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Supporting families affected by life limiting illness in South Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds

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Contents

Contact

Welcome ..................................................4

The Shakespeare Hospice Church Lane, Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 9UL

Our care & support ............................5 Day Hospice ............................................5 Hospice at Home ................................6

Tel: 01789 266852 Fax: 01789 415081 Email: fundraising@theshakespearehospice.org.uk

Family Support Service......................7

www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk

Young People’s Services ....................7 We need you ..........................................8 We need you more then ever......9 How can you help our patients?..10 Community support ........................11 Lottery......................................................12

■ KES piano donation

■ Day Hospice

■ Retail – Wellesbourne Shop

■ Marathon Runners

Gifts in Wills ..........................................12 Volunteering..........................................12 Your business can help The Shakespeare Hospice ......................13 How your unwanted items can make a difference......................14 Donation Form ..................................15

Contributors We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this magazine. Thank you in particular to our patients, families and supporters who have given us permission for their stories, comments and photographs to be reproduced here.

A big thank you to our advertisers The Shakespeare Hospice and Manner Media Solutions would like to thank the many advertisers whose generous support has enabled us to publish this magazine at no cost to the Hospice. When responding to an advert, please do say that you read it here.

The Shakespeare Hospice, Church Lane, Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9UL Tel: 01789 266852 www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk

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Welcome to The Shakespeare Hospice magazine! he Shakespeare Hospice is an independent charity providing specialist care for people affected by life limiting illnesses, such as cancer. Our services are available to patients, their carers and family members in South Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds.

The Shakespeare Hospice opened its doors to patients in February 1999 after ten years of planning and preparation.

The idea of the Hospice came from the local Rotary Club, who identified a need for the service. Since then we have

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helped thousands of families across our area.

There is no charge for our services. We receive just 7% of our funding from the NHS, and rely on the generosity of local individuals, grant-making organisations and companies to meet our annual running costs of approximately £1,600,000.

Thank you for taking the time to read our magazine and we hope you will visit us and see for yourself just how special The Shakespeare Hospice is.

■ Hospice at Home ■ Day Hospice

■ Fundraising Leisure Ride

Our Aims: ■

To improve quality of life for people affected by life limiting illness.

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To provide care that is family-centred.

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To enable people who wish to die at home to do so in comfort and

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with dignity.

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Our care and support he Shakespeare Hospice has a history of providing specialist care and support to people affected by life limiting illness for almost 15 years.

Our care is personalised to the needs

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of individual patients and their families.

We enable people to receive high quality hospice care while continuing to live in the comfort of their own home and their local community.

Events For this year’s dates and more information visit our website.

Great Shakespeare Ride Held each summer, the Great Shakespeare Ride is a challenging sportive taking in some of the beautiful villages and hills of the Warwickshire and Cotswolds countryside.

Cyclists have the choice of routes of 100 km or 100 miles, each with marshals and feed stations throughout. Sign up opens in Spring each year.

Summer Fete ■ Day Hospice

The annual Hospice Summer Fete is held in the grounds of the Hospice in

Day Hospice ur Day Hospice offers a range of physical, psychological and spiritual care. Specialist nurses are available to discuss patients’ diagnosis, the treatment options available and the impact of the illness.

Our trained therapists are available to patients and carers, providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy, diversional therapy and complementary therapy. In the Hospice we also have a Chaplaincy service and a confidential counselling service.

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Shottery. Always a fun filled day, “I appreciate the calm, peaceful atmosphere – it relaxes me and I feel at ease.”

visitors can browse the multitude of stalls, win prizes on the tombola and enjoy the varied entertainment.

Dragon Boat Race Dragon Boat Racing on the River Avon offers the perfect team building day. Whether you have a team of colleagues, a group of friends or your family members, everyone will enjoy ■ Day Hospice

this adrenalin pumping challenge!

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Hospice at Home he aim of the Hospice at Home service is to enable patients to stay at home with specialist nursing care for the last few weeks of their lives, if that is their wish. The team provides the experience and skills to make this possible, offering the service 365 days of the year to provide the best possible care and support.

Hospice at Home was launched in 2004 and has grown over the years, currently supporting almost 200 families per year. In 2010 the team started providing an out of hours service and

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night sits were introduced. Since its formation the service has helped more than 1,000 families, with over 16,600 nursing visits.

As of July 1st 2013 the service has been extended to cover Kenilworth and Southam, areas where families previously had no access to specialist end of life care at home.

“The service our mother received was not only very professional but more importantly very caring, and she and all the family were treated with care and respect at all times.”

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Family Support Service ll patients, carers and their family members can access our Family Support Services. We offer emotional, spiritual and practical support for all members of the family, including children and young people.

Our team includes counselling, a bereavement service, social work support

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and a chaplaincy service, in order to offer all-encompassing care and support for everyone affected by life limiting illness.

“It’s like being in a lovable bubble, all the services I receive are also on offer to my family and carers who have taken up the support, they have reaped as much benefit as I have.”

Young People’s Services n 2013 we launched our new Young People’s Services, to meet a need in the community. Our four strands cover bereavement support, young carers, transitional care and work experience in the Hospice.

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If you feel that you or someone you know would benefit from the support of The Shakespeare Hospice please get in touch by calling us on 01789 266852.

For further information please visit www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk

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We Need YOU! Our vision is to build a strong and compassionate community – children, young people and their families who are affected by life limiting illness will receive the best possible care and support.

Young people will be actively involved in contributing to the wellbeing of their local community. n September 25th 2013 we launched our Building the Future Together Appeal, to raise money to fund The Shakespeare Hospice’s new Young

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People’s Services as well as building work on the Hospice to develop bespoke facilities for them.

The Young People’s Services include:

uilding work on the Hospice will allow our team to create a welcoming, comforting space in which to offer young people the care and support they need.

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Bereavement Service We provide pre and post bereavement support in a safe, creative environment.

We support every child and young person individually depending on their own needs and situation.

Young Carers’ Service

■ Volunteering and work experience

We support young carers who care for someone with a life limiting illness, or

To find out more about these topics please visit: www.theshakspeare hospice.org.uk/hospicecare

Volunteering and Work Experience We welcome young people

have cared for someone who has died, and will

Transitional Care

into the Hospice to

provide opportunities for

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environment and learn

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We need you more than ever! elp us make a difference to the lives of young people needing Hospice care in South Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds. £1.2 million is needed to fund both the development of the new services and building work at the Hospice to create space tailored for young people. The new services and facilities will provide young people with compassionate care in a modern, comfortable and safe space.

To date £857,000 has been secured through trusts and grants, including grants from NHS England and Stratford Town Trust to give the project a great start. But now we need your help to raise the remaining £343,000.

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Fundraise for the appeal

Be ‘1 in 100’ and pledge to raise

From bake sales to bungee jumping, running marathons to bingo nights, there are so many ways you can fundraise for The Shakespeare Hospice’s Building the Future Together appeal.

Donate to the appeal – every penny counts. Text FUTR13 £5 to 70070 to donate just £5.

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Will you Be 1 in 100 and help the young people of South Warwickshire and the North Cotswolds?

download a Fundraising Pack from

£1,000 towards the appeal ■

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Fundraise for the appeal –

our website for ideas and tips ■

For this year’s dates and more information visit our website.

We are asking 100 to each raise £1,000 towards the appeal. Could you Be 1 in 100 and help us make a difference to the lives of young people needing Hospice care?

How can you help?

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Events

Spread the word about our developments – we are happy to come and talk to groups, schools or businesses about the Hospice and our appeal. Please contact the fundraising team for availability.

Remember that every penny counts and that every fundraising event, no matter how small, will help to raise money and awareness of the Hospice and our current developments.

If you’re stuck for fundraising ideas, download our Fundraising Ideas Pack from our website to get started.

■ Pictures made by young people supported by the new services

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How can you help our patients? ur care and support is of the highest quality and the dedicated fundraising team at The Shakespeare Hospice works tirelessly to ensure these services are available now and for future patients and their families. We receive just 7% NHS funding and must raise £1.6 million a year to provide the highest standard of care that our patients deserve.

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Something for everyone We hold a range of events throughout the year, including our Open Day, Dragon Boat Race and Lights of Love. We also work in partnership with various organisations to hold events in aid of The Shakespeare Hospice. Visit our website to see details of all our forthcoming events.

Open Day The Shakespeare Hospice regularly holds Open Days, providing the opportunity to find out where your donations go to.

Visitors have the opportunity to have a Hospice Tour, highlighting the range of services we offer to our community and the developments we are currently undertaking. Please get in touch if you would like to find out about our next open day.

Challenge yourself If you are looking for a challenge then look no further! Our challenge events include: ■ London to Paris cycle ride ■ Shakespeare’s Way walk ■ Skydiving ■ Stratford Marathon So what are you waiting for? – call the fundraising team on 01789 266852 or email fundraising@theshakespeare hospice.org.uk for more information today! Please visit our website to see our planned events. www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk

■ Great Shakespeare Ride

■ Midsummer Ball

■ Fundraising Santa Run

■ Skydiving

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■ London to Paris Cycle Ride

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Community Support here are lots of community groups that support us by raising funds, volunteering, donating their expertise, offering gifts in kind or donating to our shops. We are so grateful to everyone who has donated in one way or another – you play such an important part in the lives of local people.

We encourage our local community to not only join in our fundraising events but to design and undertake their own

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fundraising activities. We can provide a fundraising pack full of ideas and hints for anyone interested in putting on an event, holding a raffle or taking on a challenge in aid of The Shakespeare Hospice. We can also provide banners, collecting buckets and tins and leaflets to help your event along.

Please contact fundraising on 01789 266852 or email fundraising@theshakespeare hospice.org.uk for further information.

For this year’s dates and more information visit our website.

The Stratford Friends of the Shakespeare Hospice Auction The Friend’s annual Auction raises over £10,000 for the Hospice each year. The generosity of the local community through donations ensures a varied range of items on offer for bidders, from figurines and paintings to flying lessons.

Santa Run Start the festive season with a swing and join hundreds of Santas on our 5k fun run in Stratford upon Avon.

Seasonal music and cheer will keep you going as you walk, run or jog in your Santa suit. All for a good claus!

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Volunteering olunteers are an integral part of The Shakespeare Hospice; their support, care and skills lie at the heart of everything we do – in fact, their contribution saves the charity thousands of pounds every year. More important is what volunteers bring to the organisation’s culture, in terms of diversity, life skills and personality. Men, women and young people support our staff in the delivery of patient services, administration and raising essential funds.

Whatever your background, you will find that volunteering for The Shakespeare Hospice provides new skills and experience, sociability and fun, and

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Events knowing that you are helping to make a difference is a great feeling!

Some example volunteer opportunities at The Shakespeare Hospice include: ■ Drivers ■ Therapists ■ Patient support ■ Counsellors ■ Shop volunteers ■ Administration ■ Leaflet and collection tin distributors ■ Event volunteers If you are interested in volunteering for The Shakespeare Hospice please contact us on 01789 266852 or email clomas@theshakespearehospice.org.uk

For this year’s dates and more information visit our website.

Big Sing Join over 100 singers as they rehearse popular pieces and perform them in the same day.

Singers give a day to learn unseen songs from a range of musicals, films and popular culture, before performing them to friends and family in the evening.

Lights of Love Christmas is a time for celebrating and joining with friends and family to enjoy the spirit of togetherness.

However, Christmas can also be a time for reflection and contemplation when many people are thinking of loved ones no longer here.

Every year you can sponsor a tree light in memory of your loved ones and make a dedication in our Books of Celebration & Remembrance. The lights are then switched on during our services in December.

Gifts in Wills

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egacy income is vital for our future.

A gift in your Will can help us care for local families affected by life limiting illness.

If you are thinking of leaving a legacy and would like to talk through what is involved and perhaps visit the Hospice, please get in touch.

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y becoming a member of our weekly lottery you could be in with a chance of winning up to £25,000 in our draw every Saturday.

Your membership will make a real difference to our patients and families, please see our website or call us to sign up today!

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Your business can help The Shakespeare Hospice! he Shakespeare Hospice is proud of the corporate relationships that have been built both locally and nationally over the years with organisations whose values often reflect our own.

With your help we can make a real and lasting different to the lives of those affected by a life limiting illness.

We are seeking organisations and corporations with a desire to support their local Hospice and those members of their community in need.

Please consider supporting The Shakespeare Hospice by: ■ Encouraging employees to spend a day volunteering with us ■ Sponsoring one of our exciting events ■ Holding a fundraising day ■ Making a donation towards our work If you think your company could help

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our patients and families we would love to hear from you. We welcome all forms of support no matter how big or small.

Contact us on 01789 266852 or email agray@theshakespearehospice.org.uk to discuss your ideas today!

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Your unwanted items can raise funds! harity shops are a great way of being green and recycling – donate your unwanted items and the Hospice will be able to generate valuable income from them.

The Shakespeare Hospice has seven shops, four of which are High Street retail – situated in Alcester, Henley in Arden, Stratford upon Avon and Wellesbourne.

These shops stock a range of men’s and ladies’ clothing, accessories, shoes, bric-abrac and much more.

There are also three specialist stores in Stratford upon Avon – a bookshop which also stocks records, music and media, a recycling shop based at the Warwickshire County Council Recycling Centre at Burton Farm and a fabulous second hand furniture store at Avenue Road.

We can accept and sell donations of clothing, shoes, handbags, toys, linens, books, bric-a-brac, furniture, homeware and electrical items. Simply drop your

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“A very good cause! I enjoy working with and meeting people. There is a good atmosphere in the shop and a good relationship with the manager and other volunteers.”

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items into any of our shops, or if you have larger items suitable for our furniture store we can offer a free

collection service in the local area – just call 01789 205333 to arrange your collection.

The Shakespeare Hospice, Church Lane, Shottery, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 9UL Tel: 01789 266852 www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk

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How your donation can Donation Form make a difference Name (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms) ............................................................................................

Could pay for a patient to make a bird box as a keepsake for a loved one.

Address.................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................Postcode ..............................

Telephone ............................................................................................................................

Email........................................................................................................................................

Could provide the special oils for three aromatherapy sessions – much appreciated by patients and carers alike.

I wish to make a donation of £............. to The Shakespeare Hospice.

I enclose a cheque made payable to The Shakespeare Hospice Please debit my credit/debit card: Card no ................................................................................................................................

Start Date ........................................................................Expiry Date ........................

Could cover all the costs for an hour session with one of our experienced complementary therapists.

Could give a family needing reassurance the life-line of an experienced nurse on the end of the phone during the night.

Meets all the costs of a specialist Day Hospice nurse, or a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist for one hour

Enables a patient to use all Day Hospice services, all day

Issue Number (if applicable) ....................................................................................

Security Code (last 3 digits on the back) ..........................................................

If you are a UK taxpayer, under the Government’s Gift Aid scheme The Shakespeare Hospice can reclaim the tax you have already paid on your donation. This means for every £1 you donate, we get an extra 25 pence from the Inland Revenue.

Please tick here to Gift Aid your donation and all future donations you may make I confirm I will page Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year that is at least equal to the amount of tax reclaimed on my gifts.

Signature ..............................................................................................................................

Date ........................................................................................................................................

Please return this form to: The Shakespeare Hospice FREEPOST, MID15819 Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9BR Thank you for your support From time to time we would like to send you mail (postal or email) to keep you up to date on our work. If you do not want to receive this mail please tick the check box. The Shakespeare Hospice will not share your personal details with other companies.

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