St Nicholas Hospice Spring Newsletter 2013

Spring 2013

news from St Nicholas Hospice Care

your local charity

Join us for the

Girls Night Out

5th Birthday Party!

in this issue Hello from...

Barbara Gale Chief Executive

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 development but 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).

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Your comments

4 News update

6 ‘Reflexology is a way of

connecting with people’

Volunteer Sarah Goodenough uses her reflexology skills to help patients

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‘It has been a very positive experience’

Malcolm and Carmel Rappaport describe their experience of the Positive Living group

10 ‘Live, love and laugh’

11 The trek of a lifetime

Georgie Turpin takes up Suzie Rush’s fundraising mantle and pays tribute to the Hospice’s ‘Pink Lady’

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

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

Contact Us Head of Marketing and Communications (Editor) t : 01284 715584 e : laura.beardsell-moore@stnh.org.uk Press and PR Officer (Key Contributing Editor) t : 01284 715580 e : camille.berriman@stnh.org.uk

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

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Gill Byatt

I 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 @HelptheHospices

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

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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

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

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Latest News

Hospice wins national award for Stephen Project

Working with care homes St 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:

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).

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.

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“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.”

The project means that more people can be cared for in their own environment, whether at home or in a care home.

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.

Land’s End to John O’Groats cyclists raise £6,800

Donation with a difference

Three men from Newmarket who cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats in nine days raised £6,800 for the Hospice.

Kind-hearted staff at Festool UK Power Tools, of Saxham, used their carpentry skills to craft a special gift 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.

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

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!

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Hospice praised

by Care Quality Commission

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.

St 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.”

Points add up to pounds at our shops

Back from left: John Moo re, Hospice Volunteer; Roy Swarbrick, Hospice Main tenance Supervisor; Phil Beckley, Festool in-ho use trainer; Jon Burcham, Festool Marketing Manager . Front, from left: Jenny Beverley, Festool Marketin g Assistant; Liz Spillane, Hospice Corporate Fundraise r.

St 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.

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.”

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.

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

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

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‘Reflexology is a way of connecting with people’ 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. done a lot of research into end-of-life care. 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 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.

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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

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There is such a sense of community around the Hospice.

Volunteering here has really made me feel part of the community.

Pay less tax by giving to charity

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 volunteersdept@stnh.org.uk

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.

Don’t forget

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

01284 766133

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

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‘It has been a very positive experience’ 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.

“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.

“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.

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“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.

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.

“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.

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

“It was a wonderful experience.

People talk to you about what illnesses they have and there are

“It has been a very positive experience for everybody involved.”

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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.

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 dayhospice@stnh.org.uk

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.

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

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy: 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.

What can our Rehab Team do?

• Help to manage breathlessness • Support patients with anxiety and low mood • Help to manage fatigue • Support patients in finding new ways to enjoy life • Run our popular Positive Living group • Provide equipment to support daily living (e.g. bathing equipment) • Help patients to manage pain • Offer accupuncture as a form of symptom management • Work on mobility and function

Where does it happen?

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

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

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

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‘Live, love and laugh’ 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.

“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.

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 with pink 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.

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.

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

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 –

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Top picture; Suzie Rush Left; Debs and Suzie Above; Georgie and Milly,

The trek of a lifetime 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.

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.

To sponsor Alex visit www.justgiving.com / alexembiricos-drop zone

Magical setting for Madama Butterfly 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.”

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.

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

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The community

Lottery

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

The Lottery Team would like to thank all the collectors who continue to support St Nicholas Hospice Care by regularly collecting member t subscriptions – no matter wha our k than also We the weather! 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

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.

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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.

Special Events Committee

The business community

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

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Pay for a Day , Special thanks to John Chester ng who has supported us by payi for a day. He kindly donated the running costs for our hospice care for one day. He nominated 18 March to be his day.

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 char ity of the year, and to Sainsbury’s Mildenhall for choosing us as their local charity partner.

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.

Rudlings Wakelam and Robins Row both gave ÂŁ250 to sponsor the Music for Mothering Sunday event. Brown and Co, in Bury St Edmunds, held a hair-raisin g fundraising event to raise money from staff waxing their legs.

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

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This year marks the fifth birthday of our annual Girls Night Out event – and we’re inviting you to join the party!

We’re asking women from across West Suffolk and Thetford to don their pyjamas – and trainers – for our biggest party yet.

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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.

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Saturday 14 September 2013

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

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

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Join us for a fun night out this September Put on your pyjamas (and a pair of comfy trainers) Bring your girlfriends Bring your smartphone and camera to take pictures or ‘check-in’ at the event Try to raise £100 in sponsorship (easier than it sounds – we will help with fundraising tips and ideas!)

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

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ty to celebrate our fifth birthday par . yet t Ou and for our best Girls Night h fun You will enjoy a night filled wit great and know that you have helped a local cause. tinue By taking part, you help us to con people providing care and support to facing life-shortening illnesses.

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tly what it says “Girls Night Out is exac ht out!” said Helen. it is – it is a fantastic nig “It’s fun and enjoyable, with a rea lly great atmosphere. There are also always lots of treats, such as entertainment and refreshments, along the way.

“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.”

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Registration form

One form to be completed for each participant Full name (Miss/Mrs/Ms) Address

Postcode

Phone (day)

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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+

Do you have any special dietary requirements (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 you must secure parental consent, see below

17

Date of birth

Signature of parent or guardian

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.

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Events and Challenges Fundraiser Fundraising Department Apply Are St Nicholas Hospice Care e before W Hardwick Lane 31 May a Bury St Edmunds pay £1 nd Suffolk 0 registra IP33 2QY tio only n G ir Telephone 01284 715583 tO h g ls Ni Email fundraising@stnh.org.uk Or register online at www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk

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 georgina.carr@stnh.org.uk If you would like to be added to our mailing list – please contact us too!

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

Sunday 9 June 2013 10am - 6pm

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

DI SC OV ER sh ee p he rd in g!

PLAY imals! wi th the an

SEE the amazing Devil’s Horsemen!

Euston Park, Euston, IP24 2QH

WA TC H ow ! th e ai r sh

Adults £9, children 12 and under £3, under fives go free. www.eustonruralpastimes.org.uk

St Nicholas Hospice Care, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2QY Telephone: +44 (0)1284 766133 Email: enquiries@stnh.org.uk Web: www.stnicholashospicecare.org.uk St Nicholas Hospice (Suffolk) Ltd. A Registered Charity No 287773

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