down to dinner
they were regaled by stories from
Eddie the Eagle Edwards about his
desire, triumph and struggles to
represent Britain in the Winter Olympic
Games in Calgary.
The winning team from Dunford
Construction won the coveted Fullers
Group Bowl, which is sponsored by
Leon Crouch.
Fundraising Events Manager Paula
Cheshire said “the atmosphere
throughout the day was fantastic, with
everyone thoroughly enjoying the Golf,
Jamie Adams our Magician and the
highly entertaining speaker”. The event
made £11,300 for the Hospice.
Annual Golf Day
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Colour Run
This year’s colour run was a huge
success, with 1,000 participants
joining the paint party to raise
money for the Hospice. Thanks to
everyone who took part, our
amazing volunteers, Vicky
Boothroyd for a fun packed warm
up, our sponsors, Bond Williams
Professional Recruitment, Vodex
Ltd, Careys Manor Hotel &
SenSpa, New Forest Holiday Lets,
Fells Gulliver Lymington Ltd,
Coverall Security and finally our
hosts Brockenhurst College.
Overall the event raised over
£11,000 which really does make a
huge difference in allowing us to
continue to help make every
moment matter for those we
support, we really couldn't do it
without you all.
We hope to see you all at next
year’s event on 13th May 2018
– put the date in your diary.
We returned to Netheravon near Salisbury in May to
hold our 7th annual sky diving day. This year saw 23
brave individuals take to the sky and tandem sky dive
from 14,000 feet. The weather was glorious with only
one short weather hold meaning everyone had
completed their jump by mid-afternoon. An exhilarating
challenge which everyone enjoyed raising just over
£18,000 for us. Thank you to everyone who took part
and all those who so generously supported them.
If you would like to take to the skies next year
contact Jill West on 01590 613039 or email her
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Forget-Me-Not Appeal
This year to celebrate Oakhaven’s
25th Anniversary we launched a
very successful Forget-Me-Not
Appeal which raised £37,394.
Each of the beautiful 1,000
flowers were handmade by the
leading UK tiles manufacturer
Johnson Tiles. The limited edition
ceramic Forget-Me-Nots were on
display in the Hospice gardens for
one week at the end of April until
the official launch of our 25th
Anniversary year on 7th May.
This was also the day of our
celebratory Forget-Me-Not Cream
Tea event, which was a sell-out
afternoon and included plenty of
tea, cake and sunshine!
Kindly sponsored by Thesis
Asset Management, guests were
able to enjoy their cream teas in
the splendour of Oakhaven’s
gardens whilst admiring the
Forget-Me-Nots.
Our Dining Divas events are as popular as ever and over the past
year our ladies have lunched at the Captain's Club in
Christchurch, The Mill at Gordleton, Stanwell House Hotel in
Lymington and the ever popular Montagu Arms in Beaulieu. Our
guest speakers have included Sophie Neville, local resident and
childhood star 'Titty' in the classic film Swallows & Amazons,
local New Forest magician Jamie Adams and Barton on Sea
based chef Fiona Hill, who has cooked for royalty all over the
World. Our ladies always enjoy a delicious lunch, followed by a
raffle, with entertainment from our guest speaker.
Dining Divas
At the beginning of July we welcomed the
Berkshire Brass ensemble to St Thomas
Church in Lymington for a special evening of
music and song, which also included the
ladies of Lymington Choral Society,
conducted by Michael Goldthorpe, and
organist Martin Penrose.
The whole evening was a spectacular
performance of music and song and was
enjoyed by all. Our special thanks go to
Berkshire Brass who initiated the evening, St
Thomas Church, Lymington, which was a
perfect setting for such an occasion and also
Daphne Johnston for her musical expertise
in bringing the Gala Concert together.
Berkshire Brass 25th Anniversary Gala Concert
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Sway Open Gardens
This was another wonderful
event made possible by the hard
work and generosity of everyone
involved with the Sway Open
Gardens project.
We extend huge thanks to the
organising committee, who
kindly opened up the garden to
the public, making the whole
thing possible. So much work
goes on for so many months in
the lead up to this amazing
community spectacle which
once again raised an amazing
sum of money for Oakhaven;
over £10,000 this year.
Specials thanks also to
members of the Oakhaven
fundraising team and some of
our brilliant volunteers who were
rushed off their feet running the
tea rooms right through the day.
Oakhavens first Forest Half Marathon took place on
Sunday 5th March, nearly 300 runners took part on the
course, which the Southampton University Air Squadron
marshalled brilliantly. Despite the hail showers, spirits
were high with Adam Jundi and Valeria Sesto completing
the course to take the overall male and female titles.
Many thanks to all of our sponsors Hoburne, Caldwells
Estate Agents, Co-op Funeralcare, Yacht Consultancy,
our hosts Brockenhurst College and all of our wonderful
volunteers who made this event such a huge success
and helped us raise over £11,000.
New Forest Half Marathon
Oakhaven will be making this an annualevent - so keep a lookout for our 2018 date!
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Hospice to Hospice Walk... and two (very) personal stories
The second Hospice to Hospice Walk was a resounding
success with over 100 walkers travelling between Lewis
Manning Hospice in Poole along the coastal path back to
Oakhaven (25 miles). Special thanks to the Bournemouth Rapid
Relief Team who ran and sponsored the half-way house at
Mudeford (fabulous food and refreshments). There were several
groups walking, many in memory of friends and family, but we
must make special mention of the lovely Laura MacGregor and
her team; who raised nearly £3,500 with the event overall raising
well over £11,000 with sponsorships still coming in.
The event was very poignant for a number of walkers
and one of them Marion Hewitt summed it up as follows:
“My much loved Dad spent his last week in Oakhaven
Hospice. He died on 2nd April. I spent much of that week with
him and realised how privileged we were as a family that Dad
received care and kindness which ensured his last days were
peaceful and pain free. Privileged seems a strange choice of
words for end of life care but we were very aware that not
everyone coping with terminal illness has this.
My attention was drawn to the Hospice to Hospice walk as a
way I could contribute. I do a lot of walking so I wasn't unduly
concerned about the distance and there aren't many hills
along that stretch of coast! I was most uncomfortable about
asking people to make donations. However, I rationalised that
I wasn't asking people to give me money and as I said when I
sent out the request to people, I think the last time I asked for
sponsorship I was at school many years ago!
The day of the walk dawned with clear blue sky, which
changed to heavy rain as we set off. Fortunately, this was brief
and the rest of the day was dry, if rather windy. There was a
camaraderie about the day, particularly when you started to
meet people walking the route in the opposite direction. We
were well looked after with refreshments provided at check
points and were greeted at Oakhaven with a glass of fizz, tea
and cakes which were all welcome. It was then really pleasant
sitting in the garden sharing the experience.
My fundraising total has now gone over £1,000 which is
amazing and made the fairly tired muscles a very small price
to pay!”
A message from Marion's Mum: “From the time my
husband was referred to Oakhaven, the medical, emotional
and spiritual care we received has made a very painful
experience bearable. There is no way I can adequately repay
everyone concerned but what we can do as a family is
contribute in different ways to help make this care available to
others. We have made our gratitude to Oakhaven known as
widely as possible and as a result, the donations in my
husband's memory have been very generous.
Not being young enough or fit enough to undertake the half
marathon or hospice to hospice walk like my children, my
other contribution has been to ensure that in sorting out my
husband's possessions, everything with any value has been
given to the Oakhaven Shop. I did not want to off-load
unsuitable items so I was surprised to be told that the Shops
can use anything and everything (except kitchen equipment
which did not apply anyway). Nothing is wasted and I have
been glad to pass to them things which we might otherwise
have sold ourselves”.
Our bi-annual luncheon at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes was once
again a resounding success. With some 150 guests enjoying a
sumptuous meal in the most elegant of surroundings and coupled with
breath-taking views it was no wonder the day was a hit with everyone. Our
thanks to Elisabeth Lady Amherst and her hard working committee for
running such a magnificent event which this year raised some £42,000.
Laura MacGregor & team celebrate back at Oakhaven
Luncheon at the Royal Yacht Squadron
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Family Fun Day
This event is always popular and
this year was no exception with
well over 1,000 visitors pouring
into the hospice grounds and
over £12,000 raised.
Thanks to all our hard working
volunteers who helped run things
on the day, our main sponsors
John D Wood and the team from
SGN and SSE Power who were a
wonderful help on set-up day.
These photos reflects the happy
occasion this event always is.
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Oakhaven Hospice 2017/18 EventsCelebrate our 25th Anniversary with us!
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www.oakhavenhospice.co.uk or call the Fundraising Office on 01590 677773Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Email: [email protected]
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Get the dates in your diary, invite your friends and don’t miss out.
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Visit our websitefor more informationoakhavenhospice.co.uk
Visit our hospice and speak to our teamLower Pennington Lane, Lymington SO41 8ZZ
Call us today todiscuss fundraising01590 677773